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Study Course Description

Sociological Theories

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
KF_015
Branch of Science
Sociology and social work; Theory and History of Sociology
ECTS
9.00
Target Audience
Sociology
LQF
Level 8
Study Type And Form
Full-Time

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor
Structure Unit Manager
Structural Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences
Contacts

Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf@rsu.lv

About Study Course

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Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
9.00
Contact hours:
48 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Test

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Bauman Z., Liquid Modernity. Cambridge: Polity, 2000

2.

Beck U., World Risk Society. Cambridge: Polity, 1999, rep.2008

3.

Bourdieu P., Distinction: a Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste, Harvard University Press, 1984

4.

Castells M., The rise of the Network Society, Oxford: Blackwell, 2000.

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Giddens A., Runaway World: How Globalisation is Reshaping our Lives, Routledge, 2002

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Giddens A., The Consequences of Modernity. Cambridge: Polity, 1990.

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Gidenss E., Sabiedrības veidošanās. AGB, 1999.

8.

Ritzer G., Modern Sociological Theory. McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2000.

9.

Ritzer G., The McDonaldization of Society, Pine Forge Press, 2004

10.

Webster F., Theories of the Information Society. Routledge, 2002.

Additional Reading

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Key Sociological Thinkers. Ed. by Rob Stones. Macmillan Press Ltd., 1998,

2.

Profiles in Contemporary Social Theory. Ed.by Anthony Elliott & Bryan S. Turner, Sage Publications, 2001.

3.

Полякова, H. ХХ век в социологических теориях общества. М. Логос., 2004.

Other Information Sources

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http://www.sociosite.net, Sage Journals Datebase