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Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
Introduction |
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| 2) |
Sociological thinking |
Giddens, A., 2001, ‘Chapter 2: Culture and Society’, Sociology, 4th edition, Polity: 22-30. |
| 3) |
Sociological imagination |
Mills, C. W., 2001 (1959), “The Sociological Imagination and the Promise of Sociology” in A. Giddens (ed.), Sociology, Introductory Readings. |
| 4) |
Embedded in society: socialization and social interaction |
Martin, K. A. 1998, “Becoming a Gendered Body: Practices of Preschools”, American Sociological Review, 63, 4: pp. 494-511.
Goffman, E. 2001, “The Structure of Face Engagements” in A. Giddens (ed.), Sociology, Introductory Readings, pp. 55-59.
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| 5) |
Inequalities and identities: gender roles |
Carroll, Susan J. 2009. “Reflections on Gender and Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign: The Good, the Bad, and the Misogynic.” Politics & Gender 5 (1): 1-20.
Hochschild, A. “The Second Shift: Employed Women are Putting in another Day of Work at Home”, pp. 443-447.
Sassen, S. 2002, “Global Cities and Survival Circuits” in B. Ehrenreich and A. R. Hochschild (eds.), Global Woman, pp. 254-274.
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| 6) |
Modern Society, Social change and Historical Context: an overview |
Fulcher, J. and J. Scott (eds.), 2003, “Work, employment and leisure, section on Industrial Capitalism” in Sociology, pp. 591-2.
Macionis, J. and K. Plummer, 2005, ‘Chapter 4: Societies’, Sociology, a Global Introduction, Prentice Hall: 73-81; 96-101.
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| 7) |
Foundations of Sociological Thought I |
Fulcher, J. and J. Scott (eds.), 2003, “Theories and Theorizing, section on Durkheim” in Sociology, pp. 33-39.
Macionis, J. and K. Plummer, 2005, ‘Chapter 4: Societies’, Sociology, a Global Introduction, Prentice Hall: 92-95.
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| 8) |
Foundations of Sociological Thought II |
Macionis, J. and K. Plummer, 2005, ‘Chapter 4: Societies’, Sociology, a Global Introduction, Prentice Hall: 82-88. |
| 9) |
Foundations of Sociological Thought III |
Macionis, J. and K. Plummer, 2005, ‘Chapter 4: Societies’, Sociology, a Global Introduction, Prentice Hall: 89-91. |
| 10) |
Changing modernity and globalization |
Beck, U.2001, “Risk Society: Towards a new Modernity”, in A. Giddens (ed.), Sociology, Introductory Readings, pp. 398-401. |
| 11) |
Politics and the state |
*Tilly, C. 1985. “War Making and State Making as Organized Crime”, in P. Evans, D. Rueschemeyer and T. Skocpol (eds), Bringing the State Back In, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: p. 169-191.
Held, D. ‘The Development of the Modern State’ in S. Hall and B. Gieben (eds.), Formations of Modernity: pp.72-104
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| 12) |
Politics and the state II |
Heywood, A. ‘Chapter 3: Politics and the state’ in Politics, Palgrave s: p. 56-79. |
| 13) |
Making change- collective behavior |
Della Porta, D. and M. Diani. 2006. “The Study of Social Movements: Recurring Questions, (Partially) Changing Answers”, in D. Della Porta and M. Diani (eds.), Social Movements, An Introduction, Blackwell Publishing: 1-29. |
| 14) |
Making change- collective behavior II &
Review and wrap up
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Tarrow, S. 1998, “Contentious Politics and Social Movements”, Chapter 1 in Power in Movement, pp. 10-25, Cambridge University Press.
Visual material: Bergama, https://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/festival/play/4451/Alethea
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
| 1) |
Grasp basic theoretical and conceptual knowledge about the field and relations between them at the level of practice. |
5 |
| 2) |
Possess basic knowledge about the causes and effects of political transformations in societies. |
5 |
| 3) |
Possess knowledge about quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods in social and behavioral sciences. |
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| 4) |
Recognize historical patterns while evaluating contemporary political and social developments. |
5 |
| 5) |
Demonstrate interdisciplinary and critical approach while analyzing, synthesizing and forecasting domestic and foreign policy. |
5 |
| 6) |
Conduct studies in the field professionally, both independently or as a team member. |
3 |
| 7) |
Possess consciousness about lifelong learning based on Research & Development. |
3 |
| 8) |
Communicate with peers both orally and in writing, by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level and the necessary informatics and communication technologies. |
5 |
| 9) |
Apply field-related knowledge and competences into career advancement, projects for sustainable development goals, and social responsibility initiatives. |
3 |
| 10) |
Possess the habit to monitor domestic and foreign policy agenda as well as international developments. |
5 |
| 11) |
Possess competence to interpret the new political actors, theories and concepts in a global era. |
5 |
| 12) |
Evaluate the legal and ethical implications of advanced technologies on politics. |
3 |