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La povertà nella società contemporanea (edX)

La povertà nella società contemporanea (edX)

Un'analisi sociologica della povertà per individuare le strategie per contrastarla in diversi contesti sociali. La povertà è una condizione sociale che interessa tutte le società, anche quelle industrializzate dove si fonda su confronti intertemporali tra differenti gruppi sociali. Questo corso analizza sia l'atteggiamento della società nei confronti dei poveri, e come questi hanno influenzato le politiche di contrasto alla povertà, sia i metodi di analisi di questo fenomeno.

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È un corso per operatori sociali e per tutti coloro che lavorano sulle tematiche della povertà. Si articola in tre parti.
La prima parte ripercorre l’evoluzione storica della condizione sociale del povero. Nell’ambito della seconda parte si affronta il problema della "misurazione" della povertà, ossia sono presi in esame i metodi e gli strumenti di rilevazione empirica che vanno a costituire la “cassetta degli attrezzi del sociologo”.
L’ultima parte, invece, si focalizza sul caso italiano. Il corso si conclude con una lezione dedicata alla rappresentazione sociale della povertà nei media.
Le lezioni seguono uno sviluppo logico e temporale, ma ciascun blocco e la lezione conclusiva possono essere studiati anche separatamente.

Poverty in contemporary society
Poverty is a condition affecting all societies, even industrialized ones, where it is based on inter-temporal comparison between different social groups.
This course analyses attitudes towards the poor, and how these attitudes influence policies to contrast poverty. It also looks at the way poverty is analyzed and measured. The course is designed for social workers or anyone working in the area of poverty.
The course is structured in three blocks. The first part covers the evolution of the social conditions of the poor over time. In the second part students will look at the research methods and tools that make up the “sociologist’s toolbox”. The last part of the course focuses on the Italian context. The concluding lesson is on the way poverty is represented in the media. The lessons follow a logical and chronological order, but the different blocks, and the last lesson, can also be studied separately.

What you'll learn

  • Comprendere la povertà per ideare politiche sociali adeguate
  • Povertà come condizione sociale e non economica
  • Metodi di ricerca empirici e indicatori di povertà
  • Understand poverty to inform social policy
  • Poverty as a social rather than economic condition
  • Empirical research methods and indicators of poverty
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