FVP:UVSRPEK016 Social Thought, Structure and - Course Information

UVSRPEK016 Social Thought, Structure and Transformation in Visegrad Countries

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D.
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Public Administration and Regional Policy (programme FVP, B6731-SPSP)

Course objectives

The course contains two parts. The first part provides a basic knowledge of general sociological theory. It is based on the nature of classical and contemporary sociological thought and deals with the description and analysis of the social environment, human interaction, human actions and behavior and communication. The second part focuses on the sociological concept of social structure in the context of the countries of Central Europe. The theme is a wide range of perspectives, from the transformation of social structure (social stratification and deepening ofsocial inequality), the issue of social cohesion, integration and differentiation of processes of the Central European countries, consensus and conflict, change of attitudes and consumption patterns to the issues of new social movements, values, issue of ethnic minorities and the integration of the Czech Republic into the European structures.

Syllabus

• I. block: Basic characteristics of the Central European (CE) social thought
  1st Introduction - Central European countries in the light of sociology and sociological research on social structure
  2nd Key figures in social thought CE - Viena as a center of knowledge
  3rd Key figures of social thought in the Visegrad Countries - Poland, Slovakia, Hungary
  4th Czech sociology in the European and global context
  II. block: The social structure of Central European countries
  5th Industrial Revolution and the demographic transformation of Central European countries
  6th The social structure of socialist society in Czechoslovakia, Poland and Hungary
  7th The problem of social transformation after 1989 in the Visegrad Countries
  8th The development of the social structure of the Czech society from 1989 to present
  9th Changes, problems and prospects of the welfare state in the Central Europe
  10th Integration effort in Central Europe
  11th Directions and causes of migration in Central Europe, centre and periphery areas
  12th Central Europe in terms of exploring of social identities
  

Literature

required literature
• Machonin, P. Česká společnost a sociologické poznání : (problémy společenské transformace a modernizace od poloviny šedesátých let 20. století do současnosti). Praha : ISV, 2005. ISBN 80-85850-04-4. info
• Křen, Jan. Dvě století střední Evropy. Praha: Argo, 2005. info
• Milan Tuček [et al.]. Dynamika české společnosti a osudy lidí na přelomu tisíciletí. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 2003. info
• W.Adamski, P.Machonin, W. Zapf (eds.). Transformace a modernizační výzvy : Česko-Německo-Maďarsko-Polsko-Slovensko. Praha : Sociologický ústav Akademie věd České re, 2001. info
• HAVELKA M., CABADA L. (EDS.). Západní, východní a střední Evropa jako kulturní a politické pojmy. Plzeň: ZČU, 2000. info

recommended literature
• Gilbert, Felix; Large, David Clay. Konec evropské éry. Dějiny Evropy 1890-1990. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2003. ISBN 80-204-0887-8. info
• BARŠA, P. Politická teorie multikulturalismu. Praha: CDK, 1999. info
• Horská-Vrbová P. Kapitalistická industrializace a středoevropská společnost. Praha: Academia, 1970. info

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 9 HOD/SEM.

Teacher's information

Preparation of a written essay on a selected topic (a list of possible topics will be announced at the opening of lectures and it will correspond to the structure of the course) in the range of 5 pages and its summary in the form of an oral report.

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