RSPC05 - SECURITY POLICIES AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

courses

ID:

RSPC05

Duration (hours):

72

CFU:

SSD:

SOCIOLOGIA DEI FENOMENI POLITICI

Located in:

CHIETI

Url:

Course Details:

SOCIAL RESEARCH, SECURITY POLICY AND CRIMINAL STUDIES/CORSO GENERICO Year: 1

Year:

2025

Course Catalogue:

https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Date/time interval

Primo Semestre (25/09/2025 - 31/01/2026)

Course Objectives

The course explores the processes of
social change that are rooted in the
interactions between individuals and
groups beyond the borders of national
states. The first module will illustrate the
concepts and the analytical approaches
useful for the study of globalization
processes in a sociological-political key.
The second module will be dedicated to the
dynamics of mobility and migration in
Europe. Particular attention will be paid to
migration processes such as litmus paper
of the experience of difference based on
ethnic and national identity.

Course Prerequisites

Nessuna propedeuticità.

Teaching Methods

Lectures, seminars, workshops

Assessment Methods

written with possible oral integration. Is
expected, so, for the attendings, (optional
for not attendings), the realization of an
elaborate about an theme of a course topic.

Texts

Introduction to International Relations:
Enduring Questions and Contemporary
Perspectives, Joseph Grieco, G. John
Ikenberry, Michael Mastanduno, Macmillan
Education UK, 2014.
B.Loyer, "Geopolitica. Metodi e concetti"
UTET, 2021.
Foradori, Giacomello, “ Sicurezza Globale.
Le nuove minacce”, Il Mulino, 2014.
Atlante delle guerre e dei conflitti del
mondo, Terra Nuova ed., 2024.

International relations in a sociological
perspective; the basic concepts: race,
ethnicity and nation. How nations are
formed: comparative theories; national
identities and nationalism; the
cosmopolitanism between the
philosophical model and cultural practice;
globalization and politics: the sociological
perspective; transnationalism and
transnational practices; ethnic prejudice
and xenofobia.
Forms and dimension of mobility in
contemporary society; international
migration in Europe: a historical-
sociological framework; the regulation of
migration in Europe; the Euopean
citizenship and international integratio; the
second generations; EU enlargment
policies and the Turkey case; mobility,
migration and politics.
Introduction to International Relations:

Course Language

Italian

More information

Department of Legal and Social SciencesTel. 0871 3556622email: a.canzano@unich.itOffice hours: during the first semester, after classes; in the second semester, by appointment.