Bachelor
2021/2022
Research Seminar “Civil and Political Processes”
Type:
Elective course (Sociology and Social Informatics)
Area of studies:
Sociology
Delivered by:
Department of Sociology
When:
3 year, 1-4 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors:
Мацкевич Мария Георгиевна,
Kirill Bryanov,
Anna Shirokanova,
Tatiana Tkacheva,
Margarita Zavadskaya
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
4
Contact hours:
42
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This seminar offers a cross-disciplinary perspective on political power, institutions, civic movements, and their socio-cultural context. It draws mainly from sociology, political science, and cultural studies and will be most useful to students interested in how modern societies are organized and negotiated through politics, and how this can be studied. Key to this seminar is reading and discussing original research papers. As a result, the students will expand their knowledge of the subject and their skills of critical reading, participating in discussions, and writing abstracts of academic papers. The seminar starts with a discussion of modern nationalism, proceeding to the analysis of institutions during social change, and then an introductory discussion of comparative politics.