34127 - Sociology of Multiethnic Society

Course contents

Sociology of immigration; sociology of ethnic conflicts: racism, immigration and multicultural society; the Italian case; the claims of culture: equality and diversity in the global era; the stranger: cultural pluralism and images of the other in the global society.

Readings/Bibliography

SECTION I

Compulsory texts for all attending and non-attending students: 

M. Ambrosini, Sociologia delle migrazioni, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2011.

V. Cotesta, Sociologia dei conflitti etnici. Razzismo, immigrazione e società multiculturale, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2009.

S. Benhabib, La rivendicazione dell'identità culturale. Eguaglianza e diversità nell'era globale, il Mulino, Bologna, 2005.

V. Cotesta, Lo straniero. Pluralismo culturale e immagini dell'Altro nella società globale, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2005.  

Attending students shall present in class a paper  published in the last three years (2012, 2013, 2014) and chosen from one of the following journals: "Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies"; "Ethnic and Racial Studies"; "Journal of international migration and integration".  


SECTION II   

Student that shall not present in class a paper have also to study:  

K. Koser, Le migrazioni internazionali, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2009.  

Teaching methods

The course consists of traditional lectures alternated with seminars where students are invited to actively participate and present a paper on a subject agreed with the lecturer.

Assessment methods

Methods of learning assessment for attending students. Attending students will carry out two midterm exams on texts (1), (2), (3), (4) indicated in the syllabus. Each midterm exam will consist of 8 questions with open ended answers; to answer the questions, students will have 90 minutes available and two double sided sheets of paper. During the course attending students will have to carry out a classroom presentation on one of the papers (section I) that has been agreed with the lecturer. 

Methods of learning assessment for non-attending students. Those who do not carry out the two midterm exams are regarded as non-attending students. The examination for non-attending students consists of one written test to be carried out on the examination dates and consists of 16 questions on texts indicated in the syllabus (Section I and II). The time available is 120 minutes and the student will have four double sided sheets of paper. 

Office hours

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