Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Sociology

Type of study	Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	711-0605/01
Abbreviation	sociologie
Course title	Sociology
Credits	2
Coordinating department	Department of Social Sciences
Course coordinator	Mgr. Petra Kowaliková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

•The formation of sociology.
•Development of approaches to the study of society: selected representatives of sociological thinking.
•Social structure, systems of stratification.
•Social change and social mobility.
•The concept of culture in sociology. General Introduction.
•Objectivist and interpretive view of culture.
•National culture versus multiculturalism.
•Diversity of cultures.
•Introduction to organisational culture.
•Media, culture and society.
•Changes in family form.
•Social deviance.

Literature

Evans, K. (2006): Studying Society: the essentials. London: Routledge, 220p.
Sennett, R. (2006): The culture of the new capitalism. New Haven: Yale University Press. 214 p.
Giddens, A. (2001): Sociology. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2001.xvii, 750 p.

Advised literature

Bell, M. (2004): An invitation to Environmental Sociology Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press, 325 p.
Hirst, P; Thompson, G.(1999): Globalization in question: the international economy and the possibilities of governanc. Cambridge: Polity Press, 318 p.
Macionis, J.J.(2012): Sociology : a global introduction. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1014p.

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