1. SylabUZ
2. Faculty of Social Sciences
3. winter term 2024/2025
4. WNS - oferta ERASMUS / Sociology - First-cycle Erasmus programme
5. Economic Sociology

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Economic Sociology - course description

Aim of the course

To acquaint students with general ideas of an economic sociology and preparing them to identifying and analyzing social processes in contemporary economy.

Prerequisites

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No special prerequisites

Scope

• Conception of human being in economy (theoretical perspectives).
• The main actors of economic sphere. A country and economy.
• Social justice.
• Socio-economic development and it’s factors.
• Culture as a factor of economic development.
• Variety of capiltalism.
• Authorities and economy. Authorities and keeping distance.
• Individualism and collectivism and economy.
• Ethos of work in Poland and in the other countries.

Teaching methods

Lecture with discussion. Demonstrating - teaching through examples and case studies description, class discussion. Small groups discussion.  Open textbook study. Individual student work (e.g. reading and analysis) according to the teacher's instructions.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description	Outcome symbols	Methods of verification	The class form

Assignment conditions

Individual assessment based on active participation during the course.

Assessed by a grade on the basis of submission of a group/or individual research paper.

Recommended reading

1. Hofstede G., Cultures and Organizations.Software of the Mind, McGraw-Hill, London 1994.

Further reading

1.       Bell D., The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism, Basic Books, New York 1976.

2.       Polanyi K., The Great Transformation, The political and economic origins of our time, Beacon Press, Boston 2001.

Notes

Modified by dr Magdalena Pokrzyńska (last modification: 22-04-2024 17:00)