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Poslední úprava: Atefeh Bagherianziarat (05.02.2024)
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Poslední úprava: Atefeh Bagherianziarat (26.02.2024)
· Acquire familiarity with key concepts in the social psychology of inequality, including social class, stratification, social conflict, social cohesion, social comparison, relative deprivation, and social justice. · Develop a broad understanding of various forms of inequality such as economic, gender, race, and education inequalities, along with insights into their historical and contemporary trends worldwide. · Articulate analytically the construction and reconstruction of social inequality within societies and through different institutions. · Cultivate an understanding of how and why social inequality influences individual and collective behaviors. · Recognize the roles of institutions, government, sociology as a discipline, and their own informed agency in addressing and managing current social inequality. |
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Poslední úprava: Atefeh Bagherianziarat (05.02.2024)
Furthermore, the final exam will be in the form of some open-ended questions derived from the content taught during the semester. |
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Poslední úprava: Atefeh Bagherianziarat (05.02.2024)
Hurst, C., Gibbon, H. F., & Nurse, A. (2016). Social inequality: Forms, causes, and consequences. Routledge. Mills, C. W. (2018). The power elite. In Inequality in the 21st Century (pp. 80-88). Routledge. The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger" by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett (2011), Bloomsbury Publishing USA The social psychology of inequality by Jetten, J., & Peters, K. (2019). Springer. Capital in the twenty-first century by Piketty, T. (2014), Harvard University Press. |
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Poslední úprava: Atefeh Bagherianziarat (26.02.2024)
Two sessions were dedicated to lectures and group discussions, accompanied by one seminar session. Each seminar involves three presentations, collaboratively prepared by groups of two students. |
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Poslední úprava: Atefeh Bagherianziarat (28.04.2024)
The final exam for this course accounts for 40 points out of 100, assessing students' comprehension through open-ended and analytical questions based on the course content. To sit for the final exam, students must accumulate a minimum of 30 points out of the 60 available during the semester. These points can be earned through active participation in group discussions, delivering mini-conferences on select topics from the course, and completing mini-assignments as assigned throughout the term. Find the sources of the exam through the following link: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1t7aqZkcxdWsmofLpxbdlahNNTkdeJPkN |
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Poslední úprava: Atefeh Bagherianziarat (10.04.2024)
First and second sessions: Understanding social inequality - The outlook of social inequality in our world - Definition of social inequality and relevant concepts - Dimensions of social inequality - Measuring social inequality Third session: Seminar (Colonization and inequality; COVID-19 and inequality,…) Fourth session: sociological explanations of social inequality (functionalism, conflict, and symbolic interactionism) Fifth session: why and how is social inequality maintained? Language of inequality, status stereotypes, longevity of inequality, social mobility beliefs, perception of wealth distribution (Reading and analyzing activity) Sixth session: Seminar (Parenting and inequality;…) Seventh session: Capital in the 21st Century by Thomas Piketty Eighth session: the social psychology of inequality: social anxiety, relative deprivation, status stress, class consciousness, etc. (Reading and analyzing activity) Ninth session: Seminar (digitalization and inequality; Parenting and inequality;…) Tenth session: Is social inequality inevitable? / welfare, taxation, and redistribution policies Eleventh session: Global inequality (Reading and analyzing activity) Twelfth session: Seminar
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