From theory to practice: applied sociology of social problems 3500-FAK-OTDP-OG

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Type of course

general courses

Mode

Classroom

Prerequisites (description)

(in Polish) Znajomość podstawowych orientacji teoretycznych w socjologii.

Course coordinators

Dariusz Zalewski

Learning outcomes

K_W01 Knows and understands basic sociological concepts related to sociology of knowledge and applied sociology
K_W05 Has basic knowledge about social structures and selected social institutions, and their interrelations
K_W09 Has basic knowledge about the tools and goals of social policy
K_W11 Understands the social nature of relationships between individuals, social groups and social institutions
K_W17 Has basic knowledge of the criteria of inference correctness
K_W18 Knows basic methods and techniques of social research and can choose appropriate methods to solve basic research problems
K_W19 Understands the specificity of sociological analysis
K_W22 Has basic knowledge of major foreign, international and domestic sociological research
K_W26 Has rudimentary knowledge about the functioning and management of various types of organizations
K_W27 Has basic knowledge of politics and participation of society in the public sphere
K_W28 Has basic knowledge about the processes forming the basis of social stability and change, and understands their nature
K_W29 Is aware of the processes occurring in Polish and global society and their consequences for social attitudes and institutions
K_W34 Knows the most important processes and ideas of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, which have shaped the face of the modern world
K_W35 Is aware of the consequences of choosing a particular theoretical perspective
K_U01 Can record and observe social phenomena in a methodologically correct way
K_U03 Can use basic sociological terms and categories to analyze societies, particularly contemporary Polish society
K_U05 Can independently form simple judgments on the causes of selected social processes and phenomena
K_U10 Can use academic knowledge acquired in social practice
K_U15 Can discuss measures presented as solutions to particular social problems (in micro and macro scale), based on acquired knowledge
K_U20 Can comprehend a scientific text and identify its main theses and the author’s arguments, as well as discuss them
K_K06 Can argue a thesis
K_K07 Can critically assess sources

Assessment criteria

Written exam

Bibliography

Charles Lindblom: “Still Muddling, Not Yet Through”; Public Administration Review, 1979
Charles Lindblom: “The Science of Muddling Through”, Public Administration Review, 1959
David Osborne, Ted Gaebler: „Rządzić inaczej. Jak duch przedsiębiorczości przenika i przekształca administrację publiczną”, Media Rodzina, Poznań 1992;
Guy Peters: „Administracja publiczna w systemie politycznym”, Wyd. Scholar, Warszawa 1999;
Harold Lasswell: „Policy Sciences”, 1951;
Jerzy Hausner (red.): „Administracja publiczna”, PWN, Warszawa 2005;
Jerzy Kwaśniewski (red.): „Nauki o polityce publicznej. Monografia dyscypliny”, Warszawa 2018;
Karl R. Popper: „Nędza historycyzmu”, PWN, Warszawa 1999;
Kazimierz W. Frieske: „Socjologia w działaniu. Nadzieje i rozczarowania”, Warszawa 1990;
M. Oakeshott: „Racjonalizm w polityce”, w, „Wieża Babel i inne eseje”, Aletheia, Warszawa 1999;
Max Weber: Gospodarka i społeczeństwo, PWN, Warszawa 2002;
Peter Murrel: „Conservative political philosophy and the strategy of economic transition”, 1992
Robert Merton: „Teoria socjologiczna i struktura społeczna”, PWN, Warszawa 2002;

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