Sociology of the Environment

Code:

MSOCI022

Acronym:

SAMB

Instance: 2011/2012 - 1S

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	20	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. New social risks and new social representations. 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. Energy, population, development, international institutions.
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
CAETANO, Joaquim; Gouveia, Tiago Robalo; Marketing Ambiental, Deplano, 2009
IOSCHPE, Evelyn, et. al.; 3.º Setor: desenvolvimento social sustentado, RJ, Paz e Terra, 2005

keywords

Social sciences > Sociology > Social changes
Social sciences > Economics > Environmental economics
Natural sciences > Environmental science > Natural resources management
Natural sciences > Environmental science > Global change
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
Written work	Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	44,00		2012-02-11
Written examen	Exame	6,00		2012-02-11
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Teaching Materials	Estudo autónomo	56	2012-02-11
	Total:	56,00

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%)