22910193 - FAMILY SOCIOLOGY+LABORATORY

The aim of this course is to provide students with basic knowledge of family models that have changed over time and of the role and function of their members, as well as to provide them with conceptual tools and research data suitable for understanding and interpreting the events of family changes that affect individuals throughout their lives.
The aim of the workshop is to provide students with food for thought and materials suitable for knowing and understanding the relationship between family and institutions in the context of public policies for early childhood.

At the end of the course, the student acquired the ability to frame and interpret in a sociological way the contemporary phenomena that mark the transformation of the family, making appropriate use of statistical documentation.
At the end of the workshop, the student is able to critically analyse the nature and objectives of public policies aimed at the family.
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Programme

The aim of the course is to provide information and interpretation keys for the analysis of family structures and their transformation processes in contemporary society.
Therefore it is presented and discussed how gender relations and between generations are defined in the family context, how parental networks are constructed and how social capital is produced.
The role of the family as an active subject in the processes of socialization is then addressed. A part of the program is dedicated to issues related to early childhood.

An in-depth study of the topics covered in the course concerns the analysis of the family's potential as a resource for social policies, taking into consideration the couple and the peculiarities that characterize their vulnerability and social generativity.


Core Documentation

1. Di Nicola P., Famiglia sostantivo plurale. Nuovi orizzonti vecchi problemi, FrancoAngeli, Milano 2017
2. Casavecchia A., Equilibri di coppia. Tra vulnerabilità e generatività sociale una ricerca in due municipi di Roma, Aracne, Roma 2014
3. Canta CC., Famiglie in dialogo. Indagine sui matrimoni misti in Italia, Aracne, Roma 2015
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4. Fiore B., La relazione tra famiglie e scuola, Carocci, Roma 2021

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