CRP 3720

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CRP 3720
Contemporary Italy: Politics and Society

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course provides background on contemporary Italian politics and society, as an essential foundation to students with various disciplinary interests, from planning to architecture, from the fine arts to sociology and anthropology. This course provides a comprehensive survey of Italian society today, starting with Italy's geography and the historical forces that shaped the nation. It examines tensions between north and south, and such broad features of Italian social life as community structure, urban development, and family forms. The course also reviews selected institutional issues, such as gender, the system of education, problems of criminality and justice, economic reform, social class, religion, and politics.


Exploratory Studies (CU-ITL)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP, 2022SP

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CRP 5720

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1919 CRP 3720   LEC 020

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Smith, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: Cornell in Rome Program students.

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