This course is designed to provide students with the concepts to form the ability to analyze the contemporary inequalities issues and to understand the relationship between social policy and social inequalities
The course proposes to introduce the main theoretical concepts and the main research topics concerning social inequalities and contemporary social protection systems. The primary objective is to offer students of the psychology course the necessary tools to understand the social and institutional context in which they will find themselves working. Specifically, the course will be divided into two specific parts. 1. The first part will focus on the analysis of the main transformations involving contemporary societies. In particular, we will study the demographic, working and family-related transformations and ways of living together. 2. The second part will focus instead on the analysis of the concepts and dynamics that define the architecture of modern welfare state systems, developing in particular the specificities and criticalities of the Italian case.
The course focuses on historical, economic, political and social conditions, that affect the relation between social inequalities and welfare state. One of the primary aims is to offer the tools needed to understand the social and institutional context in which it will operate.
The course will be organized in two specific areas.
1 The analysis of the main changes that characterize the contemporary societies. In particular the changes linked to: the demographics transformations, the job transformations, and the family and cohabitation transformations.
2. The analysis of the concepts and dynamics that define the architecture of the modern welfare state, in particular by developing the specificity and criticality of the Italian case.
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Ricevimento: by mail apointment mauro.migliavacca@unige.it
MAURO MIGLIAVACCA (President)
DAVID GIOFRE'
September 2024
SOCIAL INEQUALITIES AND THE WELFARE STATE
the exam modality will be defined at the beginning of the course
understanding of the topics of the course
