22901958 - ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT (L39/40)

The aim of the course is to provide students with concepts and knowledge useful for understanding a) the main aspects of the economic and social reality of the contemporary world and their implications in the framework of national and global transformation processes and b) development models that, overall, support the process of improving the living conditions of a company.

At the end of the course the student has acquired the ability to reflect critically on the economic processes that guide the transformations of society and on the elements that characterize the concept of development in the contemporary era

Curriculum

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Programme

SOCIOLOGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Contents
Introduction to the study of the social economy. Brief economic history of the formation of the world system.
Basic theoretical tools for understanding contemporary economic processes. Globalization and inequality.
The international financial institutions. The social construction of the market. Evolution of the concept of work. Technological innovation and employment. Analysis of human interaction in the economic field. Ethics and economics. Economic behaviour and rationality.

Core Documentation

• CLAUDIO TOGNONATO, Economia senza società. I limiti del mercato globale. Liguori Editore, Napoli 2014.
• IMMANUEL WALLERSTEIN, Comprendere il mondo. Introduzione all’analisi dei sistemi mondo, Asterios Editore, Trieste 2006.

Type of delivery of the course

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Type of evaluation

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teacher profile | teaching materials

Programme

SOCIOLOGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Contents
Introduction to the study of the social economy. Brief economic history of the formation of the world system.
Basic theoretical tools for understanding contemporary economic processes. Globalization and inequality.
The international financial institutions. The social construction of the market. Evolution of the concept of work. Technological innovation and employment. Analysis of human interaction in the economic field. Ethics and economics. Economic behaviour and rationality.

Core Documentation

• CLAUDIO TOGNONATO, Economia senza società. I limiti del mercato globale. Liguori Editore, Napoli 2014.
• IMMANUEL WALLERSTEIN, Comprendere il mondo. Introduzione all’analisi dei sistemi mondo, Asterios Editore, Trieste 2006.

Type of delivery of the course

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Type of evaluation

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