Comparative sociology of law and global social indicators

• CFU 8
• Prerequisiti

  Excellent knowledge of sociology / law/ english

• Obiettivi formativi

  The idea of this course is to train advanced students to understand current and emergent trends in making and using social indicators in defining and responding to global social problems.

• Programma del corso

  The idea of this course is to train advanced students to understand current and emergent trends in making and using social indicators in defining and responding to global social problems.
  Social indicators have been defined as
  'a named collection of rank-ordered data that purports to represent the past or projected performance of different units. The data are generated through a process that simplifies raw data about a complex social phenomenon. The data, in this simplified and processed form, are capable of being used to compare particular units of analysis (such as countries or institutions or corporations), synchronically or over time, and to evaluate their performance by reference to one or more standards '(Kingsbury 2012)
  We shall be using the most up to date text on this topic is and those taking the course will be expected to familiar themselves with the whole book. This type of study is necessaily interdisciplinary and particular attention will be given to comparative sociology of law as an essential approach for interpreting and predicting the likely effects of the growth of such global indicators .
  Class meetings will consist of indications for guided reading and discussions of chapters in this book involving presentations by members of the class. Participants will also be expected to write an essay of 5,000 words on one of the topics which will be assessed for exam purposes. These essays may also draw on other resources (using books and reports from libraries / or on the internet )
  
  Book of the course:
  Kevin Davis, Angelina Fisher, Benedict Kingsbury and Sally Engle Merry, eds. GOVERNANCE BY INDICATORS: GLOBAL POWER THROUGH QUANTIFICATION AND RANKINGS, Oxford, Oxford University Press (2012) 504 pp
  
  Those doing this course for 6CFU need only produce an essay of 3000 words

• Testi (A)dottati, (C)onsigliati
  • 1.  (A) Davis, Fisher, Kingsbury and Merry Governance by Indicators Oxford university press 2012 » Pagine/Capitoli: all the book 504 pps
• Altre informazioni / materiali aggiuntivi

  The program is the same for thos eattending and non attending lessons, 8 or 6 credits. For those doiung the course for 6 credits a 3000 page essay is acceptable instead of 5000 words. The title of the essay is to be agreed with the teacher of the course.

• Metodi didattici
  • Guided reading
    Class meetings will consist of indications for guided reading and discussions of chapters in this book involving presentations by members of the class.
• Modalità di valutazione
  • Participants will also be expected to write an essay of 5,000 words (3,000 words for 6cfu) on one of the topics which will be assessed for exam purposes. These essays may also draw on other resources (using books and reports from libraries / or on the internet )
• Lingue, oltre all'italiano, che possono essere utilizzate per l'attività didattica

  ENGLISH

• Lingue, oltre all'italiano, che si intende utilizzare per la valutazione

  ENGLISH

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