Università Roma Tre

The course is dedicated to the problems, concepts, methods and main sociological theories.

During the course, some of the key concepts of sociology will be studied: social relations; social action, socialization, solidarity, interaction, social inequality, stratification and social classes and exclusion, culture etc.
The course aims a critical analysis of the most relevant aspects of social processes ongoing in contemporary. Know the main trends of sociological theory and learn the basics of methodologies for social research.

Obligatory books:

1. Ambrogio Santambrogio, Introduzione alla sociologia, Editore Laterza.
2. Paolo Montesperelli, Metodologia della ricerca sociale (materiale scaricabile dalla bacheca della cattedra).

3. Claudio Tognonato, Teoria sociale dell’agire inerte. L’individuo nella morsa delle costruzioni sociali, Liguori Editore, Napoli 2018.