Indicators of social development and comparative studies of European societies

Course: Sociаl Technologies

Structural unit: Faculty of Sociology

Title
Indicators of social development and comparative studies of European societies
Code
ОК37
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
7 Trimester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
1.1 Know the main trends of economic, political and cultural development of the European region, migration and hybridization and enclavization processes. 1.2 Know the basics of the methodology of comparative sociological research. 2.1 Be able to apply statistical indicators of national development, methods of multidimensional data analysis in sociology. 2.2 Be able to interpret the results.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Know the methods of data collection and analysis in sociology. 2. Wield a methodology of comparative sociological research.
Course content
1Social process, social development: concepts and forms 2Concepts of social development 3Modern theories of modernization in the context of social development 4Indicators of social development 5Social indicators and their transformation at different stages of social development 6Analysis of the main indices of social development 7Features of European countries 8Conceptual apparatus and conceptual foundations of sociological research in European countries 9Methodological principles of comparative research in European countries: ESS, EVS and others 10Sociological studies of the development of democratic systems of modern European countries 11Comparative analysis of the quality of life of modern European countries 12Public sentiment: theoretical and methodological problems of measurement 13Social Discrimination, Unemployment, Poverty and Social Protection: Theoretical and Methodological Principles for Building Social Indicators in Comparative Studies
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Gavrilenko IM Social development: textbook. manual / IM Gavrilenko, PV Melnik, MP Nedyukha. K.: 2001. S- 30-74. 2. Saveliev YB Contradictions of modern theoretical interpretations of social development, social evolution, modernization and social change / Yu.B. Savelyev // Sociology: theory, methods, marketing. 2015. №3.С59-74. 3. Herpfer K. The new index of democracy. Democratization of the public in fifteen European countries (1991-1998) // Sociology: theory, methods, marketing. 2001. - №3. Pp. 123-150. 4. United Nations World Happiness Rating 2020. Electronic resource. - Access mode: https://gtmarket.ru/ratings/world-happiness-report 5. Ranking of countries in the world by level of social development 2020. Electronic resource. - Access mode: https://gtmarket.ru/research/social-progress-index
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, seminar, individual work
Assessment methods and criteria
1. Group and individual work in seminars LR 1.1., 1.2., 2.1., 2.2. max 20 points / min 12 points 2. Test work LR1.1, LR1.2 max 20 points / min 12 points (10 maximum or 6 minimum points for each) 3. Presentation of the project 4 LR1.1, LR1.2, LR2.1, LR2.2 max 10 points / min 6 points 4. Performing tasks of independent work LR 1.1., 1.2., 2.1., 2.2. max 10 points / min 6 points final assessment - exam LR 1.1., 1.2., 2.1., 2.2.
Language of instruction
ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Ellianna Stanislavivna Kovtunenko
Methodology and Methods of Sociological Research
Faculty of Sociology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Methodology and Methods of Sociological Research
Faculty of Sociology