POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: GIOVANNI PIAZZAExpected Learning Outcomes
The course aims to provide the theoretical and empirical knowledge, and the analytical tools related to the main concepts, actors and processes studied by the political sociology. In addition, the course aims to stimulate reflection and the ability of critical interpretation by the students concerning the contemporary political phenomena, also by using the computer media and audio-visual devices (internet links, projections of graphs, tables, pictures and videos).
Course Structure
Frontal/traditional teaching
Required Prerequisites
No mandatory prerequisites. It is preferable to have basic knowledge of general sociology and political science
Attendance of Lessons
Not mandatory but recommended
Detailed Course Content
Textbook Information
-de Nardis F. (2013), Sociologia politica. Per comprendere i fenomeni politici contemporanei. Milano, McGraw-Hill: cap. 1 (par. 1.1), pp. 4-6; cap. 2 (par. 2.1), pp. 30-33; cap. 3 (par. 3.1), pp. 78-83; cap. 6 (par. 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4), pp. 167-189; cap. 8 (par. 8.1, 8.2, 8.3) pp.241-255; cap. 10 (par. 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5.0), pp. 309-344; cap. 11 (par. 11.3), pp. 385-393; cap. 12 (par. 12.1, 12.2, 12.3), pp. 407-425; cap. 15, pp. 491-534; cap. 16, pp. 539-565; cap. 18, pp. 587-611. - della Porta D., Piazza G., Bertuzzi N. and Sorci G. (2019), “LULUs movements in multilevel struggles: A comparison of four movements in Italy”, in Rivista Italiana di Politiche Pubbliche, n. 3, dicembre, pp. 477-513.. -Raffini L. (2014), “La politica online alla prova della democrazia”, in Alteri L. e Raffini L. (a cura di), La nuova politica. Movimenti, mobilitazioni e conflitti in Italia. EdiSES, Napoli, cap. 7, pp. 169-182. -Piazza G. (2018), “Not only students, but also not enough: the waves of protest in the higher education in Italy”, in International Review of Social Research, Vol. 8 n. 1, pp. 64-73. -Piazza G. (a cura di) (2012), “Il movimento delle occupazioni di squat e centri sociali in Europa. Una introduzione”, in Partecipazione e Conflitto, n. 1, Franco Angeli, Milano, pp. 5-18. -Frazzetta, F. e G. Piazza (2022), “L’evoluzione del movimento dei centri sociali in Italia: dalle occupazioni “polivalenti” (multitasking) agli spazi con specifica destinazione d’uso”, in Criticity (a cura di), Futuri Urbani: Città Viva - Vol. III, Contrabbandiera editrice, Firenze, pp. 48-63. . -Frazzetta, F. and Piazza, G. (2022), “The protests of migrants in Sicily: Why are there few and only single-issue?”, in Geopolitics, Vol. 27, n. 4, pp. 1284-1307. |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Oral exam
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
All topics of the program