Infopaket

Socio-Political Studies

ВБ30

Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП

First

2025/2026

6 Semester

3

PR02. Use professional Ukrainian in oral and written forms. PR13. Be able to communicate the results of activities to a professional audience and the general public, and deliver presentations and reports, including those regarding the organization of ecosystem services.

Full-time form

A) Before beginning this course, students should possess knowledge of the fundamentals of state and law, providing an understanding of the formation and development of society and its institutions. B) Be able to gather and interpret information regarding socio-political processes and apply basic concepts to critically analyze events within the contemporary global political process. C) Possess basic research skills for locating, critically selecting, and systematizing information of both an applied and theoretical nature.

The "Socio-Political Studies" course aims to outline and explain key concepts that reflect contemporary achievements in global and domestic scholarship across the humanities and social sciences. The course explores the principles and dynamics governing the socio-political system as a whole, as well as its specific institutions—notably the state (as the political system's fundamental institution), civil society organizations, and political parties (including their ideological foundations). It provides a detailed explanation of the nature of power, along with the methods and limits of its exercise. The course examines the historical and contemporary aspects of political regime transformations and offers a comparative analysis of democratic versus non-democratic regimes. It also addresses the phenomena of social and political conflict, detailing their specific forms and manifestations. Furthermore, the course defines the nature of the electoral process and the stages and specifics of election campaigns, while exploring mechanisms of electoral engineering, candidate image-building techniques, and the dynamics of the political market. Finally, it highlights major trends in modern global politics and the specific characteristics of the domestic political process.

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Seminars, independent study

colloquiums, essay control work, presentations All types oral and written work, assessment

Ukrainian