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Theories of Social Exclusion

Theories of Social Exclusion

Code	9563
Year	1
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(15H)/TP(30H)
Scientific area	Sociology
Mode of delivery	Presential
Learning outcomes	To provide the students with updated knowledges on poverty and social exclusion To understand and know the theories To identify problems, policies, practices and protagonists To identify differences between portuguese situation and other national contexts To develop competences of critical analysis To develop autonomy and argumentative competences
Syllabus	I - Poverty and social exclusion: contexts, theories and concepts II – Social exclusion dimensions: deprivation, disqualification and desaffiliation III – How to mesure the poverty? IV – Target groups and specific problematics V – From theories and policies to the intervention against social exclusion.
Main Bibliography	AUGUSTO, Amélia e SIMÔES, Mª João (coords.) (2007) Inserções – Diagnóstico Social em Concelhos da Beira Interior, disponível em http://observatorio.insercoes.org CAPUCHA, Luís (2005), Desafios da Pobreza, Oeiras: Celta Editora. CASTEL, Robert (1995), Les Métamorphoses de la Question Social: une Chronique du Salariat, Paris: Fayard. COSTA, Alfredo Bruto da (1998), Exclusões Sociais, Lisboa: Gradiva. GORDON, David e TOWNSEND, Peter (orgs.) (2000), Breadline Europe: the Measurement of Poverty, Bristol: The Policy Press. MISHRA, Ramesh (1995), O Estado-Providência na Sociedade Capitalista, Oeiras: Celta. PAUGAM, Serge (1996), L’exclusion – L’état des savoirs, Paris : La Decouverte. PAUGAM, Serge (2003), A desqualificação social, Porto: Porto Editora. ROOM, Graham (1997) Beyond The Threshold – The measurement and analysis of social exclusion, Bristol: Policy Press. SOULET, Marc-Henry (org,) (2000), Da não integração, Coimbra: Quarteto.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.