The course aims at providing the main conceptual and methodological tools for the analysis and interpretation of the sociological phenomena characterizing modern and contemporary societies.
Course Content - Last names M-Z
This course is an introduction to Sociology, which covers the major issues explored by sociology and provides students with conceptual and methodological tools to analyze and interpret contemporary society.
Bagnasco A., Barbagli M., Cavalli A., Corso di sociologia, Terza edizione, 2012.
plus one text between the follower:
Bagnasco A., Taccuino sociologico, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2012
Banfield E. C. Le basi morali di una società arretrata, Bologna, il Mulino, 2010
Bauman Z., La società dell'incertezza, Bologna, il Mulino, 1999.
Beck, U. , Che cos'è la globalizzazione-Rischi e prospettive della società planetaria, Roma, Carocci, 1999.
Bendix R., Lavoro e autorità nell'industria, Etas Kompas,1973
Boudon R., Il senso dei valori, Bologna, il Mulino, 2000
Coser L. Le funzioni del conflitto sociale, Milano, Feltrinelli, 1967
Dahrendorf R., Il conflitto sociale nella modernità, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1989
Elias N., La società degli individui, Bologna, il Mulino, 1990
Elias N., Strategie dell'esclusione, Bologna, il Mulino, 2004
Giddens, A. Le conseguenze della modernità, Bologna, il Mulino, 1994
Giovannini P. ( a cura di), Teorie sociologiche alla prova, Firenze, FUP, 2009
Goffman E., Asylums. Le istituzioni totali, Torino, Einaudi, 1980
Hirschmann A., Felicità privata e felicità pubblica, Bologna, il Mulino, 2003
Mills Ch. W., L'immaginazione sociologica, Milano, il Saggiatore, 1959
Mills, Ch.W. L'élite del potere, Milano, Feltrinelli, 1986
Riesman, D. La folla solitaria, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1999.
Sennett, R. L'uomo flessibile, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2000.
Simmel G., Le metropoli e la vita dello spirito, Armando, 2000 + Simmel G., Sull'intimità, Armando 1998+ Simmel G., La socievolezza, Armando, 1997
T.H. Marshall Cittadinanza e classe sociale, Bari, Laterza, 2002
Thomas W.I., Znanieczcki F., Il contadino polacco in Europa e in America, Milano, Ed. Comunità, 1968
Touraine A., La società post-industriale, Bologna, il Mulino, 1974
Veblen Th., La teoria della classe agiata, Torino, Einaudi, 2007
Weber M., Il lavoro intellettuale come professione, Torino, Einaudi, 2001
Weber M., L'etica protestante e lo spirito del capitalismo, BUR, Rizzoli, 2009
Castells M. La nascita della società in rete, Egea, 2008
E' inoltre possibile concordare con la docente un testo diverso, sulla base di specifici interessi sviluppati dallo studente durante il corso.
MODULE III:
A. Bruschi (2005) Metodologia della ricerca sociale, Editori Laterza, Roma-Bari (capp. 1, 2,7,8 e 9).
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS WILL BE PROVIDED DURING THE CLASS
Learning Objectives - Last names A-L
Students will be able to define the basic concepts and theoretical approaches of sociological analysis as well as tmethodological tools of analysis.
At the end of the course students will be able to use sociological terminology and apply sociological categories to social phenomena as well as using the basic principles of methods and techniques of empirical research.
Learning Objectives - Last names M-Z
KNOWLEDGE: definition of the basic concepts for sociological analysis, regarding to the main themes and issues of the discipline. Identification of the most important approaches regarding to theory and methodology.
SKILLS: development of skills to analyze the contemporary society. Development of critical thinking, as well of writing and oral skills regarding to sociological topics.
FINAL CAPACITY: an appropriate use of the sociological language and reasoning, as well of the main research methods and of the most important techniques to gather information/data.
Prerequisites - Last names A-L
Students are suggested to have a good knowledge of the Italian language, for foreign students B1 level.
Prerequisites - Last names M-Z
Good knowledge of the Italian language, attitude to the critical analysis of social phenomena. Ability to generalize and theoretical abstraction skills based on personal experience.
Teaching Methods - Last names A-L
Lectures, seminars, workshops, exercises by moodle (unifi E-learning), films, meetimg with guest teachers.
Teaching Methods - Last names M-Z
Lectures and exercises.
3rdModule: Lectures and exercises by moodle (unifi E-learning)
Further information - Last names A-L
Some guest teachers will tackle some of the most important topics of the course.
A class web site will be available.
Further information - Last names M-Z
The course includes activities by other teachers and researchers.
Type of Assessment - Last names A-L
First and second module: oral.
Third module: written and oral.
Type of Assessment - Last names M-Z
3rd Module:
For those who attend classes:
Written exam at the end of the third module
Course program - Last names A-L
Module I: Introduction to sociological theory and its definition in relation to other social sciences. The main paradigms for interpretating modern and contemporary societies. Forms of interactions. Cultural structure and the rules of society (Values, norms, institutions, social controll, identity and socialization, language and communication, deviance and crime, religions); differentiation, unequality and conflict with particular references to discrimination items (stratification and social classes, social mobility, gender inequalities, aging and life course, races, ethnic groups, nations)
Module II: Social reproduction (families and marriage, education). Economy and society (work, production and consume. Politics and polities. Social organization of space between local and global dimensions.
Module III: Politics, globalization and social movements. The relationship between local and global, religious issues, the role of cities, power and social citizenship, the information society. Contemporary case studies.
Module III: Epistemological and gnoseological bases of standard and non-standard social research; connections between theory and research; differences between quantitative and qualitative approaches. Some techniques of data collecting (such as structured interviews, biographical interviews, focus groups and participant observations) will be tested to show the advantages and disadvantages of the different techniques, as well as the type of information that each of them allows to collect, in relations to specific cognitive aim.
Course program - Last names M-Z
3rdModule in methodology of social research
This part of the course will provide students with epistemological and gnoseological bases of standard and non-standard social research; after exploring the connections between theory and research, we’ll stress the main differences between quantitative and qualitative approaches. Furthermore, the focus will be on some techniques of information gathering such as structured interviews, biographical interviews, focus groups and participant observations. We will show how to develop a research design suitable to specific cognitive goals, the advantages and disadvantages of the different techniques, as well as the type of information that each of them allows to collect.