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Teorias da Exclusão Social

Código 13377
Ano 1
Semestre S1
Créditos ECTS 6
Carga Horária OT(15H)/TP(30H)
Área Científica Sociologia
Mode of delivery Face-to-face.
Work placements Not applicable.
Learning outcomes Provide students with updated and in-depth knowledge on the issues of inequality, poverty and social exclusion. Understand and master the theories. Identify problems, policies, practices and protagonists. Develop critical analysis skills. Develop thinking autonomy and argumentative skills.


Syllabus
I - From social inequalities to social exclusion and poverty: the differences
II - Poverty: concepts and theories
II.I - From the culturalist tradition to the socioeconomic tradition
III - Social exclusion: context, concepts and theories
III.I - From the French perspective to the Anglo-Saxon one
III.II - Social exclusion in a synthesis approach: the articulation between macro, meso and micro factors.
V - How to measure poverty and inequality?
VI - Problematics and specific groups.
VII - The digital inequality.


Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria The evaluation system is ruled by a “continuous assessment” logic, comprising three criteria:
? A group assessment with a weighting of 45%;
? An individual assessment, with a weighting of 45%.
? Active participation in classes, including dimensions such as participation in debates and contribution to the discussion of topics, with a weight of 10%.
Main Bibliography Augusto, Amélia e Mª João Simões (coords.) (2007) "Dos fundamentos teóricos de partida à metodologia", Inserções – Diagnóstico Social em Concelhos da Beira Interior, pp. 6-14, Covilhã: UBI (policopiado).
Carmo, Renato Miguel do, João Sebastião, Joana Azevedo, Susana da Cruz Martins e António Firmino da Costa (Orgs.) (2018), Desigualdades Sociais. Portugal e a Europa, Lisboa, Editora Mundos Sociais
Castel, Robert (2000) A Precaridade: transformações históricas e tratamento social em M-H. Soulet (org.), Da não-integração, Coimbra: Quarteto, pp.21-38.
Costa, Alfredo Bruto (1984) "Conceito de Pobreza", Estudos de Economia, 4(3), pp. 275-295.
Dean, Hartley Dean and Lucinda Platt (eds) (2016) Social Advantage and Disadvantage, Oxford:Oxford University Press.
Monteiro, Alcides (2019) Compreender a Exclusão Social, Lisboa, Mundos Sociais.
Paugam, Serge (2003) A desqualificação social, Porto: Porto Editora.

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Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Data da última atualização: 2025-10-10
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