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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16200 |
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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Group: 1
Teacher
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MASSIDDA Luca
(syllabus)
PROGRAM The first part of the program will focus on the fundamental concepts of the discipline: - How political sociology is born and what it studies - State, power and authority - Socialization, participation and political recruitment - Political communication and public opinion - Ideology - How societies change
The main theories will then be examined in more detail: - Max Weber's sociological theory - Marxism - Political theory of Elitism - Political theory of Pluralism - Structural functionalism
While in the last - monographic - part of the course, the socialization, the recruitment and the political culture of the young administrators of Lazio will be analyzed, to better understand - through a case study - the process of change underway.
(reference books)
- Michael Rush, Politica e società. Introduzione alla sociologia politica, Il Mulino, 1994 (or any more recent edition) All chapters up to the FIFTH PART INCLUDED. The sixth part can be omitted (Conclusions and future of political sociology)
- Flaminia Saccà, Politica e mutamento generazionale. Uno studio di caso: la cultura politica dei giovani amministratori dei Lazio, Franco Angeli, 2014 All chapters and Conclusions
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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
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Attendance
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Mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Written test
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Group: 2
Teacher
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BELMONTE ROSALBA
(syllabus)
The first part of the program consists in the study of the main theories and concepts of political sociology: - The origins of the subject - State, power and authority - Socialization, participation and political recruitment - Political communication and public opinion - Ideology - Social change
The second part of the course aims to investigate the relation among politics and generational change through the analysis of a recent empirical research on the young administrators of Lazio, carried on by Flaminia Saccà.
(reference books)
Michael Rush, Politica e società. Introduzione alla sociologia politica, Il Mulino, Bologna Capitoli 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 e 10.
Flaminia Saccà, Politica e mutamento generazionale. Uno studio di caso: la cultura politica dei giovani amministratori del Lazio, Franco Angeli, Roma 2014
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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
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Written test
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