Topics

The topics are proposed to and discussed with the teacher. The thesis work will be supervised by the teacher and/or the assistant professor. The main ( but not exclusive ) macro fields are as follows:

• Active citizenship and civic engagement
• Climate Change and Global Perspectives
• Commons and Democracy
• Democratic Innovations
• Depoliticisation and post-politics
• Elections and Voting
• Gender, Ethnicity and the post-national citizenship
• Globalisation and anti-austerity movements
• Media and Democracy
• Municipalisms
• Participatory and Deliberative Democracy
• Political Parties and Representation
• Populisms
• Re-politicisation
• Securitization
• Social Movements
• Welfare and participatory governance

Requirements

• Interest in Political Sociology
• Basic skills in the political research methods
• Adequate knowledge of the basic theories of sociology and of political science
• It is required to submit a written research design, including methodology, draft table of contents and basic reference

The citation system to use is the HARVARD SYSTEM: a concise guide to this system is available here.

Example of how to compose a bibliography/reference list is available here.

It is also possible to use APA Style. A concise guide is available here.