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.