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METHODS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

Guido Gabriele CAVALCA METHODS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

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DIPARTIMENTO DI STUDI POLITICI E SOCIALI
EQF7
SOCIOLOGY AND POLICY-MAKING FROM A TERRITORIAL PERSPECTIVE
2018/2019

YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2011
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
640LESSONS
GUIDO GABRIELE CAVALCA T Curriculum
Objectives
THIS COURSE, WHICH IS OF AN ADVANCED LEVEL, AIMS TO PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS WITH A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES. THE MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO ANALYSE IMPORTANT SOCIAL CLEAVAGES USING APPROPRIATE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS. DURING THE SECOND PART OF THE COURSE, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN A COMPUTER LABORATORY, STUDENTS WILL LEARN HOW TO OPERATIONALISE THESE CONCEPTS USING QUANTITATIVE DATA FROM IMPORTANT SOCIOLOGICAL SURVEYS. THE FINAL ASSESSMENT WILL BE BASED ON PROJECT WORK COMPLETED DURING THE LABORATORY SESSIONS AND A WRITTEN EXAM, CARRIED OUT IN CLASS WITHOUT ACCESS TO BOOKS OR NOTES.

BY THE END OF THE COURSE, IT IS EXPECTED THAT PARTICIPANTS:
- HAVE UNDERSTOOD THE MAIN CONCEPTS RELATING TO THE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AS WELL AS THEIR ROLE WITHIN THE DIFFERENT THEORETICAL APPROACHES;
- ARE ABLE TO APPLY THE MAIN STRATIFICATION TYPOLOGIES TO QUANTITATIVE DATA, USING THE TOOLS THAT THEY LEARNED IN THE COMPUTER LABORATORY DURING THE SECOND PART OF THE COURSE;
- HAVE THE ABILITY TO FORMULATE A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO THE ANALYSIS OF STRATIFICATION, IDENTIFYING THEIR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES;
- FULLY DEVELOP THEIR ORAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS (BY PARTICIPATING IN PROJECT WORK AND PRESENTING THEIR WORK IN CLASS), AS WELL AS THE CAPACITY TO COMMUNICATE IN WRITING (WHICH WILL BE DEVELOPED AND ASSESSED BY A WRITTEN EXAM);
- BECOME COMPETENT IN CARRYING OUT RESEARCH PROJECTS ON THE NATURE AND CONSEQUENCES OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION, APPLYING THE CONCEPTS, ABILITIES AND METHODS THAT THEY HAVE LEARNED DURING THE COURSE.
Prerequisites
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Contents

THE CONCEPT OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN SOCIOLOGICAL INQUIRY, AND IS CONTINUALLY EVOKED IN THE ANALYSIS OF INEQUALITIES, SOCIAL MOBILITY AND POLITICAL BEHAVIOUR. NEVERTHELESS, THE PRECISE NATURE OF STRATIFICATION IN THE ECONOMICALLY-ADVANCED COUNTRIES CONTINUES TO POSE PROFOUND THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL QUESTIONS.

THIS ADVANCED COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS WITH A RICH UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES. DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS WILL EXPLORE THE PRINCIPAL THEORETICAL PARADIGMS THAT HAVE GUIDED SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF STRATIFICATION, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION OF MARX, WEBER AND DURKHEIM, AND FOCUSING ATTENTION ON THE ROLE OF STRUCTURED INEQUALITIES WITHIN EACH OF THESE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS.

BUILDING ON THIS APPROACH, PARTICIPANTS WILL THEN STUDY A NUMBER OF CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS IN GREATER DETAIL - INCLUDING WRIGHT, GOLTHORPE AND GRUSKY - WITH A VIEW TO UNDERSTANDING HOW THE NEO-MARXIAN, NEO-WEBERIAN AND NEO-DURKHEIMIAN RESEARCH PROGRAMMES HAVE EVOLVED OVER TIME. THE AIM IS TO IDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC CONCEPT OF STRATIFICATION THAT EMERGES WITHIN EACH OF THESE THREE STRANDS, IN ORDER TO TACKLE MORE RECENT DEBATES ON ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING (DEINDUSTRIALISATION, POST-FORDISM), THE TRANSFORMATION OF WORK (IMMATERIAL WORK, FLEXIBLE JOBS AND POLARISATION), THE NEW MIDDLE CLASSES AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE LABOUR MARKET (INCLUDING THE POSITION OF WOMEN AND ETHNIC MINORITIES).

DURING THE SECOND PART OF THE COURSE, WHICH WILL BE HELD IN A COMPUTER LABORATORY, PARTICIPANTS WILL EXPLORE HOW THESE CONCEPTS MIGHT BE OPERATIONALISED. WITH REFERENCE TO THE ITALIAN CONTEXT, AND USING STATISTICAL DATA, STUDENTS WILL ASSESS THE LOGICAL, THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL COHERENCE OF VARIOUS TYPOLOGIES USING DATA FROM IMPORTANT SOCIOLOGICAL SURVEYS. COURSE PARTICIPANTS WILL THUS LEARN HOW TO TACKLE THE MEASUREMENT OF STRATIFICATION IN MORE CONCRETE TERMS.
Teaching Methods

TRADITIONAL LECTURES
LABORATORY SESSIONS
PROJECT WORK IN SMALL GROUPS
INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS WITH DISCUSSION
Verification of learning
THE FINAL ASSESSMENT WILL BE BASED ON A SHORT INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATION BASED ON THE PROJECT WORK CARRIED OUT IN THE COMPUTER LABORATORY AND AN INDIVIDUAL WRITTEN EXAM WITHOUT ACCESS TO BOOKS OR NOTES (WHICH WILL LAST 3 HOURS).
Texts
AT OR BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE, THE FOLLOWING TEXTS MAY BE USEFUL:

BAERT, P. (2002), LA TEORIA SOCIALE CONTEMPORANEA. BOLOGNA: IL MULINO. IN PARTICOLARE: INTRODUZIONE E CAPITOLI I, II, IV, VIII.

MARX K. (1867), IL CAPITALE. CRITICA DELL’ECONOMIA POLITICA, ROMA, EDITORI RIUNITI. LIBRO I, CAPITOLO V, “PROCESSO LAVORATIVO E PROCESSO DI VALORIZZAZIONE”.

WEBER M. (1980[1922]), “CLASSE, STATUS, PARTITO”. IN: ECONOMIA E SOCIETÀ. MILANO: EDIZIONI DI COMUNITÀ. VOL. II.

OBLIGATORY READINGS:

AMATURO, E. E DE LILLO, A. (2008), “DISUGUAGLIANZE SOCIALI E STRATIFICAZIONE OCCUPAZIONALE”, SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO, 112 (PP. 17-28).

CROMPTON, R. (1999), CLASSI SOCIALI E STRATIFICAZIONE, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO. INTRODUZIONE E CAPITOLI I, II, III, IV, V (PP. 11-169).

PACI, M. (2001), “STRUTTURA DI CLASSE E COMPLESSITÀ SOCIALE. RIFLESSIONI IN MARGINE ALL'USCITA DELLA RICERCA SOCIOLOGICA ITALIANA DAL PARADIGMA 'ECONOMICISTICO'”. IN: P. DE NARDIS E E. BEVILACQUA (A CURA DI), LE CLASSI IN UNA SOCIETÀ SENZA CLASSI. ROMA: MELTEMI. (PP. 157-184).

PISATI, M. (2003), LA MOBILITÀ SOCIALE, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO. CAPITOLI I, II, III (PP. 11-114).

TWO ADDITIONAL READINGS ARE REQUIRED (A DETAILED LIST OF TEXTS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE)
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