22901972 - WELFARE AND SOCIAL CITIZENSHIP (L39/40)

The aim of the course is to provide students with the basics and tools of functional sociological theory and research to promote processes of analysis and understanding of the social significance that the themes of democracy and citizenship play in today's welfare systems.

At the end of the course the student acquired the ability to reflect critically on the foundations and structures of today's welfare systems using the concepts and tools of sociology.

Curriculum

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Programme

In the context of innovation of welfare systems, the course intends to deepen the ways in which local systems are trying to reconcile welfare, citizenship and work.
The objective is to introduce students to analysing local welfare situations and to the definition of participatory processes in the logic of democracy.
The course will also be enriched with a research experience for attending students.

Core Documentation

References:
1. one book:
S. Rizza, Welfare e democrazia. I soggetti, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2009

2. one of these:

 U. Ascoli (a cura di), Il welfare in Italia, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2011.
 L. Becchetti (a cura di), Le città del ben-vivere. Manifesto programmatico dell’economia civile per le amministrazioni locali, ECCRA, Roma, 2017.
 L. Bobbio, A più voci. Amministrazioni pubbliche, imprese, associazioni e cittadini nei processi decisionali inclusivi, Cantieri – Analisi e strumenti per l’innovazione, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, Napoli, 2004.
 P. Cacciari, (a cura di), La società dei beni comuni, Ediesse, Roma, 2010.
 C. Crouch, Quanto capitalismo può sopportare una società, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2014.
 M. Ceruti, T. Treu, (a cura di), Organizzare l’altruismo. Globalizzazione e welfare, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2010.
 S. Dell’Avanzato, Verso una comune cultura politica. Competenze e processi per la cittadinanza attiva, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2010.
 Y. Kazepov, D. Carbone, Che cos'è il welfare state, Carocci, Roma 2018.
 R. Lodigiani, L. Zanfrini, (a cura di), Riconciliare lavoro, welfare e cittadinanza, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2010.
 R. Lodigiani, Welfare attivo. Apprendimento continuo e nuove politiche del lavoro in Europa, Erickson, Trento, 2008.
 M. Paci, E. Pugliese, Welfare e promozione delle capacità, il Mulino, Bologna, 2011.
 P.L. Sullo, (a cura di), La democrazia possibile. Il Cantiere del Nuovo Municipio e le nuove forme di partecipazione da Porto Alegre al Vecchio Continente, Cantieri Carta/Edizioni Intra Moenia, Roma-Napoli, 2002.
 S. Zamagni, L’economia civile e i beni relazionali, Mimeo, Bologna, 2004.

Type of delivery of the course

The course will be held in the classroom in a single weekly appointment with the help of the educational platform. Teaching will therefore be participated. Students who continually attend educational activities are admitted to take an intermediate test in December 2019 following the presentation of a group paper as described in the course of the lessons. More information will be provided by the professorAccorinti during the lessons.

Type of evaluation

The exam takes place in written and oral form. The written part consists of a dossier on citizenship practices found in a territory. Non-attending students are required to present a case study on a welfare innovation situation, according to a scheme that will be indicated in web page. For non-attending students, the written paper (maximum 3 pages) must be submitted via e-mail 10 days before the final exam session (and is also a prerequisite for taking the exam). For all the oral part consists in a discussion based of the texts.