The course covers three thematic areas: general sociology (The formation of sociology, Development of approaches to the study of society, Social structure, Social change and social mobility), Culturological perspective in sociology with applications on the organisational culture (Culture concept in sociology, Interpretative and objectivist aproach to the culture, National cultures versus multiculturalism) and partial specific sociological topics (Media and Society, Sociology of the Family, Social deviance). Proceed from general to specific, from general sociology to sociological sub-disciplines, in the case of macro-level view kulturologického national cultures on micro-level corporate culture.
Literature
Evans, K. (2006): Studying Society: the essentials, London, Routledge, 220p.
Churton, M. (2000): Theory and Method, Basingstoke, Macmillan Press. 324 p.
Sennett, R. (2006): The culture of the new capitalism. New Haven : Yale University Press.
Newman, D. M.(1999): Sociology of families. Thousand Oaks : Pine Forge Press, 1999.
selected chapters from : Giddens, A. (2001): Sociology. Cambridge : Polity Press, 2001.
Advised literature
Bauman, Z (1998): Globalization: the Human Consequences, Cambridge: Polity.
Bell, M. (2004): An invitation to Environmental Sociology Thousand Oaks, California: Pine Forge Press.
Hirst, P; Thompson, G.(1999): Globalization in question: the international economy and the possibilities of governanc. Cambridge: Polity Press.
Macionis, J.J.(2002): Sociology: a global introduction. Prentice-Hall, 2002.
selected chapters from: Macionis, J.J.(2002: Sociology: a global introduction. Prentice-Hall, 2002.
selected chapters from: Churton, M. (2000): Theory and Method, Basingstoke, Macmillan Press.