Прикладная социологическая теория

2025/2026

Учебный год

RUS

Обучение ведется на русском языке

4

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент социологии

Статус:

Курс по выбору

Когда читается:

3-й курс, 4 модуль

Преподаватель

Симонова Вероника Витальевна

Программа дисциплины

Аннотация

The course is devoted to the main theoretical approaches in sociology. Students get acquainted with thinkers whose focus is classical sociological theory and its application to different spheres of interest.

Цель освоения дисциплины

• develop the skill of interpreting empirical data applying different sociological theories
• understand the complexity of social systems and gain ability of critical thinking on social issues in light of the key concepts underlying major sociological theories

Планируемые результаты обучения

• Ability to use sociological theory for development of sociological research design, be able to differentiate social actions and social behavior, explain social actions through social mechanisms, understand the link between micro-actions and macro-outcomes, generate simple middle-range theories, develop academic skills in reading, writing, and presentation.

Содержание учебной дисциплины

• Structural functionalism 2
• Symbolic interactionism 2
• Ethnomethodology 2
• Analytical Marxism
• Neo-Weberianism: class, status, legitimacy, charisma
• Cultural capital
• Symbolic capital
• Social capital
• Organization theory: structural contingency, isomorphism
• Collective dilemmas and where to put them

Элементы контроля

• Exam presentation
  Student prepare final project in groups. Exam presentation grade has 0.4 weight of final grade.
• Classroom discussion
  Students need to participate in classroom discussion. Discussion is based on reading that is sent to students in advance. Classroom discussion grade has weight 0.6 of final grade. This grade accumulates lecture and seminar participation and activity.
• Individual project

Промежуточная аттестация

• 2025/2026 4th module
  0.3 * Classroom discussion + 0.2 * Exam presentation + 0.5 * Individual project

Список литературы

Рекомендуемая основная литература

• Ritzer, G., & Smart, B. (2001). Handbook of Social Theory. London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=251719

Рекомендуемая дополнительная литература

• Bourdieu, P., & Emanuel, S. (2010). Rules of Art : Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field. Maldon, MA: Polity. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1734387
• Hochschild, A. R. (1975). The Sociology of Feeling and Emotion: Selected Possibilities. Sociological Inquiry, 45(2/3), 280–307. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-682X.1975.tb00339.x

Авторы

• Симонова Вероника Витальевна
• Дымова Полина Максимовна