SOCIOLOGIA DEI FENOMENI POLITICI
(objectives)
The course aims to analyze in depth the relationships between the social system and the political system. Through the analysis of the main concepts and theories of political sociology, students will acquire useful cognitive tools to interpret and operate professionally in complex socio-political systems. The expert knowledge acquired will enable students to understand the dynamics, power relations, structural and superstructural variables that act in the political context in which they will live and work.
EXPECTED LEARNING RESULTS 1. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING At the end of the course students will be able to: - read and summarize scientific texts on political sociology; - describe the main theoretical concepts and research methodologies proper to the political sociology; - identify the main authors who have worked in the field of political social.
2. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING At the end of the course students will be able to: - collocate authors and theories of the political sociology in a line of temporal evolution; - summarize the main theoretical and scientific aspects; - define the limits of the discipline and identify its critical points.
3. MAKING JUDGMENTS At the end of the course students will be able to: - describe in sociological terms the characteristics of the political scenario, its actors, its social structures, its agencies; - identify and use sociological variables in the evaluation of a complex political scenario; - understand the intrinsically social dimension of the process of consensus building and management of power and authority.
4. COMMUNICATION SKILLS At the end of the course students will be able to: - use the scientific lexicon of the political sociology in oral exposure and writing; - discuss in public concepts, theories and social situations of the political system and its articulations;; - work in groups, sharing and exchanging the knowledge acquired in the field of political sociology.
5. LEARNING SKILLS At the end of the course students will be able to: - find and deepen independently the new scientific orientations regarding the political sociology; - recover and deepen their socio-political knowledge during the course of their scientific maturation process and along their professional path.
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Code
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16285 |
Language
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ITA |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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8
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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SPS/11
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Contact Hours
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48
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Teacher
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SACCA' Flaminia
(syllabus)
The first part of the programme will be dedicated to the study of the discipline’s main concepts:
- Political sociology’s origins - What does it study - State, Power, Authority - Political socialization, partecipationa and recruitment - Political communication and public opinion - Ideology - Social and societies change
In the second part we will analyze the main theories and authors : - The Weberian approach - The Marxist approach - The Elitistic approach - The Plural approach - The structural-functionalist approach - Whereas during the third and last part of the course we will analyze the social representation of male violence against women offered by legal language and the language of the media.
(reference books)
Testi d'esame: - Michael Rush, Politica e società. Introduzione alla sociologia politica, Il Mulino, 1994 (any edition will do) NOTE: All chapters INCLUDED THE 5th PART. The 6th can be excluded (Conclusioni e futuro della sociologia politica)
- Flaminia Saccà, edited by, STEREOTIPO E PREGIUDIZIO. LA RAPPRESENTAZIONE GIURIDICA E MEDIATICA DELLA VIOLENZA DI GENERE, Franco Angeli, 2021 NOTE: All chapters (Ebook available in open access: https://ojs.francoangeli.it/_omp/index.php/oa/catalog/book/661)
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
Delivery mode
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Traditional
At a distance
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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Teacher
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MASSIDDA Luca
(syllabus)
The first part of the program will be aimed at studying the fundamental concepts of the discipline: - How political sociology is born and what does it study - The state, power and authority - Socialization, participation and political recruitment - Political communication and public opinion - The ideology - How societies change We will then move on to an in-depth study of the main theories: - The Weberian approach - The Marxian approach - Elitism - The pluralist theory - The functionalist structural approach While in the last part - monographic - of the course, the social representation of male violence against women offered by legal language and the language of the media will be analyzed.
(reference books)
- Michael Rush, Politica e società. Introduzione alla sociologia politica, Il Mulino, 1994 N.B. All chapters up to the entire FIFTH PART INCLUDED. The Sixth part can be omitted
- Flaminia Saccà, edited by, STEREOTIPO E PREGIUDIZIO. LA RAPPRESENTAZIONE GIURIDICA E MEDIATICA DELLA VIOLENZA DI GENERE, Franco Angeli, 2021 N.B. All the chapters (Ebook available in open access: https://ojs.francoangeli.it/_omp/index.php/oa/catalog/book/661)
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
Delivery mode
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Traditional
At a distance
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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