Learning objectives
The course aims to provide students with the knowledge and the basic concepts of sociology and social research through a theoretical part , linked to the study of society, and a portion oriented empirical analysis of the main methods of research and the application of the main instruments .
Prerequisites
No.
Course unit content
The course aims to provide the theoretical and conceptual basis for addressing the study of sociology and to the analysis of collective phenomena own of complex societies . Much of the course is devoted to the fundamental categories of sociological modernity ; social action ; the values , norms and social institutions ; identity and differences ; socialization ; the gender and the life course ; groups and organizations ; education and instruction ; inequality and social stratification ; social mobility ; the family; the religion; deviance and crime ; production and consumption ; politics , the state , the movements . It ' also provided the study of the thought of some classics , through which delve even some methodological dimensions of social research .
Full programme
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Bibliography
ATTENDING
The bibliography will be announced during class
NOT ATTENDING
1) Croteau D., Hoynes W., Sociologia Generale, McGrawHill, 2015
2) Bauman Z., La società dell’incertezza, Il Mulino, 2014
A text of your choice on which to write an essay ( minimum 10 pages :
3a) Morando P., '80 L'inizio della barbarie, Laterza 2016
3b) Pace E., Le religioni nell’Italia che cambia, Carocci 2013
3c) Viviani L., Sociologia dei partiti, Carocci 2015
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Assessment methods and criteria
ATTENDING
Procedures and time will be agreed during class
NOT ATTEND
The exam will be written . The term paper (which will be worth for the examination ) must be sent by mail to the teacher at least two weeks before the exam
Other information
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