The main objectives of the subject of Political and Social History are to develop in students the ability to identify and analyze historical processes, deepening their understanding of the relationship between causes and consequences of phenomena. It also seeks to promote the ability to explain historical processes in detail, with special emphasis on the origins and evolution of parliamentarism. In this context, the subject aims to interpret contemporary political processes in a political key, allowing students to acquire a critical and analytical perspective of current events through a deep understanding of their historical context. Thus, it is intended to train individuals capable of contextualizing and understanding the current political dynamics from its historical roots. Gender and the Study of Politics.

K6: To know the main currents of political philosophy, the main contemporary political theories and ideologies and those linked to current political movements K8: Recognize the historical dimension of political and social processes and explain them in terms of it C2: Identify, understand and know how to use the main theoretical and conceptual approaches and frameworks of the different areas of specialization and subdisciplines of political science S1: Be able to debate and formulate critical reasoning, using precise terminology and specialized resources, on political phenomena

1. The beginnings of the modern State and the formation of a system of States in the modern age. 2. Formation of nation-states, nationalism and early imperialism. 3. Revolutions, new elites and social change in the nineteenth century: the French Revolution, the independence of America, the new social and political regime and the rise of the bourgeoisie. 4. Urbanization, industrialization, capitalism, labor movements and the extension of suffrage. 5. The modern state, secularization and the modern world. 6. Bureaucratic professionalization, transnational movements, ideologies of progress, and political-military rivalries. 7. Wars and the weakness of the international political system in the interwar period. 8. The Russian Revolution, the crisis of capitalism during the Great Depression and the rise of fascism. 9. A new world political order, the cold war and the strengthening of welfare states. 10. Decolonization. 11. Social and cultural change. 12. The world after the fall of the socialist bloc: Political challenges of globalization. 13. Global society or clash of civilizations

A1 FACE-TO-FACE MASTER CLASSES A2 FACE-TO-FACE CLASSES: REDUCED (WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, CASE STUDIES) A3 INDIVIDUAL STUDENT WORK A4 FINAL EXAM