Sociology

Code	11990
Year	4
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	5
Workload	TP(60H)
Scientific area	Human Sciences
Entry requirements	No requirements.
Mode of delivery	Lecture and practical classes.
Learning outcomes	This course aims to provide a theoretical and substantive knowledge of the sociological paradigms of analysis of urban issues of both classical and contemporary sociology and the main domains of empirical investigation of the processes of urbanization in contemporary societies, especially those that have been developed in Portuguese society.
Syllabus	1. City, Space and Society 1.1 Unity versus relativity in the building of the city concept. 1.2 Cities and urban planning. 1.3 Origin and development of Urban Sociology 2. Currents of Urban Sociology 2.1. The ecological and cultural perspective of the Chicago School. 2.2 The neo-marxist approach. 2.3 Max Weber’s contributions. 2.4 The symbolic approach. 2.5. The current of the ways of life. 3. New Trends in Sociological Studies on Urban Space 3.1. “Metapolização” and mobility 3.2. Gentrification, urban regeneration, sociability and exclusion spaces 3.3. Urban governance and culture in the city 3.4. The city and urban Portuguese sociology
Main Bibliography	Jacobs, Jane, Morte e Vida de Grandes Cidades, Ed. Martins Fontes, S. Paulo, 2000. Mela, Alfredo, A Sociologia das Cidades, Ed Estampa, Lisboa 1999. Mumford, Lewis, A Cidade na História : suas origens, transformação e perspectiva, Ed. Martins Fontes, S. Paulo, 1998. Pereira, Nuno T., Buarque, Irene, Evolução das Formas de Habitação Plurifamiliar na cidade de Lisboa, Livros Horizonte, Lisboa, 1995. Portas, Nuno, Exigências de Áreas de Habitação, Ed.Bertrand, Lisboa, 1969.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.