Sociology of Globalization
Course: Sociology
Structural unit: Faculty of Sociology
Title
Sociology of Globalization
Code
ВБ4.3
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
4 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
1.1 Knowledge of modern scientific approaches to explaining globalization.
1.2 Knowledge of the basic laws and contradictions of the globalization process.
1.3 Knowledge of the current stage of globalization.
2.1 Be able to use the software environment R for data acquisition and processing.
2.2 Be able to use QGIS software to visualize spatial data.
2.3 Be able to develop projects of collective action using the mechanisms of globalization.
3.1 Publicly present collective action projects.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Have a basic conceptual apparatus of sociology.
2. Orient in the basic theories of classical and modern sociology.
3. Be able to work with scientific literature.
Course content
The concept of globalization. Classification of approaches to the definition of globalization.
2 Spatial, sectoral, agent and temporal diversity of globalization processes.
3 Contradictions and features of the current stage of globalization.
4 Origins and content of neoliberalism as an ideological basis of economic globalization.
5 Economic globalization, postfordism and flexible accumulation.
6 Transnational corporations as subjects of economic globalization.
7 Global inequalities and global class formation.
8 Reinventing politics and the state in the context of globalization.
11 Globalization as a factor in the crisis of classical sociological methodology. New methods of studying global processes.
12 Application of software environment R in studies of global processes and phenomena. Features of spatial data visualization in QGIS.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Бауман Зиґмунт. Глобалізація: Наслідки для людини і суспільства. – К.: Видавничий дім «КМ-Академія», 2008. – С. 57–63.
2. Бек Ульрих. Влада і контрвлада у добу глобалізації: Нова світова політична економія. – К.: «Ніка-Центр», 2011. – С. 35–53, 224–296.
3. Бек Ульрих. Что такое глобализация? – М.: «Прогресс-Традиция», 2001. – С. 81–101.
4. Гелд Девід, МакГрю Ентоні, Голдблатт Девід, Перратон Джонатан. Глобальні трансформації. – К.: «Фенікс», 2003. – Сс. 23–43, 55–115, 185–229, 285–336.
5. Гелд Дейвід, Мак-Грю Ентоні. Глобалізація/антиглобалізація. – К.: «К.І.С.», 2004. – С. 39–60.
6. Пікетті Тома. Капітал у ХХІ столітті. – К.: «Наш формат», 2016. – С. 439–473.
7. Пітерзе Ян Недервеєн. Глобалізація як гібридизація // У кн.: Глобальні модерності. – К.: «Ніка-Центр», 2013. – С. 73–105.
8. Робертсон Роланд. Глокалізація: часопростір і гомогенність-гетерогенність // У кн.: Глобальні модерності. – К.: «Ніка-Центр», 2013. – С. 48–72.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, practical classes, independent work
Assessment methods and criteria
1. CW 1 with topics 1–7 - 10 points / 6 points.
2. CW 2 with topics 8–12 - 10 points / 6 points.
3. Practical task in a practical lesson on the topic 12 - 10 points / 6 points.
4. Group project on topics 4-7 - 10 points / 5 points.
5. Independent task on the topic 6 - 5/3 points.
6. Participation in the discussion on topics 1-12 in practical classes on topics 1-12 - 15 points / 10 points.
final assessment: written exam (ticket contains test tasks in the form of closed questions of single and multiple choice) - 40 points (the correct answer is estimated at 0.5 points). The minimum score for passing the exam (overall positive grade) is 24 points.
Language of instruction
ukrainian
Lecturers
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