B000284 - SOCIOLOGY OF LABOR

Italian

The course affords the study of the main changes in labour, the forms of production and social exchange regulating employment, the conditions and contents of the professional experience and their effects on the individual identities. The comparative historical approach aims at an in-depth understanding of these changes and their social implications. The direct study of classical and recent authors of Sociology of labour is also provided.

STUDENTS ATTENDING THE COURSE (9 CFU):
1.
- Emilio Reyneri (2011) Sociologia del mercato del lavoro, Bologna, Il Mulino, volumi I e II
2.
- Articles and texts edited in the major sociological Italian and foreign journals, text and/or chapters of some classical authors of Sociology of labour. The text are indicated during the course.
3.
A free choice text among those indicated during the course

STUDENTS NON ATTENDING THE COURSE (9 CFU):
1.
- Emilio Reyneri (2011) Sociologia del mercato del lavoro, Bologna, Il Mulino, volumi I e II
2.
- Paolo Giovannini, Tra conflitto e solidarietà, Padova, Cedam, 1987.
3.
A free choice text among those indicated below:
- Ambrosini Maurizio (a cura di, 2009), Intraprendere fra due mondi. Il transnazionalismo economico degli immigrati, Bologna Il Mulino
- Bertolini Sonia (2012), Flessibilmente giovani. Percorsi lavorativi e transizione alla vita adulta nel nuovo mercato del lavoro, Bologna, Il Mulino
- Catanzaro Raimondo, Colombo Asher (2009), "Badanti & Co. Il lavoro domestico straniero in Italia", Bologna, Il Mulino
- Catino Maurizio (2012), Capire le organizzazioni, Bologna, Il Mulino
- Cimaglia Maria Cristina, Corbisiero Fabiom, Rizza Roberto (2009), Tra imprese e lavoratori: Una ricerca sul lavoro non standard in Italia, Milano Bruno Mondadori
- Cortese Anna (2012), carriere mobili. Percorsi lavorativi di giovani istruiti nel mezzogiorno, Milano, Franco Angeli
- Fortunato Vincenzo, Palidda Rita (a cura di, 2012), I call center in Italia. Lavoro e organizzazione tra retoriche e realtà, Roma, Carocci
- Gallino Luciano (1998), Se tre milioni vi sembran pochi. Sui modi per combattere la disoccupazione, Torino, Einaudi
- Luciano Adriana, Bertolini Sonia (a cura di, 2011), Incontri dietro le quinte. Imprese e professionisti nel settore dello spettacolo, Bologna Il Mulino
- Naldini Manuela, Saraceno Chiara (2011), Conciliare famiglia e lavoro. Vecchi e nuovi patti tra sessi e generazioni, Bologna, Il Mulino
- Negrelli Serafino (2013), le trasformazioni del lavoro, Bari Laterza
- Orientale Caputo Giustina (2009), La lezione degli anni trenta. Disoccupazione di massa e ricerca sociale, Milano, Bruno Mondadori
- Ranci Costanzo (a cura di, 2012), Partite IVA. Il lavoro autonomo nella crisi italiana, Bologna, Il Mulino
- Speranza lorenzo (2013), Medici in cerca d'autore, Bologna, Il Mulino
- Vicarelli Giovanna (2008), Donne in medicina. Il percorso professionale delle donne medico in Italia, Bologna, Il Mulino


STUDENTS ATTENDING AND NON ATTENDING THE COURSE (6 CFU):

1.
- Emilio Reyneri (2011) Sociologia del mercato del lavoro, Bologna, Il Mulino, volumi I e II
2.
A free choice text among those indicated above

KNOWLEDGE: The course offers a sociological analysis of labour's changes, forms of production and social exchange regulating labour, conditions and contents of working experience and its effect on individual indentity. Through an historical and comparative approach follows the transformation of industrial model since its origin, through the study of contemporary researches introduces an in-depht analysis and to the interpretation of actual environment and its perspectives.

COMPETENCIES: The course aims at developing competencies in the analysis of labour - society relationship, and especially the way in which characters of labour and labour market influence individuals as well as the society on the whole. These competencies are required in jobs related to the design, analysis and monitoring of labour policies; HRM; interests' representation; public or private services for demamd-supply intermediation in the labour market; research and teaching in the field.

ABILITIES TO BE ACQUIRED: Students learn to do scientific research in socio-labourist field; interpret and use researches and databases on labour, labour market, etc.; directly confront themselves with classical authors in the field and the contemporary scientific debate.

Having done the exam in Sociology is strongly recommended

Lectures with active participation of students for 63 hours and seminars for at least 12 hours

Oral examination based on the texts indicated.
Only during the course, at the end of the second module, there is an intermediate written exam based on the two volumes of the text of Reyneri.
Students non attending the course are allowed to participate to the intermediate exam.
The results of the exam last for only one year.
Students who have passed the intermediate exam are required to register and sustain the oral examination based on the free choice text.
Students attending the course can present a paper on a subject defined with teachers instead of sustain the oral examination on the free choice text.

The FIRST and SECOND module offer a general presentation of the Sociology of labour, its main theoretical and methodological approaches to the analysis of labour market and the relationship between labour and society. The theoretical- interpretative perspective is based on the major classical and recent contribution at the national and international level, as well as on the comparative analysis at the European level.

The THIRD module provides the direct and in-depth study of classical authors and contemporary empirical researches. Students are required to participate actively, with oral presentations and discussions.