Course teached as: B008961 - SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO 3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in SOCIAL WORK
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
The course prepares to the study of labor and its main meanings in contemporary society, in a sociological and comparative perspective. Affords the themes of labor division and regulation: economic and social division of labor; labor market; industrial relations; labor policies. The direct study of recent researches fosters the acquisition of methodological competencies for the study of labor.
STUDENTS ATTENDING THE COURSE, min. 75% (6 CFU):
1.
- Emilio Reyneri (2017) Introduzione alla sociologia del mercato del lavoro, Bologna, Il Mulino
2.
- Articles and texts edited in the major sociological Italian and foreign journals, text and/or chapters of some classical authors of Sociology of labour. The text are indicated during the course.
or:
A free choice text among those indicated during the course
STUDENTS NON ATTENDING THE COURSE (6 CFU):
1.
- Emilio Reyneri (2017) Introduzione alla sociologia del mercato del lavoro, Bologna, Il Mulino
2.
A free choice text among those indicated below:
- Ambrosini M., Coletto D., Guglielmi S. (a cura di, 2014) Perdere e ritrovare il lavoro. L'esperienza della disoccupazione al tempo della crisi, Bologna, Il Mulino
- Bertolini S. (a cura di), Giovani senza futuro? Insicurezza lavorativa e autonomia nell’Italia di oggi, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2018
- Borghi V., Dorigatti L., e al., Il lavoro e le catene globali del valore, Roma, Ediesse, 2017
- Carrieri D., Damiano C., Il lavoro che cambia verso l'era digitale. Terza indagine sui lavoratori italiani, Roma, Ediesse, 2019
- Catanzaro R., Colombo A. (2009), "Badanti & Co. Il lavoro domestico straniero in Italia", Bologna, Il Mulino
- Cipriani A., Gramolati A., Mari G. (a cura di), Il lavoro 4.0. La quarta rivoluzione industriale e le trasformazioni delle attività lavorative Copertina flessibile, Firenze, FUP, 2018
- De Masi D., Il lavoro nel XXI secolo, Torino, Einaudi, 2018
- Di Nicola P., Fasano A., Rella P., ll welfare del lavoro. Il ruolo dei servizi per l'impiego, Milano, Angeli, 2018
- Dordoni A., Sempre aperto. Lavorare su turni nella società dei servizi 24/7, Milano, Mimesis, 2019
- Fellini I., Il terziario di consumo. Occupazione e professioni, Roma, Carocci, 2017
- La Rosa M., Rizza R., Zurla P., Lavoro e società industriale. Da Adam Smith a Karl Polanyi, Milano, Angeli, 2016
- Naldini M., Saraceno C. (2011), Conciliare famiglia e lavoro. Vecchi e nuovi patti tra sessi e generazioni, Bologna, Il Mulino
- Orientale Caputo G. (2009), La lezione degli anni trenta. Disoccupazione di massa e ricerca sociale, Milano, Bruno Mondadori
- Pescarolo A., Il lavoro delle donne nell'Italia contemporanea, Roma, Viella, 2019
- Ramella F., Manzo C., L'economia della collaborazione. Le nuove piattaforme digitali della produzione e del consumo, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2019
- Spolverato G., Il futuro al lavoro. L'Italia al tempo dello smart working tra conservatori, vittime e innovatori Copertina flessibile, Roma, Guerini, 2017
- Zamagni S. (a cura di), Creazione di lavoro nella stagione della quarta rivoluzione industriale. Il caso dell'Emilia Romagna Copertina flessibile, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2019
Learning Objectives
KNOWLEDGE: The course offers a sociological analysis of labor's changes, forms of production and social exchange regulating labour, Italian labor market chracters in an European perspective. Through an historical and comparative approach, follows the transformation of industrial model since its origin; through the study of contemporary researches, introduces an in-depht analysis and to the interpretation of actual environment and its perspectives.
COMPETENCIES: The course aims at developing competencies in the analysis of labor - society relationship, and especially the way in which characters of labor and labor market influence individuals as well as the society on the whole. These competencies are required in jobs related to the design, analysis and monitoring of labor policies; HRM; interests' representation; public or private services for demamd-supply intermediation in the labor market; research and teaching in the field.
ABILITIES TO BE ACQUIRED: Students learn to do scientific research in socio-laborist field; interpret and use researches and databases on labor, labor market, etc.; directly confront themselves with classical authors in the field and the contemporary scientific debate.
Prerequisites
Having done the exam in Sociology is strongly recommended
Teaching Methods
Lectures with active participation of students for 42 hours and seminars for about 10 hours
Further information
Attending the course is highly recommended, as well as the option for a paper – instead of the free choice text – for the exam
Type of Assessment
Oral examination based on the texts indicated.
Students attending the course can present a paper (about 15 pages) on a subject defined with the teacher instead of sustaining the oral examination on the free choice text. To be considered a student attending the course, one must attend at least 75% of classes.
Course program
The FIRST module offers a general presentation of the Sociology of labor, its main theoretical and methodological approaches to the analysis of labor market and the relationship between labor and society. The theoretical-interpretative perspective is based on the major classical and recent contributions, at the national and international level, as well as on the comparative analysis at the European level.
The SECOND module provides the direct and in-depth study of the division of labour and its regulation. Students are required to participate actively, with oral presentations and discussions.