Sociologia | ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY

cod. 0312300018

ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY

	0312300018
	DIPARTIMENTO DI STUDI POLITICI E SOCIALI
	EQF6
	SOCIOLOGY
	2016/2017

CURRICULUM ECONOMICO

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2011
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	SPS/09	9	60	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

	Objectives
	THE COURSE WILL PROVIDE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS TO ANALYZE THE CHANGES TAKING PLACE IN THE PROCESSES OF SOCIAL REGULATION OF THE ECONOMY AND FOR A CORRECT COURSE PROVIDES THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS TO ANALYZE THE CHANGES TAKING PLACE IN THE PROCESSES OF SOCIAL REGULATION OF THE ECONOMY AND FOR A CORRECT READING AND INTERPRETATION OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC PHENOMENA. PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE PAID TO THE IMPACT OF THE ECONOMIC CHANGES OF THE LAST DECADES ON THE WELFARE SYSTEMS OF THE MARKET-ECONOMY COUNTRIES AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THESE CHANGES IN TERMS OF NEW FORMS OF EXCLUSION AND SOCIAL VULNERABILITY. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: WILL BE PROVIDED WITH THE BASIC TOOLS FOR READING SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN TIME AND CONTEMPORARY, THROUGH THE THEORETICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IN SOCIOLOGY OF ECONOMIC AND LABOR PROCESSES. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING APPLIED: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO KNOW AND APPLY THE BASIC CONCEPTS USED BY THE ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY TO THE STUDY OF THE OPERATION AND THE ECONOMY CHANGE AND SPECIFIC ECONOMIC PHENOMENA. IN PARTICULAR THEY WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE LEARNED TO UNDERSTAND AND ANALYZE A WIDE RANGE OF ECONOMIC PHENOMENA THAT CHARACTERIZE THEIR DAILY EXPERIENCE AND WHO HAVE A CENTRAL ROLE IN THE CURRENT PUBLIC DEBATE. JUDGEMENT SKILLS: STUDY AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT SOCIAL REALITIES ALLOW AN INDEPENDENT REPROCESSING CAPABILITIES, EVALUATION AND JUDGMENT. COMMUNICATION SKILLS: AT THE END OF THE COURSE STUDENTS WILL HAVE ACQUIRED THE TYPICAL JARGON OF THE DISCIPLINE TO COMMUNICATE CLEARLY AND UNAMBIGUOUSLY WITH SPECIALIST AND NON. LEARNING SKILLS: KNOWLEDGE OF THE TOPICS COVERED IN THE TEACHING WILL ENABLE STUDENTS TO APPLY THEM TO THE READING OF DATA AND CASE STUDIES, EVEN IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE BETWEEN DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXTS. AT THE END OF THE COURSE IT WILL ALSO HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CONCEPTS AND BETWEEN THE CONTENT, EVEN IMPLICIT, PRESENT IN THE EXAM PAPERS AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.

THE COURSE WILL PROVIDE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS TO ANALYZE THE CHANGES TAKING PLACE IN THE PROCESSES OF SOCIAL REGULATION OF THE ECONOMY AND FOR A CORRECT COURSE PROVIDES THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS TO ANALYZE THE CHANGES TAKING PLACE IN THE PROCESSES OF SOCIAL REGULATION OF THE ECONOMY AND FOR A CORRECT READING AND INTERPRETATION OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC PHENOMENA. PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE PAID TO THE IMPACT OF THE ECONOMIC CHANGES OF THE LAST DECADES ON THE WELFARE SYSTEMS OF THE MARKET-ECONOMY COUNTRIES AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THESE CHANGES IN TERMS OF NEW FORMS OF EXCLUSION AND SOCIAL VULNERABILITY.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: WILL BE PROVIDED WITH THE BASIC TOOLS FOR READING SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN TIME AND CONTEMPORARY, THROUGH THE THEORETICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IN SOCIOLOGY OF ECONOMIC AND LABOR PROCESSES.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING APPLIED: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO KNOW AND APPLY THE BASIC CONCEPTS USED BY THE ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY TO THE STUDY OF THE OPERATION AND THE ECONOMY CHANGE AND SPECIFIC ECONOMIC PHENOMENA. IN PARTICULAR THEY WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE LEARNED TO UNDERSTAND AND ANALYZE A WIDE RANGE OF ECONOMIC PHENOMENA THAT CHARACTERIZE THEIR DAILY EXPERIENCE AND WHO HAVE A CENTRAL ROLE IN THE CURRENT PUBLIC DEBATE.
JUDGEMENT SKILLS: STUDY AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT SOCIAL REALITIES ALLOW AN INDEPENDENT REPROCESSING CAPABILITIES, EVALUATION AND JUDGMENT.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS: AT THE END OF THE COURSE STUDENTS WILL HAVE ACQUIRED THE TYPICAL JARGON OF THE DISCIPLINE TO COMMUNICATE CLEARLY AND UNAMBIGUOUSLY WITH SPECIALIST AND NON.
LEARNING SKILLS: KNOWLEDGE OF THE TOPICS COVERED IN THE TEACHING WILL ENABLE STUDENTS TO APPLY THEM TO THE READING OF DATA AND CASE STUDIES, EVEN IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE BETWEEN DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXTS. AT THE END OF THE COURSE IT WILL ALSO HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CONCEPTS AND BETWEEN THE CONTENT, EVEN IMPLICIT, PRESENT IN THE EXAM PAPERS AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.

	Prerequisites
	NONE

	Contents
	THE FIRST PART OF THE COURSE WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE THEMES AND PATHS OF CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY AND THE DIFFERENT THEORETICAL APPROACHES , AS WELL AS THE MOST RECENT PROBLEMS THAT GLOBALIZATION POSES TO THE DIFFERENT MODELS OF CAPITALISM . IN THE SECOND PART WILL ENGAGE WITH THE ISSUES OF DEVELOPMENT UNTIL THE CRISIS OF THE WELFARE STATE ; BY THE DECLINE OF THE PRODUCTIVE MODEL " FORDIST " TO THE FINANCIAL MANAGERIAL CAPITALISM , NEW FORMS OF FLEXIBLE ORGANIZATION ( ENTERPRISE - NETWORKING , INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS , INFORMAL ECONOMY ) . FINALLY , THE THIRD PART OF THE COURSE WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE WELFARE STATE IN ITALY .

Contents

THE FIRST PART OF THE COURSE WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE THEMES AND PATHS OF CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY AND THE DIFFERENT THEORETICAL APPROACHES , AS WELL AS THE MOST RECENT PROBLEMS THAT GLOBALIZATION POSES TO THE DIFFERENT MODELS OF CAPITALISM . IN THE SECOND PART WILL ENGAGE WITH THE ISSUES OF DEVELOPMENT UNTIL THE CRISIS OF THE WELFARE STATE ; BY THE DECLINE OF THE PRODUCTIVE MODEL " FORDIST " TO THE FINANCIAL MANAGERIAL CAPITALISM , NEW FORMS OF FLEXIBLE ORGANIZATION ( ENTERPRISE - NETWORKING , INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS , INFORMAL ECONOMY ) . FINALLY , THE THIRD PART OF THE COURSE WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE WELFARE STATE IN ITALY .

	Teaching Methods
	LECTURES, GROUP EXERCISES HELD IN THE CLASSROOM. SEMINARS ARE ALSO PLANNED.

	Verification of learning
	ORAL TEST

	Texts
	CARLO TRIGILIA, SOCIOLOGIA ECONOMICA, VOL. II. TEMI E PERCORSI CONTEMPORANEI, IL MULINO, 2009. (PER INTERO) M. FERRERA, EDIZIONE 2012, L’ANALISI DELLE POLITICHE SOCIALI E DEL WELFARE STATE, IN M. FERRERA, LE POLITICHE SOCIALI, IL MULINO