Economic Sociology - 2nd semester
Code
711081069
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Sociologia
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Rui Santos
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1. Knowledge and understanding of the main sociological approaches to economic phenomena;
2. Ability to problematise and analyse economic phenomena using sociological concepts and theories;
3. Ability to intervene in economic organisations critically and in an informed way;
4. Ability to communicate knowledge on economic sociology in an accurate and meaningful way.
Prerequisites
Ter concluído um mínimo de 48 créditos ECTS no 1º ciclo.
Subject matter
0. Introduction
0.1. From the classics to New Economic Sociology
0.2. The notion of social embeddedness of the economy
1. Non-market integration in moder societies
1.1. Reciprocity
1.2. Redistribution
2. Institutional and political embeddedness of markets
2.1. State, institutions and markets
2.2. Economic Sociology and New Institutional Economics
2.3. A socioinstitutional analytical model of markets
2.4. Research problems
3. Embeddedness of markets in social networks
3.1. Inroduction to social network analysis
3.2. The theoretical proposal by Granovetter, criticism and developments. Social capital and market status
3.3. Social networks in the socioinstitutional analysis of markets
3.4. Research problems
4. Cultural and cognitive embeddedness of markets
4.1. Values and moral economy. Culture, cognition and performativity
4.2. Cultural capital, symbolic capital and market status
4.3. Culture and cognition in the socioinstitutional analysis of markets
4.4. research problems
Bibliography
Smelser, N.J. & Swedberg, R. (ed.) (2005). The handbook of economic sociology, 2.ª ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press. (Cap. seleccionados/selected chs.)
Peixoto, J. & Marques, R. (ed.) (2003). A nova sociologia económica. Oeiras: Celta. (Cap. seleccionados/selected chs.)
Portes, A. (2000). “Capital social: Origens e aplicações na sociologia contemporânea”. Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas (33), pp. 133-158.
Portes, A. (2010). Economic sociology: A systematic inquiry. Princeton: Princeton University Press. (Cap. seleccionados/selected chs.)
Steiner, Ph. (1999). La sociologie économique. Paris, La Découverte. (Cap. seleccionados/selected chs.)
Trigilia, C. (2002). Economic sociology: State, market and society in modern capitalism. Oxford: Blackwell. (Cap. seleccionados/selected chs.)
Yáñez Casal, A. (2005). Entre a dádiva e a mercadoria: Ensaio de antropologia económica. Lisboa: edição do autor. (Cap. seleccionados/selected chs.)
Teaching method
Each syllabus topic is dealt with in one to three theoretical lectures, interpolated with one or two practical classwork sessions. Each lecture explains the main concepts and conceptual frameworks, as well as examples of research problems and results. Practical classes work on understanding, discussion and oral and written expression. Each is organised around one text, previously read by the students, and proceed with the discussion and schematisation of the text in groups of students, with the support of the professor. In other practical classes, students take individual written tests on the previously schematised texts.
In class teaching.
Evaluation method
Continuous assessment in classwork (50%): each student will take 6 written assignments in class for assessment: 3 argument outlines of mandatory readings, in group, and 3 individual tests on other readings, also previously outlined in class. The classwork grade is the average of the best 4 assignments, of which 2 will necessarily be individual tests. One individual written test at the end of the semester (50%)