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Theories of Social Exclusion

Theories of Social Exclusion

Code	13377
Year	1
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(15H)/TP(30H)
Scientific area	Sociology
Entry requirements	Not applicable.
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.
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. Other relevant texts recommended by the teacher and others researched by students
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.