· Knowledge of the academic literature on social justice with a special focus on the many kinds of inequality in a globalized world. · Knowledge of the academic literature on social stratification in contemporary and understanding of empirical evidence compared societies. · Applied knowledge to understand the role of the family, gender issues, political participation, education systems, and labor markets in social inequality.

Section 1 - AN INTRODUCTION TO INEQUALITY Lecture 1 - Inequality: a matter of principles Lecture 2 - Inequality measurement Section 2 - MATERIAL INEQUALITY Lecture 3 - Inequality and markets: Global income distribution Lecture 4 - Inequality and markets: Justice and rights Lecture 5 - Inequality and markets: The role of policies Lecture 6 - Inequality and markets: conflicting ideological approaches Section 3 - IMMATERIAL INEQUALITY Lecture 7 - Inequality of opportunities Lecture 8 - Structural Inequality: Gender and race Lecture 9 - Inequality and education Lecture 10 - Inequality, culture, and religion Lecture 11 - Inequality and discrimination Lecture 12 - Inequality and democracy: minorities, poverty, and violence

Students will acquire the knowledge and skills through lectures on readings and discussions in class, under the guidance of the teacher who will present the main topics and conceptual frameworks. Reading materials will be given at the beginning of the term and will provide the content of the final exam. Other interactive activities will be developed during the tutorials, in order to stimulate the analysis of specific problems and to elaborate a deeper understanding of the theoretical frameworks. There will be at least one general tutorial in the last weeks of the course in which the student will have the chance to clarify doubts about the main concepts and models used in the lectures, as well as doubts about assessment and the schedule of the course.