Social Technologies for Public Sector

Course: Sociаl Technologies

Structural unit: Faculty of Sociology

Title
Social Technologies for Public Sector
Code
ВБ2.3
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
4 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
6
Learning outcomes
1.1. Understand the purpose and objectives of social technologies for the public sector. 1.2. Know the basic elements of the mobilization structure of the public sector. 2.1. Identify trends and social mechanisms of public sector functioning. 2.2. Critically read and interpret the results of public sector research in European societies. 3.1. Demonstrate skills of reasoned presentation of one's own opinion, competent and tolerant discussion with opponents.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Know the specifics of the sociological approach to the study of society, social problems, politics and civil society. 2. Be able to create presentations at seminars, in a mass audience. 3. Have basic skills of group work and public discussion.
Course content
1. Democracy in the modern world. 2. The concept of the public sector. 3. The structure of the public sector and the conditions of its operation. 4. Public sector actors. 5. Public sector assessment. 6. Social technologies and their principles of implementation in the public sector. 7. Technologies of volunteering. 8. Youth public initiatives. 9. Technologies for promoting gender equality. 10. Maidan public sector.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Azarova TV, Abramov LK Social technologies. Part 1, Kirovograd, 2005. 104 p. 2. Habermas Y. Structural transformations in the field of openness: a study of the category of "civil society". L .: Chronicle, 2000. 318 p. 3. Reznik O. Civil practices in a transitional society: factors, subjects, methods of implementation. K .: Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2011. 336p. 4. Stepanenko VP, Civil Society: Discourses and Practices // Victor Stepanenko. Kyiv: Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2015. pр. 105-124; 124 - 146; 146 -159. 5. Brown, L. D. Civil society actors as catalysts for transitional social learning / L. D. Brown, V. Trimmer // Voluntas: International journal of voluntary and nonprofit organizations. 2006. № 3.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, practical classes, individual work
Assessment methods and criteria
1. Oral answer LR 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2 - 24/40 points 2. Control work LR 1.1, 1.2 - 24/40 points 3. Research project LR 1.1, 3.1 - 12/20 points final assessment: Pass-exam
Language of instruction
ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Larysa Fedorivna Foster (Kaminska)
Department Social Structures and Social Relations
Faculty of Sociology
Volodymyr Anatoliyovych Shelukhin
Department Social Structures and Social Relations
Faculty of Sociology