At the end of the course the student, who will have actively attended and participated in the planned activities, will be able to:
1) define and distinguish the concepts of:
- collective actor (association, interest and pressure group, social movement, trade union, party, institution);
- individual actor (individual, subject, citizen);
- participation and activation;
- asymmetry and hierarchy;
- authority and trust;
2) to interpret the processes of horizontalization between individuals, groups and institutions connected to the social change of contemporary societies
3) analyse the structuring of individual and collective actors within specific contexts
4) evaluate the opportunities deriving from the adoption of participatory and activation processes
5) plan in preliminary way participatory processes (involvement of groups) and activation (involvement of individuals) in specific contexts.

The basic knowledge of political sociology is suggested.

For this purpose any edition of a Handbook of Political Sociology may be used. Suggested: M. Rush, Politics and Society. An Introduction to Political Sociology, Routledge.

The course will take place online in Teams and Aulaweb

The Course is organized into four Didactic Units (UD):

UD1 - Modernity's radicalization

UD2 - Administration and open government

UD3 - Participatory processes

UD4 - individual or group work

To take the exam, foreign students (Erasmus+ program or other international programs of mobility) must contact the Professor at least two months before the exam.

Para tomar el examen, los estudiantes extranjeros (Programa Erasmus+ u otros programas internacionales de movilidad) deben contactar al Profesor como mínimo dos meses antes del examen.

Pour passer l'examen, les étudiants étrangers (Programme Erasmus+ ou autres programmes internationaux de mobilité) doivent contacter le professeur au moins deux mois avant l'examen.

The course will take place online in Teams and Aulaweb

Evaluation criteria

To pass the exam, the candidate must demonstrate a level of learning that is at least sufficient for each of the Didactic Units.

The evaluation criteria for the questions consist in: coherence of the answer with the commissioner's question, knowledge of the issues addressed, precision and ownership of the scientific language on the topic, ability to link related topics, argumentation supporting autonomous reasoning, synthesis capacity, effectiveness in proposing the reflections of the authors treated, synergistic use of the knowledge acquired from the texts and lessons.

The Commission is designated by the Department Council and chaired by the course Professor.