Socjology of Security 2751-BW-S2-1-SB
Topics of lectures:
1. Sociological approach to security issues
a. Sociology of security as a special form of general sociology
b. Sociological view of the social world and its consequences for the sociological study of security
c. Specificity of sociology in the context of other social sciences and its consequences for the sociological study of security
d. Areas of interest of sociology and security issues
e. Multilevel sociological analysis of security issues
f. Multidimensionality of security in sociology
2. Security as a sociological category
a. Examples of sociological definitions of security
b. Ways of understanding security until World War II
c. Evolution of understanding security after World War II. Concepts of human security and intermestic security
d. Ontological security (A. Giddens)
3. Social conflict – general issues
a. Social conflict and the issues of interest of general sociology
b. The essence of social conflict and the conditions of its occurrence
c. Dimensions of social conflict
d. Types of social conflicts
e. Parameters and characteristics of social conflicts
f. The course of social conflict – escalation processes and de-escalation mechanisms
g. Sources of social conflict
4. Sociological theories of social conflict
a. Karl Marx’s theory of class conflict
b. Ralf Dahrendorf’s theory of conflict
c. Lewis Coser’s functional theory of conflict
d. Jonathan Turner’s synthetic theory of conflict
e. Conflicts in the context of game theory. Social dilemmas and social traps
f. New sociological theories of social conflicts (N. Fraser, A. Honneth, R. Collins, R.L. Blumberg, C. Offe et al.)
g. Sociological theories of revolution and transformation. New social revolutions (P. Mason)
5. Socialization and social control as processes conditioning the security of social communities
a. Culture and nature. Functions of culture in the context of the security of social order
b. Social control and its means. Juridization of social control
c. Axionormative system, conformism and deviation
d. The essence, functions and principles of socialization. Socialization and social control
e. Socialization agencies and their contemporary specificity
f. Resocialization and its conditions
6. Contemporary civilizational challenges
a. Visions of the future in popular consciousness and sociology
b. Sociological concepts of social change
c. Sociological characteristics of modernity (J. Naisbitt, D. Bell, A. Giddens, Z. Bauman, M. Mead et al.). Alvin and Heidi Toffler's Third Wave concept
d. Specificity of contemporary threats
e. Risk society and global risk society (U. Beck)
f. The role of knowledge and experts in recognizing and combating threats
g. Contemporary civilizational conflicts (S. Huntington)
Total student workload
Expository teaching methods
- informative (conventional) lecture
Type of course
Prerequisites
Course coordinators
Assessment criteria
Written exam: 3 open questions, each answer scored on a scale of 0-10 points (maximum number of points - 30 points in total)
Grades:
0-14.5 points - insufficient (2)
15-18 points - satisfactory (3)
18.5-20.5 points - satisfactory plus (3.5)
21-24 points - good (4)
24.5-26.5 points - good plus (4.5)
27-30 points - very good (5)
Practical placement
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