14486 - Social Change and Continuity (Online) Modulübersicht

Module Number: 14486
Module Title:Social Change and Continuity (Online)
  Sozialer Wandel und Kontinuität (Online)
Department: Faculty 5 - Business, Law and Social Sciences
Responsible Staff Member:
  • Dr. phil. Puder, Janina
Language of Teaching / Examination:English
Duration:1 semester
Frequency of Offer: Every summer semester
Credits: 6
Learning Outcome:
  • Knoledge of main topics of the sociological debate on social change
  • Overview of core theories on social change and continuity
  • Competence to apply key-concepts for the analysis on social change to specific dimensions, theoretical and empirical problems or ongoing economic and social challenges
Contents:

This seminar provides an introduction into main topics of the sociological debate on social change and economic phenomena and gives an overview of core theories in this field.

  • Introduction into main topics of the sociological debate on social change
  • Overview of core theories on social change and continuity

Topics: The (changed) economic and social role of  flexible labour markets, processes of rationalization, production regimes and management concepts, finance markets and (informal) networks; comparative analysis of industrial organisations in different countries; capitalism in (non)-western societies; transformation in Eastern Germany and Europe;  migration flows and social cohesion.

 

Recommended Prerequisites:

Knowledge about fundamentals of sociology

Mandatory Prerequisites:none
Forms of Teaching and Proportion:
  • Lecture / 2 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Seminar / 2 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Self organised studies / 120 Hours
Teaching Materials and Literature:
  • Boltanski, Luc/Chiapello, Eve, 2005: "The New Spirit of Capitalism", International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, vol. 18, n° 3-4, pp. 161-188.
  • Granovetter, Mark: Economic Institutions as Social Constructions: A Framework for Analysis. In: Acta Sociologica, 1992, Vol. 35, p. 3-11
  • Polanyi, Karl, The great Transformation. Dt. 1978 (1944)
  • Giddens, Anthony, 1990: The consequences of modernity. Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press.
  • Jackson, Stevi/Scott, Sue, 2001: Gender. A sociological reader. New York: Routledge
Module Examination:Continuous Assessment (MCA)
Assessment Mode for Module Examination:
  1. Oral presentation, 10 minutes (worth 30 %)
  2. Essay, 4 pages (worth 30 %)
  3. Written examination, 60 minutes (worth 40 %)
Evaluation of Module Examination:Performance Verification – graded
Limited Number of Participants:None
Part of the Study Programme:
  • Master (research-oriented) / World Heritage Studies / PO 2026
  • Master (research-oriented) - Distance Learning / World Heritage Studies / PO 2026
Remarks:none
Module Components:

  

Components to be offered in the Current Semester:
  • no assignment