Sociology 2

Subject guarantor:

Markéta SEDLÁČKOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Markéta SEDLÁČKOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The course aim is to adopt an independent critical view of modern social issues and social analysis methodology tools (creating surveys, performing interviews, interpreting research results).

Mode of study:

contact instruction

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Oral exam over covered topics and reference to sociology texts read.

Recommended optional programme components:

none

Course contents:

Topics:

1. Methodology Block III: Sociology research: types of reasearch, Particulars of market research and public opinion, selection procedures

2. Methodology Block IV: Survey issues, Survey and Poll Techniques, Creating a survey and types of questions.

3. Modernity and the Holocaust (Zygmunt Bauman)

4. Post-industrial and Post-modern Society (Daniel Bell)

5. Globalization (Anthony Giddens)

6. Democracy and Civil Society (PŘ Czech Republic)

Recommended or required reading:

Bauman, Zygmunt:Globalizace: důsledky pro člověka, Praha, Mladá fronta 2000.

Modernita a holocaust, Praha, SLON 2004.

Bell, Daniel: Kulturní rozpory kapitalismu. Praha, SLON 1999.

Brokl, L : Reprezentace zájmů v politickém systému České republiky. Praha, SLON 1997.

Disman, Miroslav: Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost. Praha, Karolinum 1993.

Giddens, Anthony: Důsledky modernity. Praha, SLON 2003.

Šubrt, Jiří a kol. autorů: Kapitoly ze sociologie veřejného mínění. Praha, Karolinum 1998

Velký sociologický slovník, kol. autorů, Praha, Karolinum 1996.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

lectures

Assessment methods and criteria:

activity in lectures

Course web page:

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2012/2013:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2012/2013:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Obor Hudební management (Bc) (next compulsory subject)