Sociology of the Environment

Code:

MSOCI022

Acronym:

SAMB

Instance: 2010/2011 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Sociology
Course/CS Responsible:	Masters in Sociology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MSOCI	25	MSOCI - Study Plan	1	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Objectives
- Analysis of contemporary social realities at local, national and global environmental issues in the context of a globalized world;
- Analysis of recent theoretical and empirical developments in the fields of development and sustainability, with particular focus on the problems of local governments, development models and social movements;
- Analysis of social movements and perception of environmental associations in the context of globalization;
- Analysis of the relationship between social and natural systems in the context of the increasing social risks;
- Analysis of political, economic, social, legal and symbolic related with this problems;
- Analysis of environmental issues in terms of representations, values and individual attitudes.

Program

1. Brief conceptual framework: defining concepts of the theoretical problem.
2. Environment, Nature and Society: the society and the political power regarding the emerging problems.
3. Trends and analytical axes today.
4. The role of territory and its socio-environmental characteristics: the Portuguese case.
5. Environment, social change and environmental policies: endogeneity (s) and sustainable development.
6. Citizenship, social movements and environmental associations.
7. Representations, values and attitudes towards the environment: the Portuguese case in a comparative perspective.

Mandatory literature

SCHMIDT, Luísa, et al.; Autarquias e desenvolvimento sustentável, Porto, Fronteira do Caos, 2005
BOUGUERRA, Mohamed Larbi; As batalhas da água, Lisboa, Campo das Letras, 2005
BARRETO, António (org.); A Situação Social em Portugal, 1960 – 1999, vol. II, Lisboa, ICS, 2000
BRODHAG, Christian; As quatro verdades do planeta: por uma outra civilização, Lisboa, Instituto Piaget, Col. Perspectivas Ecológicas (16), 1997
HELD, David, et al.; Globalization/antiglobalization, Cambridge, Polity Press, 2002
LIMA, Luísa; CABRAL, M. Villaverde & VALA, Jorge (Coord.); Atitudes sociais dos portugueses. Ambiente e desenvolvimento, Lisboa, ICS, 2004
FLANNERY, Tim; Os Senhores do Tempo, Lisboa, Presença, 2006
THUMERELLE, Pierre-Jean; As populações do Mundo, Lisboa, Piaget, 2001
STIGLITZ, Joseph; Globalização, a grande desilusão, Lisboa, Terramar, 2002

keywords

Social sciences > Sociology > Social changes
Natural sciences > Environmental science > Global change
Natural sciences > Environmental science > Natural resources management
Social sciences > Economics > Environmental economics
Social sciences > Juridical sciences > Environmental law

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
Exam	Exame	2,00		2010-12-21
Written work	Exame	31,00		2010-12-21
Exam	Exame	73,00		2010-12-21
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

- Written critical appreciation of a literary work or thematic written report: 35%
- Exam: 40%
- Presence in the theoretical-practical sessions as well as in the tutorial guidance:10%
- Work done in the tutorial guidance sessions: 15%

Calculation formula of final grade

- Written critical appreciation of a literary work or thematic written report: 35%
- Exam: 40%
- Presence in the theoretical-practical sessions as well as in the tutorial guidance:10%
- Work done in the tutorial guidance sessions: 15%

Classification improvement

Final exam (40%) and written critical appreciation of a literary work or thematic written group report (60%)