SOCIOLOGIA ECONOMICA

The course will provide:

- lectures

- discussion and debate on research and case studies on the main topics of economic sociology.

- short individual or group exercises.

No particular prerequisites are required. However, previous knowledge on and general concepts of economics and sociology can be useful background for understanding the topics covered in the classroom and included in the teaching program. Attendance at the lessons is not compulsory but highly desirable. Discussions of examples and case studies, as well as the exercises in which the attending students are involved, can be considered an effective aid to understanding the topics included in the program

The course contents are divided into 3 parts: -

PART 1-MODULES 1-3: GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY. In this part of the course, the introductory principles that distinguish the sociological approach in the analysis of economic phenomena will be addressed. The main concepts and tools of economic sociology will also be treated through the contributions of "classical" scholars, such as Weber, Durkheim, Simmel, Polanyi, Bourdieu, Granovetter, Powell and Di Maggio, Boltanski. The examination of these important contributions that represent the foundations of the discipline will provide a substantial basis for understanding the second part of the course.

PART 2 - MODULES 4-6: THE THEMES OF CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY. In the second part of the course, the main topics of reflection in contemporary economic sociology will be examined through the discussion and analysis of the main Italian and international research contributions. This part represents an essential piece for understanding the contemporaneity of the socio-economic debate in relation to issues of great public importance such as the relationship between formal and informal, illegal markets, financialization, global value chains, north-south dualism, social stratification, and the welfare state.

- PART 3 - MODULES 7-9: THE PHENOMENON OF CONSUMPTION IN ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY. The last part of the course will have a monographic nature and will be based on the specific examination of a text and the research analyzed in it, focused on the processes of transformation of consumption in contemporary societies. In particular, we will focus on the themes of critical consumption, co-production, and consumerism.

PART 1: Barbera F., Pais I. (a cura di), FONDAMENTI DI SOCIOLOGIA ECONOMICA, Egea editore, Milano: pp. XVII-XII, pp. 3-30, pp. 43-55, pp.71-100, pp. 115-160

PART 2: Barbera F., Pais I. (a cura di), FONDAMENTI DI SOCIOLOGIA ECONOMICA, Egea editore, Milano: pp.201-226, pp. 261-332, pp. 353-368, pp. 383-411

PART 3: Arcidiacono D., CONSUMATORI ATTIVI. SCELTE D'ACQUISTO E PARTECIPAZIONE PER UNA NUOVA ETICA ECONOMICA, Franco Angeli, Milano