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B000111 - COMPARATIVE SOCIAL SYSTEMS
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Academic Year 2013-14
Course year
Third year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Political and Social Sciences (DSPS)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
SPS/07 - GENERAL SOCIOLOGY
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
45
Teaching Term
03/03/2014 ⇒ 30/05/2014
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Mutuality
Course teached as:
- SISTEMI SOCIALI COMPARATI
3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in POLITICAL SCIENCES
- SISTEMI SOCIALI COMPARATI
3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in POLITICAL SCIENCES
Teaching Language - Last names A-L
Italian
Course Content - Last names A-L
Comparative analysis of social transformations in European Societies related to work, social models, economic institutions, education, political and social participation. The course tackles the problem of the relationship between economic development, social cohesion and democracy through Ralf Dahrendorf’s work.
Suggested readings - Last names A-L (Search our library's catalogue)
L. Sciolla (a cura di), Processi e trasformazioni sociali, Laterza (Introduzione, Parte prima e parte seconda).
L. Leonardi, Introduzione a Ralf Dahrendorf, Laterza
R. Dahrendorf, Quadrare il cerchio ieri e oggi, Laterza.
L. Leonardi, Introduzione a Ralf Dahrendorf, Laterza
R. Dahrendorf, Quadrare il cerchio ieri e oggi, Laterza.
Learning Objectives - Last names A-L
The course provides students with theoretical and methodological tools in order to analyze contemporary societies.
Prerequisites - Last names A-L
The students are required to have already taken the exam of Sociology.
Teaching Methods - Last names A-L
Lectures and presentations. Students are required to give some contribution on the web platform (Moodle).
Further information - Last names A-L
Sistemi sociali comparati is included in the Jean Monnet Chair Programme: "Social dimension and European Integration".
Type of Assessment - Last names A-L
Non-attendee students are required to sit for a written exam, made up of three open questions on the course books.
Attendee students: Frequency and active participation both to lectures and seminars will count as 40% of the final mark. Each student is required to give a presentation on a topic of the course program. The final witten exam is made up of two open questions, one of them on a topic chosen by the students.
Attendee students: Frequency and active participation both to lectures and seminars will count as 40% of the final mark. Each student is required to give a presentation on a topic of the course program. The final witten exam is made up of two open questions, one of them on a topic chosen by the students.
Course program - Last names A-L
The first module will address in particular the issues of socio-economic transformation, the different European social models, the implications of the knowledge society and the development of educational institutions.
The second part of the course deals with issues related to social complexity, particularly in the dimension of the relationship between civil society and political institutions, migration, multiculturalism and challenges to social citizenship.
The third part focuses on the relationship between economic transformation, social cohesion and political stability in relation to the work of Ralf Dahrendorf "Squaring the Circle".
The second part of the course deals with issues related to social complexity, particularly in the dimension of the relationship between civil society and political institutions, migration, multiculturalism and challenges to social citizenship.
The third part focuses on the relationship between economic transformation, social cohesion and political stability in relation to the work of Ralf Dahrendorf "Squaring the Circle".