230127 WS Diagnosis of Society: Political Sociology and Comparative Welfare State Analysis (2018S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 23 - Soziologie

Continuous assessment of course work

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Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Sa 03.02.2018 10:00 to Th 22.02.2018 10:00
Registration is open from Su 25.02.2018 10:00 to Tu 27.02.2018 10:00
Deregistration possible until Tu 20.03.2018 23:59

Details

max. 25 participants

Language: German, English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Thursday 01.03. 13:15 - 15:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 2, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Thursday 15.03. 13:15 - 15:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 2, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Thursday 22.03. 13:15 - 15:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 2, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Thursday 12.04. 13:15 - 15:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 2, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Thursday 19.04. 13:15 - 15:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 2, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Thursday 26.04. 13:15 - 15:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 2, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Thursday 03.05. 13:15 - 15:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 2, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Thursday 17.05. 13:15 - 15:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 2, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Thursday 24.05. 13:15 - 15:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 2, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Thursday 07.06. 13:15 - 15:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 2, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Thursday 21.06. 13:15 - 15:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 2, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Thursday 28.06. 13:15 - 15:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 2, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Why did welfare states develop at such different speed and why have they become so different cross-nationally in their extent of generosity and redistristribution?

This seminar seeks to develop a broad interdisciplinary perspective for the analysis of complex social processes and provides students with a conceptual tool-kit that will allow them to reduce the complexity of social phenomena as much as necessary, but no more than necessary.

The goal of our seminar is to give
1. an introduction to basic principles of political sociology by analyzing critically classical texts by de Tocqueville, Weber and Mosca and Michels
2. analyse conditions for the development of welfare states by adopting a comparative perspective on different policy fields (e.g. labour market, gender, education and environment).
We will also address methodologcal issues on how to compare institutions and welfare states.

Assessment and permitted materials

Hinweis der SPL: bei Feststellung einer erschlichenen Teilleistung (Abschreiben, Plagiieren, Ghostwriting, etc.) muss die gesamte Lehrveranstaltung als geschummelt gewertet und als Antritt gezählt werden.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

- Regular attendance and participation
- Reading of selected texts in preparation for the seminar,
- Presentation (structure will be provided during semianr)
- 2 Essays during term (max 3 pages)

Knowledge of English (reading and writing skills) is mandatory, as the working languages of the seminar are German and English. This implies that the input provided (teaching, reading, assignments) is partly in English.

Examination topics

Reading list

will be given in seminar

Association in the course directory

in 505: BA T2 Workshop Gesellschaftsdiagnosen

BA T2 - Specific Sociological Theories and Societal Diagnoses (15 ECTS)

Bachelor Sociology (505 [2]) ➡ Sociological Theory (25 ECTS)

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