The course aims to provide the student with the basic categories of sociological analysis needed to understand contemporary reality through the illustration of concepts used by sociology (culture and society, groups, organizations, family, deviance, inequality, education, mobility, migration, Economy, work, power), analyzing globalization and its influence on everyday life, illustrating strategies, techniques and tools of social research
To illustrate the concepts used by sociology (culture and society, groups, organizations, family, deviance, inequalities, education, mobility, migration, economy, work, power), analyze globalization and its influence on everyday life
To provide students with the basic concepts of strategies, techniques and tools of social research.
To be able to understand the concepts used by sociology (culture and society, groups, organizations, family, deviance, inequalities, education, mobility, migration, economy, work, power), analyze globalization and its influence on everyday life
To be able to understand the basic concepts of strategies, techniques and tools of social research.
Basic linguistic knowledge, ability to make connections, minimal notions of history and the main political and social changes that have occurred in the modern era.
Front lectures in attendance, with possibility of participation in thematic seminars on the topics discussed, Aulaweb.
The course provides the basics of sociology, focusing in particular on the following topics:
What is the object of sociology? The formation of modern society; The texture of the social fabric; Culture, identity, socialization; Language and communication. Standards, Deviance and Crime, Layering, Social Classes and Social Mobility, Gender and Age Differences, Breeds, Ethnicities and Nations, Family and Marriage, Education and Education, Economics and Society, Labor, Manufacturing and Consumption, Politics and Administration, Population and Social Organization in Space
Specific materials in English for foreign students will be provided by the professor. Foreign students must contact the professor at the beginning of the course
Ricevimento: From Monday to Thursday 12: 00-14: 00 by previous appointment through e-mail to Stefano.poli@unige.it. In case of impossibility to receive students in attendance it will be adopted the Teams platform.
STEFANO POLI (President)
MARIO ZIGNEGO
Second semester
Written and oral. Students who intend to take the exam must sign up for “scritto e orale” (“written and oral”) in the appeals indicated in the exam session. Preliminary signing up to examination is compulsory.
The exam will be realized in written mode (5 open questions, 4 in the manual and 1 in the reading book), with possible oral integration if requested by the professor or the student for further assessment of the preparation.
All students are invited to periodically consult the page of this course on the AulaWeb e-learning portal (accessible from the University site or at: http://www.aulaweb.unige.it/). All information and materials related to this course are provided exclusively on that site.
