Sociology 110571-D
Konwersatorium (KON) Semestr zimowy 2023/24

The scope of sociology. Main theoretical and methodological orientations. Application of sociological knowledge.

Social research in practice. Research methods and interpretation of research results.

An individual in the society. The process of socialisation. Role of conformism. Types of personality.

Social control. Deviation and anomy.

Culture: role of culture in social and economic life. Cultural pluralism. Cultural changes. Cultural capital. Cultural encounters. Popular culture. Cultural conditions of economic and political behaviour.

Interactions, social relations and dependencies. Social bond (integration) and its transformation.

Social groups and communities - classifications and typologies. Modes of communication and decision-making in groups. Family as a social group. Local and territorial communities.

Nation and ethnic group: types of ethnic groups. Nation in ethnic and political sense. Multinational states and multiethnic nations. Nation state: problem of sovereignty and citizenship. National stereotypes.

Social structure and stratification - theories. Social and professional diversification. Social mobility. Prestige and status in Poland and other societies.

Social conflicts: theories of conflict. Types of conflict and ways of solving them. Institutionalisation of conflicts in modern societies.

Social changes - theories of social changes. Mechanisms of changes. Change and development, progress and regress. Social changes as modernisation effect.

Social processes and their influence on social, economic and political changes. Evolution, differentiation, individualisation, cultural diffusion, urbanisation, migration and globalisation.

Social movements as forms of collective actions and a force behind social change. Revolutionary, class, civic, ecological, religious movements. New forms of risks and dangers and collective actions.

Organisations and economic institutions in the society.

Types of social order - social, political and economic implications. Authority, state and society. Politics and economy.