Università Roma Tre

The course aims to provide an understanding of the main sociological theories about the family and the generativity and their connections with the theoretical and methodological contributions developed in the analysis of social networks. Particular attention is given to the ability to apply the network approach (primary and secondary) in the field of social cohesion in relation to families and margina-lity.
By the study of Families and Social Networks the student will be able to achieve the following training objectives:
- knowledge and understanding: to acquire familiarity with complex concepts in the context of transformations of family models, of the characteristics of social networks and of the related processes of generativity in relation to social capi-tal in marginal contexts.
- appling knowledge and understanding: to analyze case studies on the role of the family on the formation of social networks, social capital and marginality;
- making judgments: to orientate critically between the different approaches concerning family and network models, marginality and the paradigms of generativity in the processes of formation of social capital;
- communication skills: to develop lexical and conceptual tools necessary for the study of family sociology and social network approaches and useful for acquiring oral and writing skills;
- Learning skills: critical and reflexive self-learning ability and study organization at individual and group level.