Socio-political studies
Course: TRANSBORDER ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION
Structural unit: The Faculty of Geography
Title
Socio-political studies
Code
ОК 24
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2024/2025
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
5 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PRN 9. Apply models,methods and data of natural sciences and social sciences, information technologies, etc. when studying formation and development of objects and processes of the geographical envelope
PRN 11. Possess state and in foreign languages
PRN 14. Show respect to individual and cultural diversity
PRN 16. Act in accordance with social principles responsibility and civic consciousness
PRN 17. Manage your own learning with a purpose self-realization in the professional activity
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
A) Before starting this course, students should have knowledge of foundations of the state and law, which would give an idea of the formation and development society and its institutions.
B) To be able to collect and interpret information about social political processes, apply basic concepts in critical understanding of events taking place in the modern world political process
C) Possess elementary skills of scientific research in relation to search, critical selection and systematization of information as applied and of a theoretical nature.
Course content
The course "Socio-Political Studies" is aimed at highlighting and explaining the main provisions, the content of which reflects the modern achievements of world and domestic humanitarian knowledge in all the diversity of scientific directions. "Studies" reveal the principles and patterns of functioning and development of the socio-political system as a whole, and its individual institutions, in particular: the state as a fundamental institution of the political system, public organizations and political parties (with an explanation of their ideological foundations). The essence of the phenomenon of power and the methods and limits of its implementation are explained in detail. The historical and current modern features of the transformation of political regimes are revealed and a comparative analysis of the characteristics of democratic and non-democratic regimes is carried out. The phenomenon of social and political conflicts and their specific forms and manifestations are revealed. The essence of the institution of elections and the stages and specifics of the course of election campaigns are determined, the mechanisms of electoral engineering, technologies for forming a candidate's image and the features of the functioning of the political market are revealed. The main trends in the development of modern world politics and the peculiarities of the domestic political process are revealed.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Бжезінський З. Стратегічне бачення: Америка і криза глобальної влади / Пер. з англ..Г.Лелів.- Львів: Літопис: 2012.- 168 с.
2. Воронов І.О. Демократичний транзит: політико-владні трансформації.- К.,: Ґенеза, 2006.–232с.
3. Ґіденс Е. Соціологія. - К., Основи. - 1999р.– 835 с.
4. Кузьменко Т.М. Соціологія / Навчальний посібник. – Киїі: «Центр учбової літератури», 2010. – 320 с.
5. Кирилюк Ф. М., Батрименко О. В. Історія зарубіжних політичних вчень: Навч.метод. посібник. - К.: ТОВ «XXI століття: Діалог культур», 2005. - 256 с.
6. Політологія: навчальний посібник / Є.В. Перегуда та ін. – К.: КНУБА, 2012.(Рекомендовано МОНмолодьспорту України.)
7. Політологія: підручник для студентів вищих навчальних закладів. / За ред. Цвиха В.Ф., Батрименка О.В. - К.: ВПЦ “Київський університет”, 2009 – 629 с.
8. Шляхтун П.П. Політологія (теорія та історія політичної думки): Підручник. - К.,2002.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, independent work
Assessment methods and criteria
oral presentations,explanation to synopsis original source,Debate,presentation independent research
Language of instruction
Ukrainian
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Ivan
Pavlovich
Fedirko
Politology department
Faculty of Philosophy
Faculty of Philosophy
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
Politology department
Faculty of Philosophy