Enrollment year
2015/2016
Academic discipline
SPS/07 (GENERAL SOCIOLOGY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
1st semester (21/09/2015 - 23/12/2015)
Lesson hours
44 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Learning outcomes
to provide some interpretative categories, in order to understand the complexity of socio-economic changes taking place to-day in Western societies.
Course contents
The course is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on contemporary sociological theories on globalization (mainly referring to authors like Giddens, Beck, Castells, Bauman).
The second part focuses on the changes taking place in contemporary labour markets
Teaching methods
lectures and working groups
Reccomended or required readings
For the first part: C. Giaccardi, M. Magatti, La globalizzazione non รจ un destino, Laterza, Roma-Bari.
For the second part: S. Negrelli, Le trasformazioni del lavoro, Laterza, Roma-Bari
Assessment methods
Written and an optional oral examination for the students who have already passed the written examination
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030
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