Theories of Social Exclusion

Code	16570
Year	1
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(15H)/TP(30H)
Scientific area	Sociology
Entry requirements	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 III - Social exclusion: context, concepts and theories 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.
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 texts recommended by the teacher and others that result from students' research
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.