Accreditations
Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES)
PhD Management
Building 4, room 329
doutoramentos.cies@iscte-iul.pt
(+351) 210 464 195
monday to friday, 10:00 - 13:00 / 14:30 - 18:00
Tuition fee EU nationals (2024/2025)
Programme Structure for 2024/2025
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Sociological Research in Portugal
6.0 ECTS
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Extensive Methodologies: Selected Sociological Researches
6.0 ECTS
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Research Project Seminar in Sociology
18.0 ECTS
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Classical Sociological Theories: Major Works
6.0 ECTS
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Intensive Methodologies: Selected Sociological Researches
6.0 ECTS
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Contemporary Sociological Theories: Major Works
6.0 ECTS
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Phd Thesis in Sociology
180.0 ECTS
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Sociological Research in Portugal
In this course doctoral students must achieve the following learning objectives:
a) To be able to analyse sociology from a sociohistorical point of view
b) To know the main features of the history of sociology in Portugal.
c) To understand the concept of institutional generator of sociology (applied to Portuguese sociology)
d) To know the main themes and results of sociological reserach in Portugal in 16 specialized and institutionalized fields and to identify non-institutionalized fields
e) To be able do identify and analyse the external and internal borders of sociological research
Session 1. Sociological research in Portugal: towards a sociohistorical analysis
Session 2. The sociological field in Portugal: from pre-history to advanced institutionalization
Session 3. Two institutional generators of sociology
Session 4. Classical fields: sociology of social structure and social change, sociology of youth, sociology of education; sociology of classes and social inequalities
Session 5. New classical fields: sociology of work, organizationns and professions, urban sociology, political sociology, sociology of culture
Session 6. Modern fields (I): sociology of family, gender and sexuality, sociology of poverty and social exclusion, sociology of health, sociology of communication and the media
Session 7. Modern fields (II): sociology of science, sociology of immigration and ethnicity, sociology of cultural values, sociology of the environment
Session 8. Non-institutionalized fields. Relations and borders of sociological research
In order to be evaluated throughout the semester students must:
a) Write a 25 pages individual essay about the contents of the course to be delivered at the end of the semester (70% of the final grade).
b) Make two previouly prepared short interventions (30% of the final grade).
c) Take an active part in every session discussing the contents of it based on previous readings (an extra point may be added to the final grade).
Title: Bourdieu, P (2006), Para uma Sociologia da Ciência, Lisboa, Ed 70.
Costa, A et al (2007), Sociedade e Conhecimento, Lisboa, Celta
Guerreiro, M et al (2007), Quotidiano e Qualidade de Vida, Lisboa, Celta
Machado, F (2022), Investigação Sociológica em Portugal, Porto, Afrontamento
Merton, R (1973), The Sociology of Science, Chicago, CUP
Pinto, J (2007), Ciências e progresso, Porto, Afrontamento
Santos, B (2001), Globalização: Fatalidade ou Utopia? Porto, Afrontamento
Santos, B (1999), ?Porque é tão difícil construir uma teoria crítica??, RCCS, 54
Silva, A (2006), A Sociologia e o Debate Público. Porto, Afrontamento
Viegas, J et al (2007), Instituições e Política. Lisboa, Celta
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Extensive Methodologies: Selected Sociological Researches
LO1- Situate extensive methodologies in the broader framework of research methodologies in sociology and in different research designs
LO2- Develop critical reflection skills on ethical issues in extensive methodologies
LO3- Get to know the diversity and complexity of extensive information-gathering devices (e.g. questionnaire survey)
LO4- Know the main sampling methods and the elements that affect the representativeness of a sample
LO5- Broaden knowledge of data analysis methods and types of results
LO6- Know the potential and limits associated with the use of secondary data in extensive research
LO7- Understand the specificity and requirements of extensive methods in international comparative studies
LO8-Develop the skills needed to carry out a critical and informed assessment of the potential and limits inherent in the use of extensive methodologies in sociological analysis
Taking the stated objectives into account, the programme will revisit authors and research of established historical and sociological value, as well as more recent extensive national and international research. From a detailed look at each of these works, the object of study, the theoretical and methodological resources used and the main results will be presented and discussed.
The programme is organised into five main topics:
CP-1. Extensive methodologies in the social sciences: theoretical, epistemological, methodological and ethical considerations
CP-2. Extensive research based on primary data. The questionnaire survey
CP-3. Sampling and data analysis methods
CP-4. The use of secondary data and official statistics in sociological analysis. Limits and potential
CP-5. Extensive international studies. Challenges of comparability
Student assessment takes place throughout the semester and includes two key moments:
a) an in-class presentation, prepared and presented in groups, on one of the reference works (30%)
b) preparation of an individual essay, no longer than 10 pages (around 20000 characters) (70%)
This course does not have the option of assessment by exam.
Title: Bryman, Alan (2012), Social Research Methods, Oxford, Oxford University Press (4ª ed.)
Denscombe, M. (2007). The good research guide for small-scale social research projects (3rd ed). Open University Press.
Ghiglione R. e B. Matalon, (1996), O Inquérito. Teoria e prática, Oeiras, Celta Editora
Kitchin, R. (2014). The data revolution: Big data, open data, data infrastructures & their consequences. SAGE Publications
Oyen, Else, (1990), Comparative Methodology. Theory and practise in international social research, London, Sage Publications, Sage Studies in International Sociology
Quivy, Raymond e Luc Campenhout (2019), Manual de Investigação em Ciências Sociais, Lisboa, Gradiva
Silva, Augusto Santos e José Madureira Pinto (1986), Metodologia das ciências sociais, Porto, Edições Afrontamento
Stopher, P. (2012). Collecting, Managing, and Assessing Data Using Sample Surveys. Cambridge: CUP
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Title: Almeida João Ferreira de, e José Madureira Pinto (1982), A Investigação nas Ciências Sociais, Editorial Presença.
Bourdieu, Pierre (2010, 1979), A Distinção. Uma Crítica Social da Faculdade do Juízo, Lisboa, Edições 70.
Dillman D. A.(2007), Mail and Internet Surveys , New Jersey, John Wiley.
Durkheim, Émile (2007, 1897), O Suicídio, Lisboa, Editorial Presença
Giddens,Anthony (2004),"Métodos de Investigação em Sociologia", em Sociologia (4ª edição, revista e atualizada), Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, pp. 2-19; pp. 641-663.
Lahire, Bernard (2005), L'Esprit Sociologique, Paris, La Découverte,
Nunes, A. Sedas (1981), Sobre o problema do conhecimento nas ciências sociais. Materiais de uma experiência pedagógica, Lisboa, Instituto de Ciências Sociais
Vicente, P. et al, Sondagens. A amostragem como factor decisivo de qualidade, Lisboa, Sílabo, 1996
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Research Project Seminar in Sociology
Students who successfully complete this seminar will be able to:
LO1. Identifying the main requirements and components of a research project in the field of sociology, according to high academic standards in terms of quality and ethics;
LO2. Writing a research project for a doctoral thesis in sociology that makes an effective contribution to the advancement of sociological knowledge on some substantive social phenomena and/or the theoretical and methodological tools of sociology, at a level that allows for scientific publication;
LO3. Planning the research projet in a consistent and feasible way, and adjusted to the schedule available for the thesis completion.
S1. Research in sociology: objectives, methods and results.
S2. Scientific research projects; working in research centres; scientific publication.
S3. Types of research and research strategies. Theory and empirical research. Operationalization problems. Familiarization and estrangement. Interference problems. Auxiliary research theories. Analytic levels. Inference modes. Modes of explanation.
S4. Ethical issues in sociological research.
S5. Research design and research project components.
The evaluation focuses on: i) the participation in the seminar; ii) a research project document for the doctoral thesis, written according to the FCT guidelines.
Title: Velho, G (2013 [1981]), Observando o familiar, in Um Antropólogo na Cidade, R. Janeiro, Zahar
Ragin, CC & Amoroso, LM (2011), Constructing Social Research, Sage
Pires, RP (2015), Modos de explicação, Sociologia Problemas e Práticas, 78
Lahire, B (2005), L'Esprit Sociologique, Paris, La Découverte
Elder-Vass, D (2012), Towards a realist social constructionism, Sociologia Problemas e Práticas, 70
Creswell, JW & Plano Clark, VL (2011), Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research, Sage
Costa, AF et al (2013), Mixed-methods evaluation in complex programmes, Evaluation and Program Planning, 39
Bryman, A (2012), Social Research Methods, Oxford UP
Becker, HS (1998), Tricks of the Trade, The U. Chicago Press
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Title: Whyte, WF (1981 [1943]), Street Corner Society: The Social Structure of an Italian Slum, The Univ. Chicago Press.
Silva, AS & Pinto, JM (orgs.) (1986), Metodologia das Ciências Sociais, Porto, Afrontamento.
Pinto, JM (2007), Indagação Científica, Aprendizagens Escolares, Reflexividade Social, Porto, Afrontamento.
Merton, RK (1970), The bearing of sociological theory on empirical research; The bearing of empirical research on sociological theory, in Social Theory and Social Structure, The Free Press.
Merton, RK (1996), Insiders and outsiders [1972], in Merton, RK (1996), On Social Structure and Science (ed. Sztompka, P), The Univ. Chicago Press.
Lahire, B (2002), Portraits Sociologiques: Dispositions et Variations Individuelles, Paris, Nathan.
Glaser, BG & Strauss, AL (1967), The Discovery of Grounded Theory, Aldine.
Danermark, B et al. (2002), Explaining Society, Routledge.
Costa, AF (1986), A pesquisa de terreno em sociologia, em Silva, AS & Pinto, JM (orgs.), Metodologia das Ciências Sociais, Porto, Afrontamento.
Brante, T (2001), Consequências do realismo na construção de teoria sociológica, Sociologia Problemas e Práticas, 36.
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Classical Sociological Theories: Major Works
The main objective of this UC is to contribute to the advanced education in Sociology through deep reflexion on classical theories. Reference works of founders and classical authors are studied to promote a clearer understanding of specificities, divergences and affinities in sociological theories. Contemporary authors'appropriation of classical theories is also evaluated, like the role of classical work in social reflexivity processes and in the construction of contemporaneity.
Program1. Classical theories: antiquity and contemporaneity
1.1. Modernity and social science
1.2. Sociological theories and social reflexivity
2. Reference works
2.1. Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville (1835-40)
2.2. The German Ideology, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (1846)
2.3. The Philosophy of Money, Georg Simmel (1900)
2.4. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life, Émile Durkheim (1912)
2.5. Economy and Society, Max Weber (1922)
3. Sociological theories: diversity and elaboration processes
3.1. Specificities and articulations
3.2. Innovation and cumulativity
The evaluation is done throughout the semester following the development of the knowledge and skills targeted in the objectives of the UC. It involves a final written individual text, the presentation and debate of sociological texts, the frequency of presence in seminars and participation in class. These evaluation elements have the following weight in the final classification: assiduity and participation in class: 20%; presentation and debate of sociological texts: 30%; final written individual text: 50%.
There is no final exam in this course.
Title: Durkheim, Émile (2002), As Formas Elementares da Vida Religiosa, Oeiras, Celta Editora.
Marx, Karl, e Friedrich Engels (1975), A Ideologia Alemã, Lisboa, Livraria Presença.
Simmel, Georg (1982), The Philosophy of Money, Boston, Routledge & Kegan Paul.
Tocqueville, Alexis de (2008), Da Democracia na América, col. Antropos, Lisboa, Relógio d'Água.
Weber, Max (1971), Économie et Societé, Paris, Plon.
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Title: Waters, Malcolm (1994), Modern Sociological Theory, London, Sage.
Turner, Jonathan (2003), The Structure of Sociological Theory, Belmont (California), Wadsworth.
Turner, Jonathan H. (2013), Theoretical Sociology: 1830 to the Present, Newbury Park, CA, Sage.
Turner, Jonathan H., Leonard Beeghley, e Charles H. Powers (2002), The Emergence of Sociological Theory, Belmont, Wadsworth Thomson Learning.
Turner, Jonathan H. (org.) (2001), Handbook of Sociological Theory, New York, Kluwer Academic.
Turner, Jonathan H. (2014), Theoretical Sociology. A Concise Introduction to Twelve Sociological Theories, Londres, Sage.
Turner, Bryan S. (org.) (2000), The Blackwell Companion to Social Theory, Oxford, Blackwell.
Scott, John (2011), Conceptualising the Social World. Principles of Sociological Analysis, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Ritzer, George (org.), (2003), The Blackwell Companion to Major Classical Social Theorists, Oxford, Blackwell.
Ritzer, George, e Douglas J. Goodman (2004), Sociological Theory, Nova Iorque, McGraw-Hill.
Jenks, Chris (org.) (1998), Core Sociological Dichotomies, London, Sage Publications.
Giddens, Anthony (2005 [1972]), Capitalismo e Moderna Teoria Social, 6ª ed., Barcarena, Editorial Presença.
Cruz, Manuel Braga da (org.) (1995), Teorias Sociológicas ? Os Fundadores e os Clássicos (Antologia de Textos), Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Collins, Randall (1994), Four Sociological Traditions, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Burawoy, Michael (2021), “Why is classical theory classical? Theorising the canon and
canonizing Du Bois”, Journal of Classical Sociology, 21 (3-4), pp. 245-259.
Alexander, Jeffrey C. (1987), “The centrality of the classics”, em Anthony Giddens e Jonathan H. Turner (orgs.), Social Theory Today, Stanford, CA, Stanford University Press, pp. 11-57.
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Intensive Methodologies: Selected Sociological Researches
LO1) In-depth knowledge of the epistemological roots, the methodological diversity and the technical issues raised by qualitative research strategies;
LO2) Critical evaluation of the interaction between theoretical options, research objectives and methodological strategies in the course of qualitative data collection and analysis;
LO3) Ability to conceive and develop research projects which resort centrally or complementarily to qualitative strategies and enhance students' skills to identify and solve concrete research problems.
1.Introduction
Objectives, syllabus, bibliography; organization of seminars; global perspective and epistemological frame of qualitative research strategies.
2.Qualitative methodologies and research designs
From paradigms to research strategies; the debate quantitative-qualitative and methodological triangulation in sociological analysis.
3.Field research
Observational dynamics in sociological research; direct and participant observation; ethical problems in field-research. Seminar presentations.
4.Interviews
Interviewing: types, objectives, procedures; social relations in interview situations. Seminar presentations.
5. Comparative case studies
Why compare?; Case studies and comparative analysis; research design and case selection in comparative approaches; Seminar presentations.
Assessment throughout the semester:
a) Participation in seminars (requiring a careful reading of assigned bibliography), group presentation and discussion of the selected works, according to a previously fixed calendar (50%);
b) Personal essay consisting of a methodological analysis of one of the assigned researches (max 12 A4 pages, space 1.5, margin 3cm) (50%).
Title: Becker, Howard (1996),'The Epistemology of Qualitative Research', in Jessor, R., A. Colby e R. A. Shweder (eds.) Ethnography and human development : context and meaning in social inquiry, Chicago, UCP, pp.53-71; Bertaux, Daniel (2020), As Narrativas de Vida, Lisboa, Mundos Sociais; Burgess, Robert G. (2001), A Pesquisa de Terreno. Uma Introdução, Oeiras, Celta Editora; Denzin, Norman S. e Yvonne S. Lincoln (orgs.) (2000), The Handbook of Qualitative Research, Londres, Sage; Ragin, Charles C. e H. Becker, eds. (1992), What is a Case? Exploring the Foundations of Social Inquiry, Cambridge, CUP; Ragin, Charles (1994), Constructing Social Research. The Unity and Diversity of Method, Thousand Oaks, Pine Forge; Silverman, David (2017) Doing Qualitative Research (5th edition), London, Sage; Strauss, A. e J. Corbin (1990) Basics of Qualitative Research: Grounded Theory Procedures and Techniques, London, Sage.
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Title: (Association for Qualitative Research)
http://www.aqr.org.uk/
(On-line journal)
http://www.qualitative-research.net/
On-line resources
Whyte, William Foote (1993) [1943], Street Corner Society. The Social Structure of an Italian Slum, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press [versão em português: Whyte William Foote (2005 [1943, 1955], Sociedade de Esquina. A Estrutura Social de uma Área Urbana Pobre e Degradada, Rio de Janeiro, Jorge Zahar Editor.]
Weinberg, Darin (2002) (ed.), Qualitative Research Methods, Blackwell Publishers, pp.112-126
Webb, Elizabeth; Campbell, Donald; Schwartz, Robert & Sechrest, Lee (1966). Unobtrusive measures: non-reactive research in the social sciences. Chicago: Rand McNally.
War-Schofield, J. (1993) "Increasing the generalisability of qualitative research" in M. Hammersley, ed. Social Research: Philisophy, Politics and Practice, London, Open University, Sage
Walker, R. ed. (1985), Applied Qualitative Research, Aldershot, Gower.
Velho, Gilberto (1994), "Unidade e fragmentação em sociedades complexas" em, Projecto e Metamorfose, Rio de Janeiro, Jorge Zahar Editor
Velho, Gilberto (1981), "Observando o familiar", em Individualismo e Cultura, Rio de Janeiro, Zahar, pp. 121-132;
Silverman, David (ed.)(2011) Qualitative Research (3rd ed), London, Sage
Silverman, D. (1993) Interpreting Qualitative Data: Methods for Analysing Talk, Text and Interaction. London: Sage.
Silverman, D. (1985), Qualitative Methods and Sociology, Aldershot, Gower.
Seale, C. (1999) The Quality of Qualitative Research, London, Sage;
Scott, J. (1990) A Matter of Record: Documentary Sources in Social Research, Cambridge, Polity Press.
Rubin, J. and Rubin, I. S. (1995) Qualitative Interviewing: The Art of Hearing Data Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Ragin, Charles C. (1987) The Comparative Method: Moving Beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies. Berkeley/Los Angeles/London, University of California Press;
Ragin, Charles (1997), "Turning the tables: How case-oriented research challenges variable-oriented research", Comparative Social Research, 16:27-42
Poirier, J., Clapier-Valladon,S. Raybaut, P. (1999) Histórias de Vida. Teoria e Prática, Oeiras, Celta
Pinto, José Madureira e João Queirós (orgs.) (2010), Ir e Voltar. Sociologia de uma Colectividade Local no Noroeste Português (1977-2007), Porto, Edições Afrontamento.
Pinto, José Madureira e Augusto Santos Silva (orgs.)(1984), Metodologia das Ciências Sociais, Porto, Edições Afrontamento.
Pais, José Machado (2003 [2001]) Ganchos, Tachos e Biscates. Jovens,Trabalho e Futuro, Porto, Âmbar;
Munck, Gerardo (1998), "Canons of Research Design in Qualitative Analysis," Studies in Comparative International Development, Fall 1998
Miller, G., e R. Dingwall (orgs.) (1997), Context & Method in Qualitative Research, Londres, Sage.
Michael Burawoy,(1998) "The Extended Case Method" in Sociological Theory, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Mar., 1998), 4-33.
May, Tim (2001) Social Research. Issues, Methods and Processes, Berkshire, Open University Press.
Maxwell, Joseph A. (2005), Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2005.
Lee, Raymond M. (2002), Métodos não Interferentes em Pesquisa Social, Lisboa, Gradiva.
Lazarsfeld, Paul F. and Barton Allen H. (1951), "Qualitative measurement in the social sciences: classification, typologies and Indices", in Lerner, Daniel and Lasswell, Harold D. eds., The Policy Sciences, Stanford, Stanford University Press.
Lahire, Bernard, (2004) Retratos Sociológicos. Disposições e variações individuais, São Paulo, Artmed Editora;
Kvale, S. (1996) InterViews: An Introduction to Qualitative Research Interviewing Thousand Oaks: Sage.
King, Gary, Kehoane, Robert, Verba, Sidney, (1994) Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research, Princeton, Princeton University Press.
Kaufmann, Jean-Claude, (1996), L'Entretien Compréhensif, Paris, Nathan.
Darin Weinberg (Ed.), Qualitative Research Methods, Blackwell Publishers, 2002, pp. 79 - 111.
Howard S. Becker, The Life History and the Scientific Mosaic, in
Holstein, James A. e Jaber F. Gubrium, The Active Interview, London, Sage, 1995.
Grunberg, Gérard e Étienne Schweisguth (1996), ?Bourdieu et la misère: une approche réductioniste? in Revue Française de Science Politique, 46(1)
Geertz, Clifford (1973). The interpretation of cultures: selected essays. New York: Basic Books.
Fielding, Nigel & Schreier, Margrit (2001, February). Introduction: On the Compatibility between Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods [54 paragraphs]. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research [On-line Journal], 2(1). Available at: http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-01/1-01hrsg-e.htm [February 22, 2007].
Fielding, Nigel & Fielding, Jane (1986). Linking data: the articulation of qualitative and quantitative methods in social research. Beverly Hills, London: Sage.
Ferraroti, F (1990) Histoire et Histoires de Vie. La Méthode Biographique dans les Sciences Sociales, Paris, Meridiens Klincksieck.
Dexter, Lewis, (1970) Elite and Specialized Interviewing, Evanston, Northwestern University Press.
Demazière, Didier, e Claude Dubar (1997), Analyser les Entretiens Biographiques, Paris, Nathan.
Costa, António Firmino (2000), Sociedade de Bairro, Oeiras, Celta.
Collier, David e James Mahoney (1996) "Insights and Pitfalls. Selection Bias in Qualitative Research", World Politics 49:56-91.
Castells, Manuel (2013), Redes de Indignação e Esperança. Movimentos Sociais na Era da Internet, Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Carreiras, Helena (2004) Gender and the Military. Women in the Armed Forces of Western Democracies, London, Routledge.
Carmo, Renato Miguel do, e Ana Rita Matias (2019) Retratos da Precariedade: Quotidianos e Aspirações dos Jovens Trabalhadores, Lisboa, Tinta-da-China.
Carmo, Renato Miguel do, e Maria Madalena d'Avelar (2020) A Miséria do Tempo: Vidas Suspensas pelo Desemprego, Lisboa, Tinta-da-China.
Carmo, Renato Miguel do, Jorge Caleiras, Isabel Roque, e Rodrigo Viera de Assis (2021), O Trabalho Aqui e Agora: Crises, Percursos e Vulnerabilidades, Lisboa, Tinta-da-China.
Caetano, Ana (2016) Pensar a Vida: Biografias e Reflexividade Individual, Lisboa, Editora Mundos Sociais.
Bourdieu, Pierre (1993) La Misère du Monde, Paris, Seuil.
Blanchet, A. et. al. (1985) L'Entretien Dans les Sciences Sociales, Paris, Dunod.
Bertaux, Daniel (1981) Biography and Society. The Life History Approach in Social Sciences, Beverly Hills, Sage.
Bailey, Kenneth D. (1994). Typologies and taxonomies. An introduction to classification techniques. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Alves, Nuno de Almeida, Frederico Cantante, Inês Baptista e Renato Miguel do Carmo (2011) Jovens em Transições Precárias. Trabalho, Quotidiano e Futuro, Lisboa, Editora Mundos Sociais.
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Contemporary Sociological Theories: Major Works
a) knowledge of key theories and theoretical controversies in contemporary sociology;
b) development of analytical skills to use those theories;
c) development of skills of theorization articulating concepts and statements of different theoretical origins.
Contextualized study of five major works of contemporary sociological theory, to be carried out in two moments. The first, on the theoretical contexts in which those works are inscribed. The second, about each of the selected works by Parsons, Goffman, Boudon, Giddens and Archer.
I. Theoretical debates
01. Rise and fall of functionalism
02. Responses to functionalism: conflict, interaction and rationality
03. Movements of synthesis: from structuration to realism
II. Major works
04. Talcott Parsons (1937): The Structure of Social Action
05. Erving Goffman (1967): Interaction Ritual
06. Raymond Boudon (2003): Raison, Bonnes Raisons
07. Anthony Giddens (1984): The Constitution of Society
08. Margaret Archer (1995): Realist Social Theory
An individual essay with a maximum of 20,000 characters (with spaces). The essay will include, necessarily, the treatment of a subject based on at least two of the five studied works. In addition, the assessment of student participation in class discussions can be used by the teacher to increase the final classification by a maximum of three values.
Title: Scott, John (1995, 2012), Sociological Theory. Contemporary Debates, 2.ª ed., Cheltenham, Edward Elgar.
Parsons, Talcott (1937), The Structure of Social Action, Nova Iorque, McGraw-Hill.
Parker, John (2000), Structuration, Buckingham, Open University Press.
Goffman, Erving (1967), Interaction Ritual. Essays on Face-to-Face Behavior, Nova Iorque, Anchor Books.
Giddens, Anthony (1984), The Constitution of Society. Outline of the Theory of Structuration, Cambridge, Polity.
Boudon, Raymond (2003), Raison, Bonnes Raisons, Paris, PUF.
Archer, Margaret (1995), Realist Social Theory. The Morphogenetic Approach, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
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Title: Turner, Jonathan H. (2012), Theoretical Principles of Sociology, vol. III: Mesodynamics, Nova Iorque, Springer.
Turner, Jonathan H. (2010), Theoretical Principles of Sociology, vol. II: Microdynamics, Nova Iorque, Springer.
Turner, Jonathan H. (2010), Theoretical Principles of Sociology, vol. I: Macrodynamics, Nova Iorque, Springer.
Sayer, Andrew (2011), Why Things Matter to People. Social Science, Values and Ethical Life, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Mouzelis, Nicos P. (2008), Modern and Postmodern Social Theorizing. Bridging the Divide, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Martin, John Levi (2015), Thinking Through Theory, Nova Iorque, Norton.
Martin, John Levi (2011), The Explanation of Social Action, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Martin, John Levi (2009), Social Structures, Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press.
Hedström, Peter, e Peter Bearman (orgs.) (2009), The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Hedström, Peter (2005), Dissecting the Social. On the Principles of Analytical Sociology, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Elder-Vass, Dave (2012), The Reality of Social Construction, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Elder-Vass, Dave (2010), The Causal Power of Social Structures. Emergence, Structure and Agency, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Depelteau, Francois (org.) (2018), The Palgrave Handbook of Relational Sociology, Basingstoke (UK), Palgrave Macmillan.
Demeulenaere, Pierre (org.) (2011), Analytical Sociology and Social Mechanisms, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Crossley, Nick (2011), Towards Relational Sociology, Londres, Routledge.
Alexander, Jeffrey C., Philip Smith e Ronald Jacobs (orgs.) (2012), The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Sociology, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012.
Alexander, Jeffrey C. (2006), The Civil Sphere, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006.
Alexander, Jeffrey C. (2003), The Meanings of Social Life, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
## Novos desenvolvimentos
Critical Realism. Essential Readings, Londres, Routledge.
Archer, Margaret S., Roy Bhaskar, Andrew Collier, Tony Lawson e Alan Norrie (orgs.) (1998),
Archer, Margaret S. (2012), The Reflexive Imperative in Late Modernity, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Archer, Margaret S. (2003), Structure, Agency and the Internal Conversation, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Archer, Margaret (1995), Realist Social Theory. The Morphogenetic Approach, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
## De Margaret Archer
Held, David, e John B. Thompson (orgs.) (1989), Social Theory of Modern Societies. Anthony Giddens and his Critics, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Giddens, Anthony, e Christopher Pierson (1999), Conversations with Anthony Giddens. Making Sense of Modernity, Cambridge, Polity.
Giddens, Anthony (1990), The Consequences of Modernity, Cambridge, Polity.
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## De e sobre Anthony Giddens
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Específica: Archer
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Phd Thesis in Sociology
A student who successfully completes this course will be able to: LO1. Identify, analyse and critically judge scientific problems and results in the field of Sociology; LO2. Use and explain sociological theories and concepts as well as social research methods and skills; LO3. Plan and carry out scientific research according to international quality standards; LO4. Produce and present relevant and original research work in Sociology that contributes to the advancement of knowledge and deserves national and international dissemination in peer-reviewed scientific publications; LO5. Critically analyse, evaluate and synthesize new and complex ideas regarding science and the social world in general and in the field of Sociology in particular; LO6. Communicate with their peers, the scientific community and the society in general about Sociology and explain research results; LO7. Apply ethical principles and rules of research in Sociology.
ProgramThe syllabus will be adjusted each year to the research projects presented and carried out by the PhD students. It will include: a) a tutorial component, with specific topics for each student, provided by their supervisors; b) a seminar component, with discussion of shared topics on sociological research and analysis, based on the presentation of research papers by the PhD students and comments by professors; c) a conference component, with debate of high scientific level research and analysis, performed and ongoing, presented by renowned researchers and scholars, national and from abroad.
Evaluation processEach year the PhD students present a research paper to the doctoral research seminar and receive feedback from colleagues and teachers. Each year they also present a progress report that is evaluated by the supervisor and other professors appointed by the doctorate's scientific committee. Their participation in the international conferences doctoral cycle is monitored. In the end, the thesis is publicly discussed, evaluated and graded by a scientific jury.
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Recommended optative
Optional courses will only be held if they achieve a minimum number of enrollments.
Objectives
- To train researchers, professors of higher education and other professionals who are highly qualified in the analysis of social problems;
- To provide doctoral candidates with advanced education in sociological theory and methodology, as well as in-depth knowledge of the research done in Sociology in Portugal and internationally;
- To ensure that throughout the programme, doctoral training occurs in a real research context, maintaining direct connection between the PhD and the Centre for Research and Studies of Sociology (CIES), the entity responsible for the academic coordination and management of the programme;
- To contribute to the international dissemination of Portuguese Sociology by attracting foreign doctoral candidates and welcoming the collaboration of international professors and researchers in the activities of the PhD programme.
Upon finishing the PhD programme in Sociology, students should:
· Have the ability to understand the scientific field of sociology systematically;
· Have skills, ability and research methods associated with sociology;
· Have the skills to conceive, design and execute original sociological research of high scientific quality;
· Be able to critically evaluate, analyze and synthesize new and complex ideas;
· Be able to communicate with peer scientists and the community in general about their scientific domain and publish their scientific works;
· Be able to contribute to the ends of social progress and wellbeing for all people in an academic and professional context.
This programme utilizes a variety of operating methods, content and procedures to fulfill these objectives:
i) The programme is integrated into as well as coordinated academically by an excellent research centre in the field of Sociology (CIES);
ii) In the first year, doctoral candidates only attend lectures, acquiring advanced sociological skills on theoretical, methodological and technical levels, as well as knowledge of the current state of research in Sociology in Portugal and internationally;
iii) The programme provides a “Research Project Seminar in Sociology,” in which doctoral candidates start constructing their thesis projects, which are later elaborated with the support of an advisor and submitted for formal approval on the basis of the opinions of two specialists;
iv) Candidates also benefit from a “Doctoral Research Seminar in Sociology,” which supports the development of already approved thesis projects. In this seminar, doctoral candidates present and discuss their work before their peers and a larger audience of professors and researchers at multiple points.
v) All doctoral thesis projects are supervised by experienced researchers from CIES and other research units;
vi) The programme introduces doctoral candidates to well-regarded Portuguese and international researchers through the annual doctoral conference cycle.
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This component of the programme also includes attending:
- International Conference Cycle in Sociology
- Doctoral Research Seminar in Sociology
Notes:
1) To enroll in the thesis unit, candidates must present an approved research project and their registration.
2) Thesis preparation must include the completion of a research project in the Centre for Research and Studies of Sociology (CIES) or, with the authorization of the directors of the doctoral programme, in another research centre.
3) As an alternative of equivalent requirement to the thesis, doctoral candidates may opt to produce a coherent compilation of relevant research publications that fall under the framework of public policy. These papers must have already been published in scientific journals with internationally recognized selection committees.
4) Either the preparation of the thesis or the compilation of articles must be supervised by an advisor with a PhD named by the programme directors for this purpose.