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 .
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 . Part of the course will be devoted to the study of the statistics applied to social science bases .
Bibliography
ATTENDING
The bibliography will be announced during class
NOT ATTENDING
1) Giddens A., Sutton P.W., Fondamenti di sociologia, Il Mulino, 2014
2) Iodice C., Elementi di Statistica Sociale, Edizioni Simone, 2008
(only chapters on univariate analysis, bivariate analysis and simple regression)
A text of your choice on which to write an essay ( minimum 10 pages :
3a) Livi Bacci M. , Il pianeta stretto, Il Mulino, 2015
3b) Mercalli L., Goria A., Clima bene comune, Mondadori, 2013
3c) Napoleoni L., Isis. Lo Stato del terrore, Feltrinelli, 2014
Assessment methods and criteria
ATTENDING
Procedures and time will be agreed during class
NOT ATTEND
The exam will be written with two open questions related to the part of sociology and some questions on the statistics ( for example, what is the average , how is it calculated , what types of associations exist between two variables ... ). 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. Not attending students are kindly requested to contact the teacher at luca.sabatini@unipr.it
