Degree | Type | Year |
---|---|---|
2500262 Sociology | OB | 3 |
You can view this information at the end of this document.
It is recommended to have passed "Fonaments de Sociologia", "Pensament Sociològic Contemporani" and, specially, "Teoria Sociològica Micro". Besides, it is strongly recommended to have passed "Pensament Sociològic Contemporani". The course assumes the students have basic knowledge of the classics of sociology and the main schools of sociological thought in the XXth century.
As revealed by the emphasis on learning skills, sociological theory should significantly contribute to built students’ basic conceptual map. To do so, the course articulates two different pedagogical criteria: it introduces the main current theoretical contributions to sociology, and it does so in systematic way, given that the historical aspects have already been studied in "Fonaments de Sociologia" and in "Pensament Sociològic Contemporani".
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
---|---|---|---|
Type: Directed | |||
Practical exercises: seminars, etc. | 14 | 0.56 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
Presentation and discussion of contents | 42 | 1.68 | 1, 2, 3 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Individual tuition | 14 | 0.56 | 1, 2, 4, 5 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Reading texts | 36 | 1.44 | 1, 2, 3 |
Study | 16 | 0.64 | 1, 2, 4 |
Writng papers and exercises | 21 | 0.84 | 1, 2, 3 |
The course is based on 4 types of activities:
1) Lectures that will present the contents in class counting on students’ active and critical participation.
2) Practical exercises and other activities that will allow students to apply the theories studied in class.
3) Individual tuition.
4) Students’ autonomous activities: reading list.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Compulsory readings based exercises | 30% | 3 | 0.12 | 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 |
Exams | 70% | 4 | 0.16 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
The continuous evaluation will be based on five pieces of evidence:
1) Two partial exams on the subject matter and the compulsory readings (the first on October 31 and the second on December 14). (35% + 35% = 70%)
2) Three practical exercises during the course, related to the topics studied in class. The exercises will be described and scheduled throughout the course in specific documents. Orientatively, the first one will be due at the beginning of October, the second one at the end of October, and the third one at the beginning of December. (10% + 10% + 10% = 30%)
Observations:
1. Introduction to macrosocial phenomena.
Watts, Duncan (2011). “Preface: A Sociologist’s Apology”, in Everything is Obvious Once You Know the Answer. New York, Random House.
Goldthorpe, John (2016). “La sociología como ciencia de la población: la idea central”, in La sociología como ciencia de la población. Madrid, Alianza, 2017.
2. Social structure and change: societies as complex adaptive systems.
Lindblom, Charles (2000). “La coordinación de la sociedad”, in El sistema de mercado. Madrid, Alianza, 2002.
3. Social groups and networks.
Granovetter, Mark (1973). “La fuerza de los vínculos débiles”, Política y Sociedad, 33 (2000).
4. Social influence and diffusion of behaviour: basic mechanisms.
Coleman, James; Katz, Eliu & Menzel, Herbert (1957). “La difusión de una innovación entre los médicos”, in Félix Requena (ed.): Análisis de redes sociales. Orígenes, teorías y aplicaciones. Madrid, Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS), 2003.
5. Power, inequalities, and social hierarchies: types and dynamics.
Stinchcombe, Arthur L. (1968). “La conceptualización de los fenómenos de poder” (fragment), in La construcción de teorías sociales. Buenos Aires, Ediciones Nueva Visión, 1970.
Wright, Erik O. (2016). “Two Approaches to Inequality and Their Normative Implications”, Items. Insights from the Social Sciences. July 5 (https://items.ssrc.org/what-is-inequality/two-approaches-to-inequality-and-their-normative-implications/).
Wright, Erik O. (2012). “In Defense of Genderlessness”, in Gosseries, Axel & Vanderborght, Yannick (eds.): Arguing about justice: essays for Philippe van Parijs. Louvain (Bélgica): Presses Universitaires de Louvain.
6. Social norms: concept, types, emergence, and compliance.
Bicchieri, Cristina. (2016). “Diagnosing Norms”, in Norms in the Wild: How to Diagnose, Measure, and Change Social Norms. New York, Oxford University Press.
7. Social institutions and institutional design.
Goodin, Robert E. (1996). “Las instituciones y su diseño”, in Robert E. Goodin (comp.), Teoría del diseño institucional. Barcelona, Gedisa, 2003.
8. The future of social science.
Elster, Jon (2007). “Conclusión: ¿Es posible la ciencia social?” in La explicación del comportamiento social. Barcelona, Gedisa, 2010.
REFERENCE TEXTS
Elster, Jon (2007). La explicación del comportamiento social. Barcelona, Gedisa, 2010.
Linares, Francisco (2018). Sociología y teoría social analíticas. Madrid, Alianza.
Van Tubergen, Frank (2020). Introduction to Sociology. London, Routledge.
COMPLEMENTARY READINGS
Bicchieri, Cristina (2016). Norms in the Wild: How to Diagnose, Measure, and Change Social Norms. New York, Oxford University Press.
Bicchieri, Cristina (2006). The Grammar of Society. The Nature and Dynamics of Social Norms. New York, Cambridge University Press.
Coleman, James S. (1990). Fundamentos de teoría social. Madrid, Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS).
Goldthorpe, John (2016). La sociología como ciencia de la población. Madrid, Alianza, 2017.
Goldthorpe, John H. (2007). De la sociología: números, narrativas e integración de la investigación y la teoría. Madrid, Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 2010.
Goodin, Robert E. (comp.) (1996). Teoría del diseño institucional. Barcleona, Gedisa, 2003.
Noguera, José A. (ed.) (2010). Teoría sociológica analítica. Madrid, Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas.
Requena, Félix (ed.) (2003). Análisis de redes sociales. Orígenes, teorías y aplicaciones. Madrid, Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS).
Schelling, Thomas (1978). Micromotivos y macroconducta. México, FCE, 1989.
Stinchcombe, Arthur L. (1968). La construcción de teorías sociales. Buenos Aires, Ediciones Nueva Visión, 1970.
Watts, Duncan (2011). Everything is Obvious Once You Know the Answer. New York, Random House.
It does not apply.
Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
---|---|---|---|---|
(SEM) Seminars | 1 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |
(SEM) Seminars | 51 | Catalan | first semester | afternoon |
(TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 51 | Catalan | first semester | afternoon |