Teaching plan for the course unit (Short version)
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General information

 

Course unit name: State and Society

Course unit code: 360927

Academic year: 2025-2026

Coordinator: Felix Ovejero Lucas

Department: Department of Sociology

Credits: 6

Single program: S

Estimated learning time

Total number of hours 150

 

Face-to-face and/or online activities

60

	-  Lecture with practical component	Face-to-face		30
	-  Problem-solving class	Face-to-face		15
	-  Seminar	Face-to-face		15

Supervised project

40

Independent learning

50

Learning objectives

Referring to knowledge The study of economic processes requires close attention to the institutional frameworks, social settings, and regulatory contexts in which they unfold. This course aims to: Develop an understanding of the foundations for evaluating institutional interventions; the political contexts in which economic interventions are made; and the moral, rational, and emotional bases of decision-making by social and political actors. Provide students with a knowledge of, and the ability to critically analyse, key international research on the relationship between the State and society.

 

 

Teaching blocks

 

1. Topics of study

*   1 Relations between the State, the economy and ethics
 2 Ethics and the market
 3 Distribution criteria and the welfare state
 4 Liberalism and democracy. Privatization and its social consequences
 5 The theory of justice
 6 State structures and social rights
 7 State, violence, corruption and society
 8 State, citizenship and migration
 9 Policy models in the States of Europe
 10 Environmental ethics. The rights of future generations

 

 

Official assessment of learning outcomes

 

To pass the course, students must successfully complete both of the assessment activities below.  The final exam – conducted according to the criteria established by the teaching staff on the specific programme for each group (A1 or F1). The exam accounts for 50% of the final grade. Seminar participation – based on the reading, discussion, and presentation of comments on a series of texts set by the teaching staff on the specific programme for each group. This component accounts for 50% of the final grade. An alternative to seminar participation may be offered comprising the completion of written assignments (subject to a verification test to confirm authorship and understanding of the content by the student), under the conditions specified at the beginning of September via the Virtual Campus in the document "Programme and Procedures". This document provides all the necessary information. This alternative does not exempt students from sitting the exam. The assignments may be discussed with the lecturer in a tutorial session, if deemed appropriate. Students may also be eligible for reassessment Repeat assessment in accordance with Faculty regulations. A student is considered to have opted for the continuous mode of assessment if they sit the final exam. Failure to take this exam is interpreted as a decision to withdraw from the continuous mode and of opting for the single mode of assessment.   Examination-based assessment To pass the course, students must complete both an exam and a written assignment, according to the criteria established by the teaching staff on the specific programme for each group (A1 or F1). The exam will include a test verifying the authorship and understanding of the content of the assignment. Full information will be provided in the final programme at the beginning of the course.   Students may also be eligible for reassessment Repeat assessment in accordance with Faculty regulations.

Reading and study resources

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Book

BARRY, B.Teorías de la justicia. Barcelona: Gedisa, 1995

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SINGER, P. Etica práctica. Barcelona : Akal, 2009

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NOZICK, R. Anarquía, estado y utopía. México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1990

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RALWS, J. Teoría de la justicia. México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1995

Versió en línia (2012)  

CASAHUGA, A. Fundamentos normativos de la acción y la organización social. Barcelona: Ariel, 1985

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BARKER, P. (comp.). Vivir como iguales: apología de la justicia social. Barcelona : Paidós, 2000

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ROEMER, J. E. Un futuro para el socialismo. Barcelona: Crítica, cop. 1995

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SEN, A. Nueva economía del bienestar: escritos seleccionados. València: Universitat de València, 1995

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ELSTER, J. Justicia local. Barcelona : Gedisa, DL 1995

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GARGARELLA, R ; OVEJERO, F. (comp.). Razones para el socialismo. Barcelona: Paidós, cop. 2001

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