Ateneo - UPO

PART I: Sociology of family: definitions, structures and relationships, family and relative, transnational and migrant families, family and social policies
PART II: Sociology of care: definitions; the context of care work; structures of gender, reproductive work and care; ethic of care; care and medicine; the informal and formal actors of care; social and health policies of care

C. Saraceno e M. Naldini, Sociologia della famiglia, IV edizione, Il Mulino, 2021 (capitoli: I, II, VI e VIII)
Balbo (a cura di) Tempi di vita. Studi e proposte per cambiarli , Milano, 1991 Feltrinelli
Lazzarini, G. e Santagati, M. (2008) Anziani, famiglie e assistenti. Sviluppi del welfare l ocale tra invecchiamento e immigrazione , Milano, Franco Angeli
Manueddu, E. (2004) Tra mestoli e scrivanie: il lavoro delle donne. Attori, p roblemi, norme e pratiche della conciliazione, Quaderni di donne & ricerca, CIRSDe, Torino, Trauben Edizioni, Quaderni di donne & ricerca, CIRSDe, Torino, Trauben Edizioni
Tognetti Bordogna, M. (a cura di) (2004) Ricongiungere la famiglia altrove. Strategie, percorsi, modelli e f orme di ricongiungimento familiare , Milano, Franco Angeli
Tronto, J. C. (2006) Confini morali. Un argomento p olitico per l'etica della cura , trad. it. N. Reggio Emilia, Edizioni Diabasis ; ed. Moral Boundaries. A political Argument for an Ethic of Care , Routledge, Chapman and Hall, Inc., 1993

Aim I: Become familiar with key terms and definitions for the analysis of family structures in light of time and place (both geographically and socially) variability.
Create a critical view on "ahistorical" conceptions and prescriptive models of the family as well as its primary institutional and normative definitions in order to recognize its different expressions in the modern world.
Learn how to establish connections between the productive and reproductive worlds, and acquire concepts and categories that are important for the understanding of care work as a type of reproductive work.
Learn how to read formal and informal care work critically by comprehending the dynamics that underlie the division of labor (gender and class) throughout its social, political, and ideological development.
Understanding the actors involved in care work, their characteristics, and trends

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taught class and distance learning

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The learning process will be verified through the final exam.
The exam will be in written form with structured questions (multiple choice questions).

PART I Sociology of family:
• How family is defined?
• Familiar structures and relationships: concepts and brief history of changes occurred in european countries; familiar structures in western contemporary societies: problems for definitions and data collection; variability of structures
• Family and kin: main concepts of kinship; structures of relative, social language and gender structures; kinship as flexible social network
• Transnational and migrant families: paths, stratification and social mobility; re-definitions of gender relationships; inter-generational relationships and responsibility in the migration experience

PART II: Sociology of care:
• In social theory, caregiving: definitions of care and domestic labor, as well as productive and reproductive work, are compared; the care process
• The historical, social, political and ideological context of care work: Changes in the economy and society, both inside and outside the family; social and familiar identity of women; Social and familiar identity of women: the family of feelings and education; The "immobility" of gender relations in family work; Feelings as a distinctly feminine aspect; The ethics of care; The provision of informal care is a kind of social injustice; The political dimension of care and power relations in societies
•Care and Medicine
• Formal and informal carers: The family: women and men in care work; Other forms of informal care: friends and neighbors; Family assistants: carers; Health and social professionals; The State and social care policies; The third sector
State, family and care: social policies; Welfare and welfare models; treatment strategies: European recommendations; social and health policies in Italy and Europe with attention to the gender dimension, care of children, disabled people and the elderly

Students must be able to show that they have a solid understanding of the following fundamental concepts by the end of the course:
- the definitions, identification, and detection of family structures, paying attention to the various ways in which they manifest themselves today;
- the concept of care work, its various forms, and the inequalities underlying paid and unpaid care work, paying attention to the evolution of the concept and phenomenon in Western societies;
- understand the connections and power dynamics among the actors who support the family and provide for the needs of those who are unable to care for themselves.