The course aims to analytically explore the main issues that link societal transformations with politics, law and the production of deviance. With an emphasis on a critical approach, the major themes of contemporary politics will be addressed, including the transformations of the state, justice, migration, labour, gender, processes of democratisation and democratisation, security, political cultures and ideologies, fundamental rights and the rule of law, the digital revolution and its consequences, processes of social inclusion and exclusion, and the neoliberalisation of institutions. Furthermore, the main nodes leading to the production of deviance and crime in contemporary societies will be addressed, understanding the criminal question itself as a political and legal issue.
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The course is structured into three distinct yet closely interconnected modules, united by a common objective: to examine how the relationship between politics, law, crime, and deviance is deeply intertwined with processes of social transformation, the development of capitalism, and the power dynamics that shape contemporary societies.
The first module will address key topics in political sociology, including the emergence and development of the state, justice, migration, power, labor, political ideologies and cultures, processes of depoliticization, democracy, elites, and populism.
The second module will focus on the social production of deviance and the criminal question in contemporary societies. Topics will include the political economy of punishment, the criminalization of dissent and migration, gender-based violence, prostitution and human trafficking, imprisonment, crimes of the powerful and war crimes, environmental crimes, criminal organizations, urban security policies, policing, and corruption.
The third and final module will explore some of the major issues shaping contemporary public debate through the critical reading and discussion of selected books and pamphlets.
F. de Nardis, Sociologia politica. Per comprendere i fenomeni politici contemporanei, Milano, Mc Graw Hill (solo i capitoli 4, 8, 11 e solo dalla Seconda Edizione).
T. Pitch (a cura di), Devianza e questione criminale. Temi, problemi e prospettive, Carocci editore.
F. Chicchi, A. Simone, La società della prestazione, Ediesse, Roma, seconda edizione o, in alternativa, Michel Foucault, Introduzione alla vita non fascista, Feltrinelli.
N.B.: PER CHI FA L'ESAME DA 6 CREDITI SI PORTANO SOLO I PRIMI DUE TESTI, PER TUTTI GLI ALTRI L'INTERO PROGRAMMA.
Programme
The course is structured into three distinct yet closely interconnected modules, united by a common objective: to examine how the relationship between politics, law, crime, and deviance is deeply intertwined with processes of social transformation, the development of capitalism, and the power dynamics that shape contemporary societies.
The first module will address key topics in political sociology, including the emergence and development of the state, justice, migration, power, labor, political ideologies and cultures, processes of depoliticization, democracy, elites, and populism.
The second module will focus on the social production of deviance and the criminal question in contemporary societies. Topics will include the political economy of punishment, the criminalization of dissent and migration, gender-based violence, prostitution and human trafficking, imprisonment, crimes of the powerful and war crimes, environmental crimes, criminal organizations, urban security policies, policing, and corruption.
The third and final module will explore some of the major issues shaping contemporary public debate through the critical reading and discussion of selected books and pamphlets.
Prerequisiti
no prerequisiteCore Documentation
G. Campesi, L. Pannarale, I. Pupolizio, Sociologia del diritto, Firenze, Le Monnier (solo i capitoli 1, 3, 6, 7, 9)F. de Nardis, Sociologia politica. Per comprendere i fenomeni politici contemporanei, Milano, Mc Graw Hill (solo i capitoli 4, 8, 11 e solo dalla Seconda Edizione).
T. Pitch (a cura di), Devianza e questione criminale. Temi, problemi e prospettive, Carocci editore.
F. Chicchi, A. Simone, La società della prestazione, Ediesse, Roma, seconda edizione o, in alternativa, Michel Foucault, Introduzione alla vita non fascista, Feltrinelli.
N.B.: PER CHI FA L'ESAME DA 6 CREDITI SI PORTANO SOLO I PRIMI DUE TESTI, PER TUTTI GLI ALTRI L'INTERO PROGRAMMA.
Reference Bibliography
G. Campesi, L. Pannarale, I. Pupolizio, Sociologia del diritto, Firenze, Le Monnier (solo i capitoli 1, 3, 6, 7, 9) F. de Nardis, Sociologia politica. Per comprendere i fenomeni politici contemporanei, Milano, Mc Graw Hill (SECONDA EDIZIONE RIVISTA) (solo i capitoli 4, 8, 11) F. Chicchi, A. Simone, La società della prestazione, Ediesse, Roma. F. Chicchi, A. Simone, Il soggetto imprevisto. Neoliberalizzazione, pandemia e società della prestazione, Meltemi, Milano. N.B.: PER CHI FA L'ESAME DA 6 CREDITI SI PORTANO SOLO I PRIMI DUE TESTI, PER TUTTI GLI ALTRI L'INTERO PROGRAMMA.Type of delivery of the course
The course will be carried out through lectures on the exam program and thematic insights on the individual topics addressed. During the course students will be actively involved through the study of texts and through the seminar activity.Attendance
Attendance is not mandatory, but recommendedType of evaluation
Oral examination. Attending students can choose the topic to start from, which will be followed by two other questions. For all the other four questions to check the knowledge of the whole program.