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Sociology II

Sociology II

Code	13118
Year	1
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	TP(60H)
Scientific area	Sociology
Entry requirements	Not applicable
Mode of delivery	Presential
Learning outcomes	Continuing Sociology I, Sociology II aims to introduce students to some core themes of sociology. Within these themes we address core concepts and introduce theoretical approaches central to explain and understand social reality. - Continue to contribute to the social deconstruction of preconceived ideas and to the development of the sociological imagination; - Develop a scientific, critical and reflexive stand; - Analyse core aspects of modern society and illustrate them in terms of sociological theories and concepts; - Analyze and interpret basic readings in sociology; - Demonstrate capacity to discuss and sociologically argue both orally and in writing.
Syllabus	I - Gender and Sexuality 1 - From gender differences to perspectives on gender inequality 2 - Femininity, masculinities and gender relations: from reproduction to social transformation. 3 - Human sexuality: biology and social influences II - Social Control, Compliance and Deviance 4 - Approaches to crime and deviance 5 - Sociological theories of crime and deviance 6 - Social control and criminal identification in the second modernity III - Globalization 7 - Concepts, dimensions and causes 8 - Main theories 9 - Globalization and risk - The manufactured risks -The climate change IV - Communication and Society 10- The multidimensional concept of digital inequalities 11- The requirements for an online informed participation 12- Factors of emergence of hate speech on social networks and ways to counteract it V - Organizations and Organizational Change 13 - Reflections on the concept of organization 14 - Theories of organizations 15 - Challenges of organizational change
Main Bibliography	Brym, Robert and John Lie (2005) Sociology : your compass for a new world, Wadsworth:Thomson Learning Cohen, Robin and Paul Kennedy (2013), Global Sociology, New York: NYU Press Costa, António Firmino da (2010) O que é a Sociologia, Lisboa: Quimera, 6ª ed. Giddens, Anthony (2001) Sociology, Introductory Readings, Cambridge: Polity Press. Giddens, Anthony (2013) Sociologia, Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 9ª ed.; (revista e atualizada com Philip W. Sutton) Plummer, Ken (2022), Sociology - the basics, New York: Routledge, 3ª ed.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.