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| Course name | Social Macrostructures |
| Course ID | 14.2-WP-SOC-SMAK |
| Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Field of study | WNS - oferta ERASMUS / Sociology |
| Education profile | - |
| Level of studies | First-cycle Erasmus programme |
| Beginning semester | winter term 2018/2019 |
| Head faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences |
| ECTS credits to win | 5 |
| Course type | obligatory |
| Teaching language | english |
| Author of syllabus |
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| The class form | Hours per semester (full-time) | Hours per week (full-time) | Hours per semester (part-time) | Hours per week (part-time) | Form of assignment |
| Class | 30 | 2 | - | - | Credit with grade |
The main aim of the course is teaching students the elements of macro analysis of society, especially those necessary in research and description of social structure. It is assumed that students will be able familiar with various theoretical prospects in understanding society.
No special prerequisites
LECTURES:
The conception of social structure.
Theories of classes: a) Karl Marx, b) neomarxists, c) Max Weber, d) neo-weberian conceptions.
The middle class – definitions, conceptions.
The middle class in Poland.
Social movements.
CLASSES:
Social stratification.
Stratification in Poland during transformation process.
Social classes.
Social classes in Poland during transformation process.
Class structure.
The death of classes conception.
Underclass
Questions of social mobility.
Social mobility in Poland during transformation.
Inteligentsia.
Nation and ethnical groups.
Nation and ethnical groups in Poland.
Processes of European integration.
LECTURE:
Lecture with discussion.
CLASSES:
Discussing the readings, work group and discussions.
| Outcome description | Outcome symbols | Methods of verification | The class form |
Final grade is average of exam and classes grade. Individual written exam in form of test. Classes grade is average of: a) mark because of active participating in class discussions; b) take-home group written paper (small groups 3-4 persons).
1. Goldthorpe J.H., Social mobility and class structure in modern Britain, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1980.
2. Adamski, P. Machonin, W. Zapf (red.), Structural Change and Modernization in Post-Socialist Societies, red. W. “Krämer”, Hamburg 2002.
the subject can be run every semester, in case there is not enough persons to make a group there will be individual class run during instructor hours.
Modified by dr Magdalena Zapotoczna (last modification: 12-04-2018 16:53)
