Sociology

As it is an introductory and second-year subject, the main objective is to learn the system of fundamental and basic concepts of Sociology and to become familiar with them. The aim is to provide economics students with the tools and essential elements that facilitate the analysis of society and the various forms of relationship between the economy and society.

The subject therefore implies a first contribution to the usual notions in the sociological way of thinking, to the perspectives from which the different areas of human social behavior are analysed and to the most relevant authors in the field, not only classic (Marx, Durkheim, Simmel, Weber, Schumpeter) but also current.

The program will address the following fundamental topics and concepts to introduce the student of Economics to Sociology as a Social Science. Students will also have access to a more detailed teaching guide in which each of the topics and sections are justified and in which the development of the syllabus and lessons will be specified in more detail.
In general, it will have a thematic range that will address, with organizations that will be presented in each teaching guide, the following knowledge and tools:

FIRST BLOCK: OBJECT AND METHOD OF SOCIOLOGY
1. Object of Sociology. Sociology and Scientific Knowledge
2.A Sociology, Economics and other Social Sciences
3.Methodology and techniques of social research and their application in the sociological analysis of the economy

SECOND BLOCK: SOCIAL STRUCTURE, CULTURE, POWER, INEQUALITY AND ENVIRONMENT
4. Sociology and the social nature of man. Social action, interaction and social facts. Culture, social structure and inequality. Socialized nature. This second block is of interest for the sociological analysis of economic life.
5. Culture. Elements of culture. Cultural diversity.
6. The process of socialization and control. Types and mechanisms of socialization. The agents of socialization. Norms, tolerance and social control. Deviation and anomie.
7. Structure and social changes. The demographic structure and its transformations. Urbanization processes. Social networks: the role they play. Forms of social change and conflict.
8. Social stratification and social classes. Classical theories and recent contributions. Social Mobility and Poverty. The role of the state and welfare regimes.
9. Socialized nature, the economy, and the environment. The social and political construction of environmental costs. Evasion strategies, industrial relocation and green-washing. Economic sociology in the face of the new challenges of the circular economy and global warming.

THIRD BLOCK: INSTITUTIONS AS FORMS OF REGULATION
10. Social institutions: the role they play in economic and social life. Types.
10.1 Religion, Family, Education, and Science.
10.2 Rationalization of the enterprise, markets and economy. Professions and occupations
10.3 Advertising, public opinion and the media
11. The Sociological Significance of Globalization.

BASIC

-Berger, P., Introducción a la Sociología, Ed. Limusa, Madrid, 2011.

-Giddens, A., Sociología, Alianza editorial, Madrid, 2014

-Herranz, R., La Sociología de los Mercados Internos de Trabajo, CES, Madrid, 2007

-Inghan, G., Capitalismo, Alianza Editorial, Madrid, 2010

-Portes, A., Sociología Económica. Una introducción sistemática, CIS, Madrid, 2013.

-Santana Turégano, M. Ángel: ¿Homo economicus u homo sociologicus? Introducción a la sociología para la economía, la empresa y las finanzas, Aula Magna- McGraw Hill, Madrid, 2022.


COMPLEMENTARY

-Berger, P. La construcción social de la realidad. Amorrortu.

-Carabaña, J. y A. de Francisco. Teorías contemporáneas de las clases sociales. Ed. Pablo Iglesias. Madrid

-Castells, M., La Era de la Información. Economía, sociedad y cultura, Vol. 1, La Sociedad Red, Alianza Editorial, Madrid, 2000

-Crompton. R. Clase y estratificación. Madrid. Tecnos,

-De Francisco, A, Sociología y cambio social. Ariel Barcelona.

-Durkheim. De la división del trabajo social, Ed. Akal

-Durkheim, E. El suicidio. Akal. Madrid

-Etzioni, A., La dimensión moral. Hacia una nueva economía, Ediciones Palabra, Madrid.

-Feito Alonso, R. Estructura social contemporánea Las clases sociales en el países industrializados. Ed. S.XXI. México,

-Fernández Enguita, M., Economía y Sociología. Para un análisis sociológico de la realidad económica. Ed. Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Madrid, 1998.

-Goffman. La presentación de la persona en la vida cotidiana. Ed. Amorrortu. Buenos Aires.

-Gonzalez, J.J. y Requena, M., Tres Décadas de cambio social en España, Alianza editorial, Madrid

-Granovetter, M., Acción económica y estructura social: el problema de la incrustación, en Requena Santos, F., Análisis de redes sociales, Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Madrid, 2003.

-Herranz, R. La Sociología de los Mercados Internos de Trabajo, Madrid, CES, 2007

-Herranz, R. George Simmel y la Sociología Económica: el mercado, las formas sociales y el análisis estratégico, PAPERS, Revista de Sociología, nº 87, 2008

-Sen. Desarrollo y Libertad. Ed. Planeta. Barcelona.

-Inghan, G. Capitalismo Alianza Editorial. Madrid

-Portes, A. Economic Sociology, A Sysematic Inquiry, Princeton University Press.

-Swedberg , R. y Smelser, N. Handbook of Economic Sociology. Princeton University Press.

-Sztompka, P, Sociología del cambio social. Alianza. Madrid.

-Weeks, J.R.. Sociología de la población. Alanza Editorial. Madrid,

-Weber, M., La ética protestante y el espirítu del capitalismo. Ed. Península. Barcelona.

-Weber, M., Economía y sociedad, FCE México

-Willians, R.. Sociología de la cultura, Ed. Paidos.

•General Competencies

-To bring Sociology to students who connect with the discipline for the first time
- To provide students with an overview of the central points of the discipline, as well as the approach to the different theoretical frameworks and research methodology.
- To promote the acquisition of the sociological perspective necessary to deepen the knowledge and practice of the discipline in the context of economics and other social sciences.
- Explain the role of the individual in social and socio-economic life
- Know the social and cultural environment in which economic life takes place.
- Understand the central elements of the social structure and their relationship with the major trends in the economy.

• Specific competencies
-Motivate the student towards Practical Sociology through a series of activities that will accompany each topic
- To promote critical analysis in the knowledge of the theoretical and methodological frameworks from which the answers to the fundamental questions of Sociology are elaborated, observing their usefulness to incorporate them into socioeconomic studies and situate the economy in its social, political and cultural context.
-Develop the capacity for individual work, learning to analyze information, identify the most important ideas that are relevant to socioeconomic studies
- Become familiar with social and socioeconomic indicator systems.
- Foster the ability to work in a team, learning to distribute tasks, negotiate the contribution of respective responsibilities.

In the lectures in which the essential theoretical and methodological contents of the subject will be introduced and explained, the elements and cases of the economic and social reality that affect these contents will be presented and discussed with the active participation of the students. At the beginning of the course, students will have access to the didactic material and bibliographic references selected and required reading to be able to actively participate in their preparation in accordance with the guidance and support of the teaching team.

In the case of interactive classes, students must present and comment, following the criteria established by the teacher, on a set of materials, including audiovisual elements, reports or readings and texts. In these, the essential theoretical and methodological contents of the subject are expanded, illustrated or applied. This task will be completed through sociologically based debates on current issues and other activities and tasks, as well as different tests that allow the understanding of the subjects worked on to be assessed.

In general, the grade obtained as a result of participation in the expository and interactive classes, together with the completion of the different works and tasks to be carried out in them, will weigh 40% of the final grade.
Attendance, participation and submission of the work is a condition for evaluating the final exam. This examination regarding the theoretical contents of the course will affect the remaining 60% of the grade in this subject.

To pass it, it will be necessary to obtain at least half of the score of the interactive part and a third of the score of the exam.
The specific list of the different activities that can be evaluated throughout the course and the way in which they will be controlled, as well as the evaluations for specific situations (dispensing assistance, individual tutoring needs or others) will be indicated in the teaching guides corresponding to each of the groups of the subject (morning or afternoon shift) that will be published in the virtual classroom.

In cases of fraudulent completion of exercises or tests, the provisions of the regulations will be followed to evaluate the academic performance of students and to review grades.

Teaching hours and associated study and work recommendations

Lectures: 17 hours of teaching (it is estimated that students will spend about 34 hours of individual study)
Interactive classes: 31 hours of teaching (it is estimated that 62 hours of individual study will be recommended for students)
Tutorials: 3 hours (and as many hours dedicated to applying what was addressed in the tutorials).
Total: 51 hours of class and 99 hours of personal work by the students

Follow-up of the classes and the completion of the readings and the defined tasks. Likewise, during the course of teaching, different audiovisual subjects and readings will be recommended that help to complement and expand the contents addressed and that will be voluntary work that is not assessable but highly advisable.
It is also important to try to keep up to date with current socioeconomic or socio-political events, since the subject has a vocation to connect theory and beach, for which the most recent cases or examples will be used (including those that occur during the course itself).