- Sociology, Literacy, Inequality, Education, Globalization, European Union, and 13 moreIdentity politics, Social Inequality, Social Movement, Social Class, Science Studies, Knowledge Society, Public Understanding Of Science, Urban Studies, Identity (Culture), Social Sciences, Science, Technology and Society, Social Research Methods and Methodology, and Mixed Methodsedit
- António Firmino da Costa. PhD in Sociology. Full Professor at the Department of Sociology of the University Institute... moreAntónio Firmino da Costa. PhD in Sociology. Full Professor at the Department of Sociology of the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL). Researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-IUL). Coordinator of the Research Group on "Knowledge Society, Competencies and Communication", at CIES. He was Director of the Inequality Observatory (OD) (2008-2016), Vice-Rector for Research of ISCTE-IUL (2010-2013), Director and Scientific Coordinator of CIES (2000-2006), Editor of the scientific journal Sociologia Problemas e Praticas (1995-2000), founding member of CIES and APS (1985). Research areas: Social Inequality; Science and Society; Literacy, Education and Higher Education; Urban Cultures and Cultural Identities; Methodology and Epistemology of the Social Sciences; Sociologists' Profession and Ethics.edit
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As desigualdades sociais voltaram a estar na ordem do dia. Neste livro faz-se um balanço das desigualdades no mundo atual, colocando em evidência tanto as suas múltiplas vertentes como o carácter global que hoje assumem. São abordados os... more
As desigualdades sociais voltaram a estar na ordem do dia. Neste livro faz-se um balanço das desigualdades no mundo atual, colocando em evidência tanto as suas múltiplas vertentes como o carácter global que hoje assumem. São abordados os aspetos teóricos e metodológicos da análise das desigualdades, assim como as relações entre desigualdades, justiça social e políticas públicas. O leitor encontrará neste livro numerosas ilustrações concretas de desigualdades relativas quer ao mundo como um todo, quer a continentes e países específicos. É objetivo deste livro proporcionar a professores e estudantes, investigadores e técnicos, políticos e jornalistas – e a todos os cidadãos interessados – um acesso abrangente, aprofundado e atualizado, em formato condensado e linguagem simples, a conceções teóricas, dados empíricos e análises relevantes sobre as desigualdades sociais contemporâneas.
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Apresentação do homenageado no doutoramento honoris causa de Fernando Henrique Cardoso pelo Instituto Universitáriode Lisb oa (ISCTE-IUL), a 12 de setembro de 2012
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Social inequalities have again become a strong focus of interest and analysis. The current theoretical perspectives in social sciences and the availability of institutional indicators have drawn attention to the global nature of... more
Social inequalities have again become a strong focus of interest and analysis. The current theoretical perspectives in social sciences and the availability of institutional indicators have drawn attention to the global nature of contemporary inequalities. This article examines the various aspects of global inequalities. Following some preliminary theoretical questions, the topics addressed include the inequalities of human development, the relation between national and global inequalities, the new global classes, the objective and subjective inequalities in the world today and, finally, the issue of social justice and public policies at world level.
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Abstract Exploiting the analytical potential of the European Social Survey data, this text pre-sents a set of theoretical assumptions and empirical findings concerning class struc-tures, patterns of values and attitudes and the... more
Abstract Exploiting the analytical potential of the European Social Survey data, this text pre-sents a set of theoretical assumptions and empirical findings concerning class struc-tures, patterns of values and attitudes and the relationship between them. In the first section, a model of ...
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Pretende-se examinar e debater criticamente um paradoxo contemporâneo: à medida que os atuais processos de globalização se intensificam, a manifestação de identidades culturais diferenciadas em vez de se esbater parece tender a... more
Pretende-se examinar e debater criticamente um paradoxo contemporâneo: à medida que os atuais processos de globalização se intensificam, a manifestação de identidades culturais diferenciadas em vez de se esbater parece tender a multiplicar-se. O tema permanece polêmico nas ciências sociais, quanto aos fatos observáveis e quanto à interpretação do seu significado. Procura-se contribuir para esta análise recorrendo a alguns exemplos de investigação sobre processos identitários em meio urbano atual ou com este relacionados. Com apoio nesses casos, apresentam-se algumas propostas de sistematização teórica sobre modalidades de constituição e de enunciação de identidades culturais urbanas em contexto de globalização e, de um modo mais geral, sobre as dinâmicas sociais da identidade cultural.
The article intends to examine and discuss critically a contemporary paradox: as the current globalization
process intensify, the manifestation of cultural identities instead of disappearing tends to be multiplied. The theme is still controversial in the social sciences concerning the facts observed and the interpretation of meanings. The article tries to contribute for the analysis departing from investigations related to identity processes within the current urban enviromnent or related themes. With the support of the discussed cases, the article presents
some sistematic theoretical proposals concerning different modalities of constitution and enunciation of urban cultural identities in the globalization context and, more generally, concerning the social dynamics of cultural identity.
The article intends to examine and discuss critically a contemporary paradox: as the current globalization
process intensify, the manifestation of cultural identities instead of disappearing tends to be multiplied. The theme is still controversial in the social sciences concerning the facts observed and the interpretation of meanings. The article tries to contribute for the analysis departing from investigations related to identity processes within the current urban enviromnent or related themes. With the support of the discussed cases, the article presents
some sistematic theoretical proposals concerning different modalities of constitution and enunciation of urban cultural identities in the globalization context and, more generally, concerning the social dynamics of cultural identity.
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The current globalization context brings new questions to class analysis. After a brief review of the theoretical stance and the operationalization possibilities offered by today's sociology of social classes and stratification, this... more
The current globalization context brings new questions to class analysis. After a brief review of the theoretical stance and the operationalization possibilities offered by today's sociology of social classes and stratification, this article presents a comparative analysis in which a selected set of social recomposition indicators is applied to the European Union as a whole and to each on of its countries. One of the main themes discussed throughout the article is the relative importance of national and global parameters in the structuration of social relations.
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Abstract: The current globalization context brings new questions to class analysis. After a brief review of the theoretical stance and the operationalization possibilities offered by today's sociology of social classes... more
Abstract: The current globalization context brings new questions to class analysis. After a brief review of the theoretical stance and the operationalization possibilities offered by today's sociology of social classes and stratification, this article presents a comparative analysis in which a selected set of social recomposition indicators is applied to the European Union as a whole and to each one of its countries. One of the main themes discussed throughout the article is the relative importance of national and global ...
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A investigação-acção pode ser entendida como uma estratégia de animação institucional e pedagógica, uma estratégia de formação e de transformação. Qual o seu interesse noconhecimento da complexidade da realidade social e educativa? Que... more
A investigação-acção pode ser entendida como uma estratégia de animação institucional e pedagógica, uma estratégia de formação e de transformação. Qual o seu interesse noconhecimento da complexidade da realidade social e educativa? Que produção deconhecimento permite esta metodologia de pesquisa? Que exigências e dificuldades teóricas,que obstáculos institucionais e interpessoais suscita? Com base no trabalho realizado num projecto centrado em escolas primárias de meio popular urbano (Projecto ECO I), este textoequaciona e ilustra algumas das interrogações que levanta a investigação-acção comometodologia de pesquisa fundamental de terreno
We call professional culture of sociologists to the values, norms and representations that sociologists have about sociology as a science and as a profession. Under the influence of factors that are endogenous and exogenous to Sociology,... more
We call professional culture of sociologists to the values, norms and representations that sociologists have about sociology as a science and as a profession. Under the influence of factors that are endogenous and exogenous to Sociology, the professional culture of portuguese sociologists works as a mediating variable of major importance, with effects in the kind of scientific research being done, the teaching of Sociology, its public image and the capacity of sociologists to get jobs. We try to analyse here this professional culture as a double set of cognitive and deontological patterns. If we divide the process of professionalisation of Sociology in Portugal into three periods - pioneers period, university institutionalisation of teaching and scientific research and the period of formation of sociologists as a professional group it is possible to characterise the present situation of the professional culture of Portuguese sociologists as two overlapping and opposing models (ideal-types): «dissociation culture» (between science and profession) and «association culture» (between science and profession).
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Introdução: intensificação das desigualdades. Classes sociais e multidimensionalidade das desigualdades. Análise das classes sociais: modelo teórico e operatório. Classes sociais e desigualdades de género na Europa. Classes sociais e... more
Introdução: intensificação das desigualdades. Classes sociais e multidimensionalidade das desigualdades. Análise das classes sociais: modelo teórico e operatório. Classes sociais e desigualdades de género na Europa. Classes sociais e desigualdades em Portugal. Conclusão.
