The course aims to provide students with knowledge of the main theories and methods developed within the framework for the analysis of family structures, roles and family relationships and interactions between the family and other social institutions with reference to contemporary societies and their evolutionary processes.
- The main approaches to the study of the family and its evolution
- The family structures in contemporary society.
- The Family relations: relations of gender and generation
- The economic functions of the family
- The Social policies for the family
C.Saraceno, M. Naldini, edizione 2013, Sociologia della famiglia, Il Mulino, Bologna.