Università Roma Tre

1) This course introduces the student to the main sociological concepts, theories and models. In particular, the course focuses on the relations between Society, Social Subjects, Technology and Capitalism.
2) It provides to the students the conceptual tools to understand and analyze the main dimensions of contemporary social changes.

THE COURSE (C.F.U. 10) WILL PROVIDE THE STUDY OF THE MAKING OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE MAIN POLITICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PROCESSES AND TO SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL COMPONENTS TOO. THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED MUST MAKE CLEAR THE CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF THE ISSUES AND THE RELEVANCE OF PARTICULAR ASPECTS AND MOMENTS OF THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES.

Being able to produce, interpret and communicate data in a social sciences framework. Being able to deal appropriately with data variability and uncertainty.

ECONOMICS IS THE SOCIAL SCIENCE OF CHOICES, WHETHER THAT CHOICE IS MADE BY AN INDIVIDUAL, A FIRM OR A GOVERNMENT. IT IS A SCIENCE IN THAT ECONOMISTS TRY TO EXPLAIN AND RATIONALIZE BEHAVIOR THROUGH MODELS AND
HYPOTHESIS TESTING. IT IS SOCIAL BECAUSE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, INTERACTION BETWEEN ECONOMIC AGENTS IS WHAT
DRIVES THE MOST INTERESTING AND ENGAGING QUESTIONS.
THE CLASS BEGINS WITH THE FOUNDATIONS THAT UNDERLIE ALL OF ECONOMICS. WE THEN DIVIDE AND EXPLORE THE TWO BROAD DIVISIONS WITHIN ECONOMICS:
MICROECONOMICS, WHICH LOOKS AT INDIVIDUAL AGENTS’ BEHAVIORS AND THEIR INTERACTIONS IN MARKETS, AND
MACROECONOMICS, WHICH DEALS WITH BROAD TRENDS OF THE ECONOMY.

The Course is aimed at analysing the global and regional IOs phenomenon along the lines of their institutional and operative features in the perspective of the inter-governmental cooperation as well as the human rights protection.

THIS COURSE STUDIES ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL INTERDEPENDENCE IN OPEN ECONOMIES. IT ADDRESSES RELEVANT ISSUES AS THE DETERMINANTS OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE, TRADE POLICIES, THE GLOBALISATION OF FINANCIAL MARKETS, MACROECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM (OR DISEQUILIBRIUM), THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CYCLE, THE FINANCIAL MONETARY SYSTEM AND THE FUNCTIONING OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKETS.
THIS COURSE PROVIDES BASIC TOOLS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AS WELL AS OF INTERNATIONAL MACROECONOMICS.

TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF KEY THEORETICAL AND TOPICAL ISSUES IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND TO PROMOTE CRITICAL, INFORMED READINGS OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL DEBATES, PAST AND PRESENT ABOUT BODY, EMBODIMENT AND GENDER.

THE INSTITUTIONAL COURSE PROVIDES AN INTERPRETATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING INTERSTATE RELATIONS AND CONCEPTUALIZES THE LEVELS OF ANALYSIS – THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM, THE STATE AND THE INDIVIDUAL – TO EXPLAIN GLOBAL POLITICS TODAY. THE THEORETICAL BACKGROUND IS DIRECTED TO DEVELOP THE COMPLEXITY OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AND INCREASING INTERACTION BETWEEN GLOBAL ACTORS (STATE, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, NGO, MULTINATIONALS) THROUGH AN EXPLORATION OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH
NECESSARY SKILLS FOR ACCESS TO SPECIALIZED COURSES OR POSITIONS
WORK IN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS,
OR PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, NATIONAL AND LOCAL
THAT HAVE AS THEIR MAIN AIM IS TO PROMOTE AND STIMULATE THE DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF A GIVEN AREA.