Introduction to Social Sciences I

Code:

LEC104

Acronym:

ICS I

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Social Science

Instance: 2004/2005 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Grupo de Ciências Sociais
Course/CS Responsible:	ECONOMICS

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
ECO	313	Official Curricular Structure since 2004	1	2		-

Objectives

Social sciences Introduction I principal aim is to provide the students a structural frame of knowledge necessary to interpret, in a critical way, the great transformation dynamics in contemporary societies, making the students familiar with concepts and theories from the different social sciences, namely sociology, economics and social psychology.

Program

Contemporary societies: structure and transformations
1. Social processes and institutions
1.1.globalization and development
1.2. Migrations, urbanisation and tertiarisation
1.3. Division of labour and enterprise
1.4. Family and school
2. Inequalities, identities and values
2.1. classes, social mobility and collective action
2.2. gender and ethnicity
2.3. social exclusion and poverty
2.4. Values and representations
2.5. deviated behaviour

Main Bibliography

AAVV, "Respostas nacionais para que a globalização favoreça o desenvolvimento humamo, in PNUD. Relatório do Desenvolvimento Human, 1999, cap. IV
Boyer, Robert, "Les capitalismes à la croisée des chemins", in Cabin, Philippe (ed), L'Économie repensée, Auxerre, Sciences Humaines, Edit, 2000: 139-152
Castells, Manuel, "A economia global: génese, estrutura e dinâmica", in Idem, The rise of network society, Blackwell Publishers, Vol. 1 (trad. equipa docente)
Idem, "Uma polarização social inédita" (entrevista por René Lefort), in Economia Pura, 1999
Chevalier, Jacques, "O Estado mantém-se presente na economia, mas sob a forma de um «estratega» e já não como «piloto»", in Cordelier, Serge (dir.), O Novo Esatdo do Mundo, Porto, Campo das Letras, 2001
Stiglitz, Joseph E., "A promessa das instituições internacionais", in Idem, Globalização. A grande desilusão, Lisboa, Terramar, 2002, cap. I
Warnier, Jean-Pierre, "Um aumento de criações culturais", Lisboa, Editorial Notícias, 2000
Idem, "Conclusões - questões de democracia", in A Mundialização da Cultura, Lisboa, Editorial Notícias, 2000
Waters, Malcom, "Poderes terrenos. A globalização política", in Idem, Globalização, Oeiras, Celta, 1999, cap. V

Complementary Bibliography

Textos distribuídos nas aulas, designadamente informação estatística adequada à crítica e à verificação empírica dos conteúdos teóricos.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Within the theoretical framework of meaningful learning, the course seeks to provide a combination of theoretical learning with investment studies in analysing concrete and diverse problems. In this perspective, without disregarding the advantages of the demonstrative lesson, focus is placed on mobilising student reflection in order to overcome the practices of mere memorisation and repetition without imagination. As a goal of the methods of education in the social sciences field, emphasis is given to creating skills for theoretical reading that are transferable to other subject areas and to the study of concrete problems.

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