Programme

Part one: subjects and concepts of Political Sociology

Government, democracy and societty - Political socialization and political partecipation - Ideology and political culture - Political actors: people, parties and social movements - The new political structures

Part two: electoral poll and contemporary politics

Electoroal poll: definition, brief history and main models - how to make a poll and how to analyse a poll - Polls, Exit Pool and the analysis of electoral flows (introduction).

Part three: official statistics and politics at the era of Big Data
Knowledge and decision making - Mental processes and statistical information - The useful of statistics in the age of information - Information and political decision - Web 2.0 and the data deluge: toward a 2.0 Statistics


Part Four: science, technology and power
Science, technology, society and power: technocracy - Progressive technocracy and neo-liberali technocracy - Who are "the technocrats"? - Technocratic power - Social Datification and technocracy - Rationality, rationalization and technocracy.

Core Documentation

Attending students:

PART ONE
A Handbook between: 1) De Nardis F., Sociologia Politica. Per comprendere i fenomeni politici contemporanei, McGraw Hill [it's to be preferred] 2) Segatori R., Sociologia dei fenomeni politici, Laterza, 3) Biorcio R., Sociologia Politica, il Mulino, 4) Rush M., Politica e società, il Mulino.

PART TWO
Natale P., Il sondaggio, Laterza.

PART THREE
Giovannini E., Scegliere il futuro. Conoscenza e politica al tempo dei big data, il Mulino.

PART FOUR
Antonelli F., Tecnocrazia, democrazia e società digitale, L'Asino d'Oro.

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Not attending students:

PART ONE
- A Handbook between: 1) Segatori R., Sociologia dei fenomeni politici, Laterza, 2) Biorcio R., Sociologia Politica, il Mulino, 3) Rush M., Politica e società, il Mulino.
- De Rose C., l'indagine campionario e il sondaggio d'opinione, Carocci.

PART TWO
Natale P., Il sondaggio, Laterza.

PART THREE
Giovannini E., Scegliere il futuro. Conoscenza e politica al tempo dei big data, il Mulino.

PART FOUR
Antonelli F., Tecnocrazia, democrazia e società digitale, L'Asino d'Oro.

Reference Bibliography

Additional books for personal study (optional): - Popitz H., Fenomenologia del potere. - Simmel G., Il dominio. - Sola G., La teoria delle élites. - Weber M., Il lavoro intellettuale come professione. La politica come professione - Ziccardi G., Tecnologie per il potere. Come usare i social network in politica.

Type of delivery of the course

Lectures; workshops and classworks; homework.

Attendance

Attending lessons is optional. Nevertheless, it is deeply reccomended because of attending student can take part in practical workshops (with assessment) and additional examinations on the program subjects.

Type of evaluation

During COVID-19 Emergency, the exam will be held according to art. 1, Rectoral Decree n. 703, May 5th 2020. Attending students: oral exam on the part one, practical workshops with assessment on the second part. The oral test aims to assess the knowledge of the main categories, student's critical and methodologic capabilities. Not attending students: oral exam on the whole program. The oral test aims to assess the knowledge of the main categories, student's critical and methodologic capabilities.