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.