Societal changes in Western European countries - JTM042

• Title: Societal changes in Western European countries
• Czech title: Proměny společností zemí západní Evropy
• Guaranteed by: Department of European Studies (23-KZS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: 12 / unknown (12)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Dr. Paul Bauer
• Teacher(s): Dr. Paul Bauer
• Class: Courses for incoming students

Annotation

The course aims at providing students with keys features to the understanding of the social and societal transformations of Western European (WE) countries. Structured both chronologically and thematically, this course has two objectives. First it offers a long term (end of the 19th century-beginning of 21th) comparative observation of the evolution of WE societies. Second, it will propose a multidisciplinary reflection on social researches dedicated to the study of European societies

Last update: Bauer Paul, Dr. (08.09.2024)

Aim of the course

 Structured both chronologically and thematically, this course has two objectives: first, it offers a long term (end of the 19th century-beginning of 21th) comparative observation of WE social transformations. Second, it proposes a multidisciplinary reflection on social researches dedicated to the study of contemporary European societies 

Last update: Bauer Paul, Dr. (08.09.2024)

Course completion requirements

According to the Dean's provision, the teacher evaluates the student's performance in the percentages assigned to grades A to F (https://fsv.cuni.cz/opatreni-dekanky-c-20/2019):

90 % or more => A
80-89 % => B
70-79 % => C
60-69 % => D
50-59 % => E
0-49 % => F

More in SMĚRNICE S_SO_002: Organizace zkouškových termínů, kontrol studia a užívání klasifikace A–F na FSV UK.

Last update: Bauer Paul, Dr. (08.09.2024)

Literature

Max Weber, Economy and Society, 1922

Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, 1905.

Emile Durkheim, The Division of Labor in Society, 1893

Talcott Parsons, Societies: evolutionary and comparatives perspectives, Prentic Hall, 1966.

Pierre Bourdieu, The social structures of economy, Cambrigde, 2005

Beck, U & Giddens, A & Scott L., Reflexive Modernization.Politics, Tradition and Aesthetics in the Modern Social Order. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1994

Philippe Descola, Beyond Nature and Culture, Chicago: Chicago University Press, 2013.  

Giddens Anthony, The consequences of modernity, Stanford University Press, 1991.

Eric Hobsbawm & Terence Ranger, ed. The Invention of Tradition. Cambridge University Press, 1983.

Last update: Šmidrkal Václav, PhDr., Ph.D. (09.03.2025)

Teaching methods

Each session is divided into two parts: a formal lecture, and a seminar type discussion animated by a student presentation.

The class is a presence learning lesson taking place at Jinonice Campus, Room B217, Monday 3:30pm to 16:50pm

 

 

Last update: Bauer Paul, Dr. (08.09.2024)

Requirements to the exam

Requirements:

Active participation (10%)

Students are required do read the mandatory readings and be prepared to answer questions related to it in the class.

Class Presentation (40%)

What will be expected:

15 mn presentation

Students will write a short paper about the chosen presentation's topic.  Minimum length: 6400 characters with spaces.

Send the paper  to Pauli Bauer ([e-mail]). 

Paper based on the presentation (50%) A-F grade's system: 7th of January 2025.  No late submissions accepted!

Students send a short paper about the chosen presentation's topic.  Minimum length: 6400 characters with spaces.

Send the paper to Paul Bauer ([e-mail]). 

Note: Students that have the lesson as mandatory, a book review of a classical sociological work is to be sent by 7th January 2025 along with the presentation paper. More infos during first class.

Last update: Bauer Paul, Dr. (08.09.2024)