Licenciatura Bolonha em Economia

The objectives of the Economic Sociology course are: to address a set of economic themes and topics (wealth, value, money, work, markets, capitalism, decision-making processes) from a sociological lens that proves to be complementary, as well as, in certain cases, an alternative to the vision of the economy epitomized by Lionel Robbin’s famous definition; to introduce a series of concepts characteristic of a sociological approach to the economic and financial universe (holism, methodological individualism, embeddedness, isomorphism, performativity, among others) and illustrate them with contemporary examples; to familiarize students with the different methodological approaches practiced in economic sociology (theoretical analysis, historical research, qualitative inquiries, etc.); to encourage close reading of key-texts and critical reflection around ideas, concepts and case-studies.