Governance, Control and Normativities

Code:

MC119

Acronym:

GCN

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Criminology

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S (since 16-09-2024 to 20-12-2024)

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Criminology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MC	39	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2017	1	-	3	-

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Understand the historical and theoretical evolution of social control systems.

Know different forms of governance and how they relate to normativity and social control.

Explore contemporary theories on surveillance and their relation to social control.

Discuss the ethical and political implications of surveillance and control practices in contemporary societies.

Learning outcomes and competences

Acquire critical concepts and understand the main theoretical developments and empirical applications of the subjects taught;

Develop the ability to apply the concepts rigorously and acquire analytical skills for the theoretical models learned, using them to concrete problems related to criminal phenomena;

Develop critical analysis skills, both at the conceptual and applied levels.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Fundamental Concepts

The relationship between social control, norm, and deviance. The different conceptions of society and their implications for control and normativities. Current transformations in social control. Relationship with social order.

2. Classical Perspectives on Social Control

2.1. Émile Durkheim: social norms, cohesion, and the role of social institutions;
2.2. Karl Marx: social control as an instrument of class domination;
2.3. Max Weber: authority and legitimacy; bureaucratic rationality as a form of control.

3. Contemporary Perspectives on Control

3.1. Foucault, governmentality, power, and bio-power;
3.2. The culture of control (Garland), the dispersion of (post)social control  (Cohen), and risk management (Feeley & Simon).

4. Surveillance and Social Control in Contemporary Society

4.1. Theorizing surveillance: from the panopticon to new forms of control;
4.2. Ethical and political implications of surveillance and social control.

Mandatory literature

Bauman, Zygmunt, and David Lyon; Liquid Surveillance: A Conversation. Polity, Polity, 2013
Cohen Stanley; Visions of social control. ISBN: 0-7456-0021-2
Cohen, Stanley; Folk Devils and Moral Panics: The Creation of the Mods and Rockers, Routledge, 1972
Feeley, Malcolm M., e Simon, Jonathan; The New Penology: notes on the emerging strategy of corrections and its implications, Criminology, 1992
Foucault Michel 1926-1984; Sécurité, territoire, population. ISBN: 2-02-030799-5
Foucault Michel 1926-1984; Surveiller et punir. ISBN: 2-07-072868-0
Foucault Michel 1926-1984; Naissance de la biopolitique. ISBN: 2-02-032401-6
Garland David; Punishment and modern society. ISBN: 0-226-28382-8
David Garland; The^culture of control. ISBN: 0-226-28384-4
Innes Martin; Understanding social control. ISBN: 0-335-20940-8
Lyon, David, ed; Theorizing Surveillance: The Panopticon and Beyond. , Willan Publishing, 2006
Malley Pat O.; Risk, uncertainty and government. ISBN: 1-90438-500-1

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical-practical classes, combining the exposition of theoretical content with autonomous literature review. Students will complement the knowledge transmitted in class with the analysis of key readings in each module.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	57,00
Frequência das aulas	24,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

See general rules.

Calculation formula of final grade

The written essay equals 100% of the grade (30% corresponds to the grade assigned to the development of the work and its oral defense; 70% corresponds to the grade assigned to the written work).

Examinations or Special Assignments

N/A

Internship work/project

N/A

Classification improvement

see general rules

Observations

In-person Office Hours for Students:
Fridays, from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. Please send an email to the professor in advance (frodrigues@direito.up.pt).