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Andrea Bassi

Associate Professor

Department of Political and Social Sciences

Academic discipline: SPS/07 General Sociology

Research

Keywords: Social Innovation Nonprofit Organization Leadership Social cohesion Social Impact Social capital Management

The main research topics can be summarized as follows:

Non-profit organizations: concerns the study and empirical research on non-profit organizations or third sector, in particular: voluntary organizations, prosocial associations, social cooperatives, civil foundations.

Civil society: concerns issues relating to the composition and transformations of the social sphere between the state and the market, in complex post-modern societies. In particular, it concerns the dynamics between the actors involved, the prevailing values and culture, the inter-organizational networks and the forms of relationship with the other spheres of society.

General sociology: includes the study of the main contemporary sociological theories as keys to reading and interpreting the characteristics of advanced societies in the face of the globalization processes.

Sociology of the organization: analysis of human resource management processes, governance systems, interorganizational networks.