Universität Wien

230129 VO Social structural transformations and actual problems of European Societies (2015W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 23 - Soziologie

Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 06.10. 09:45 - 12:30 Hörsaal 2 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
  • Tuesday 13.10. 09:45 - 12:30 Hörsaal 2 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
  • Tuesday 20.10. 09:45 - 12:30 Hörsaal 2 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
  • Tuesday 27.10. 09:45 - 12:30 Hörsaal 2 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
  • Tuesday 03.11. 09:45 - 12:30 Hörsaal 2 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
  • Tuesday 10.11. 09:45 - 12:30 Hörsaal 2 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
  • Tuesday 17.11. 09:45 - 12:30 Hörsaal 2 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
  • Tuesday 19.01. 09:45 - 12:30 Hörsaal 2 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
  • Tuesday 26.01. 09:45 - 12:30 Hörsaal 2 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3

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Aims, contents and method of the course

In the connection with the 50th anniversary of the labour-recruitment contract with Turkey (1964; followed by the contract with Jugoslavia in 1966), the lecture addresses the question of how labor migration has changed the Austrian society, and how Sociology has treated this change. The objective of this lecture is therefore twofold: critical social analysis and critical questioning of the own discipline. What theoretical and methodological perspectives sociological research has developed in analysing labor migration? What focus does sociology take in investigating the living situation of former foreign workers? And how did sociology conceptualize the transformation of Austria into a country of immigration, and into what is called a post-immigrant society?

Assessment and permitted materials

Written examen

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Familiarity with the history of labor migration and its significance for the social structural change. Reading and discussing sociological research and literature. Empirically based analysis of the social position and living conditions of former migrant workers.

Examination topics

Lecture and group discussion. Reading of basic literature. It is possible to participate in a field research (interviews with former labor migrants).

Reading list

Alber, Jens/ Tony Fahey/ Chiara Saraceno, eds (2008), Handbook of the Quality of Life in the Enlarged European Union, London/ N.Y.: Routledge
Fligstein, Neil (2010), Euroclash. The EU, European Identity and the Future of Europe, Oxford University Press
Fassmann, Heinz/ Max Haller/ David Lane, eds., (2009) Migration and Mobility in Europe. Trends, Patterns and Control, Cheltenham (UK)/ Northampton, ;A: E. Elgar
Haller, Max (2008), Die österreichische Gesellschaft. Sozialstruktur und sozialer Wandel, Frankfurt/ N.Y.: Campus
Haller, Max (2009), Die europäische Integration als Elitenprozess. Das Ende eines Traums? Wiesbaden: VS
Hradil, Stefan/ Stefan Immerfall, Hrsg. (1997), Die westeuropäischen Gesellschaften im Vergleich, Opladen: Leske+Budrich
Immerfall, Stefan/ Göran Therborn, eds. (2010), Handbook of European Societies, Berlin: Springer
Jordan, Terry G. (2002), The European Culture Area, Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield
Mau, Steffen/ Roland Verwiebe (2009), Die Sozialstruktur Europas, Konstanz: UTB/ UVK
Therborn, Göran (2000), Die Gesellschaften Europas 1945-2000. Ein soziologischer Vergleich, Frankfurt: Campus

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