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In this course, students will gain an overview of current research and analyses of social and economic inequality in the context of the theory of social stratification and the theory of elites and oligarchy. The course thus helps students orient themselves in the current problems of society which are related to this issue. These topics became more relevant after 2008, and they also started to be discussed in the wider professional public and in the media. We will approach the issues of social and economic inequalities from the perspectives of elite theory, elitology, class stratification theory (inspired by Weber and Marx) and oligarchy analyses. This course is dedicated to forming a deeper acquaintance with the theoretical and research field, based on reading and analysing relevant classical and contemporary texts.
Content:
• The sociological and anthropological sources of socio-economic inequalities: hierarchy or equality?
• Inequalities: social and economic causes and possible solutions - analysis, criticism and prognosis.
• Classes: Marxist and Weberian models.
• Elites: the difference between the critical-descriptive concept and the normative concept of elites.
• Oligarchy: empirically-oriented research of oligarchs and their role in politics.
• Alternative models of organization: non-hierarchical and egalitarian patterns of economic relations.
Last update: Hauser Michael, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (23.11.2020)
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Oral exam in the form of a debate. Last update: Hauser Michael, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (17.11.2020)
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Obligatory literature:
BOEHM, Christopher. Hierarchy in the Forest. The Evolution of Egalitarian Behavior. Cambridge & London: Harvard University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-674-00691-7. BOTTOMORE, Thomas B. Élites and Society. London & New York: Routledge, 1993. ISBN 0-415-08271-4. KHAN, Shamus Rahman. The Sociology of Elites. Annual Review of Sociology. 2012, 38 (1), 361–377. ISSN 0360-0572. LÁNSKÝ, Ondřej. Od hierarchie k rovnosti: význam teorie elit v 21. století. In: TÝŽ a SOCHOR, Lubomír (eds.). Materiály k teorii elit a k její kritice. Od klasiků do sedmdesátých let 20. století. Praha: Filosofia, 2018, s. 21–66. ISBN 978-80-7007-552-4. PIKETTY, Thomas. Kapitál v 21. století. Praha: Knižní klub, 2015. ISBN 978-80-242-4870-7. WINTERS, Jeffrey A. Oligarchy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-1-107-00528-0. WRIGHT, Erik Olin. Class Counts: Student Edition. Cambridge, U. K.: Cambridge University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-521-66394-6.
Recommended literature:
BOUSHEY, Heather, DE LONG, J. Bradford a STEINBAUM, Marshall (eds.). After Piketty: the agenda for economics and inequality. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2017. ISBN 978-0-674-50477-6. HARTMANN, Michael. The Sociology of Elites. London and New York: Routledge, 2007. ISBN 978-0-203-96624-2. JODL, Miroslav. Teorie elity a problém elity: příspěvek k dějinám a problematice politické sociologie. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1994. ISBN 80-85605-94-5. KATRŇÁK, Tomáš. Třídní analýza a sociální mobilita. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2005. ISBN 80-7325-067-5. KHAN, Shamus Rahman. Privilege. The Making of an Adolescent Elite at St. Paul’s School. Princeton & Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0691156231. MILLS, C. Wright. Mocenská elita. Praha: Orbis, 1966. Bez ISBN. Last update: Hauser Michael, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (17.11.2020)
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Seminars, consultations, self-study Last update: Hauser Michael, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (17.11.2020)
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Mandatory participation in working meetings. Defending a seminar paper on topics of inequality, elites, classes, or oligarchy with respect to the topic of students’ dissertation Last update: Hauser Michael, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (17.11.2020)
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