| Uitgebreide vaknaam |
Solidarity and social contexts |
| Leerdoelen |
Nowadays, Western countries face different changes and developments, such as delinquency, aging, technological change, and migration that potentially undermine solidarity within societies. Social arrangements have the potential to mitigate and solve these threats to societies’ solidarity. The aim of this course is to approach specific societal phenomena from a sociological perspective by examining the roles of 1) social networks; 2) social norms; 3) social institutions, and 4) interventions/policy.
By approaching a societal phenomenon from these four different perspectives that typically represent social context dimensions, students gain insight in the role of social arrangements in understanding and solving potential threats to solidarity in society. |
| Omschrijving |
The course is set up as follows. After a general theoretical introduction into sociological research on solidarity, students choose a specific social phenomenon, for instance delinquency, aging, technology, or migration. Subsequently, students familiarize themselves with the extant literature on this topic from the perspective of 1) social networks; 2) social norms; 3) social institutions, and 4) interventions/policy. Two lectures provide a general introduction, whereas one lecture will be devoted to each perspective. In the other lecture students present their findings with regard to their topic. Ultimately, this results in an essay, which provides an overview of the state-of-the-art knowledge on important societal problems related to solidarity, approached from different sociological perspectives. |
| Uren per week |
variabel |
| Onderwijsvorm |
hoorcollege, zelfstudie
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| Toetsvorm |
opdrachten, presentatie
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| Vaksoort |
master
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| Coördinator |
dr. B. Bilecen
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| Docent(en) |
dr. J. Dijkstra
,dr. J.K. Dijkstra
,prof. dr. A. Flache
,prof. dr. D.R. Veenstra
,prof. dr. R.P.M. Wittek
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