22910233 - sociology of the family

The aim of the course is to provide the student with basic knowledge on family models, alternating over time and on the role and function of its members, as well as providing them with conceptual and research tools suitable for understanding and interpreting the events of family changes that interest them. individuals throughout the course of life.

At the end of the course the student has acquired the ability to frame and interpret in a sociological way the contemporary phenomena that mark the transformation of the family by appropriately resorting to the use of statistical documentation.
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Programma

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.


Testi Adottati

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

A third book to choise
3. Canta CC., Famiglie in dialogo. Indagine sui matrimoni misti in Italia, Aracne, Roma 2015
3. Canta A. F., Empowering Women and Children. Generi e generazioni in un’analisi empirica di sviluppo umano, FrancoAngeli, Milano 2020.

Non-attending students
4. Fiore B., La relazione tra famiglie e scuola, Carocci, Roma 2021

Bibliografia Di Riferimento

Additional material will be offered to students attending the lessons Other literature will be presented during the lessons

Modalità Erogazione

The course inlcudes workshop activities in presence for students

Modalità Frequenza

Attending the lessons is not mandatory but it is strongly recommended

Modalità Valutazione

The student will have to demonstrate during an interview that he has learned the fundamental contents of the discipline