Modern Ukrainian Society: Sociological Analysis

Major: Sociology
Code of subject: 7.054.01.M.011
Credits: 3.00
Department: Sociology and Social Work
Lecturer: prof. Pich V.M.
Semester: 2 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: Awareness of equal opportunities and gender issues. Ability to identify, diagnose and interpret current issues of Ukrainian society and the world community. Apply modern sociological concepts, concepts, theories and results of empirical research to describe and explain social phenomena and processes. To diagnose and interpret current problems of Ukrainian society and the world community, their causes and consequences. Develop social research projects and justify their methodology. Teach sociological and related disciplines using classical and modern concepts and teaching methods. Summarize the results of their own research in various forms (abstracts, articles, reports, presentations, etc.). Specialized conceptual knowledge, which includes modern scientific achievements in the field of professional activity or field of knowledge and is the basis for original thinking and research. Critical understanding of problems in the field and on the border of fields of knowledge. Specialized problem-solving skills required for research and / or innovation in order to develop new knowledge and procedures Ability to integrate knowledge and solve complex problems in broad or multi-disciplinary contexts Ability to solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments with incomplete or limited information, taking into account aspects of social and ethical responsibility Clear and unambiguous communication of own knowledge, conclusions and arguments to experts and non-specialists, in particular, to students Management of work or learning processes that are complex, unpredictable and require new strategic approaches Responsibility for contributing to professional knowledge and practice and / or evaluating the performance of teams and teams.
Required prior and related subjects: prerequisites: • Analysis of categorical data • Methodology of discursive analysis • Methods of teaching sociologySociology of postmodernism and globalization co-requisite: • Sociology of social problems • Modern Ukrainian society as a society of risk • Institutional sociology • Assistant practice • Practice on the topic of master's qualification work • Execution of master's qualification work • Defense of master's qualification work
Summary of the subject: The essence of the concept of "sociological dimension" and its application to the analysis of modern Ukrainian society. The main indicators of the sociological dimension of Ukrainian society: sources of production and their essential content. Sociological dimensions of economic, political, social, cultural spheres of Ukrainian society. The war in eastern Ukraine: sociological dimensions. Problems of modernization in modern Ukraine.
Assessment methods and criteria: • oral interviews, participation in discussions and interactive exercises, presentation of the study project (40%) • final control test, written form (60%)
Recommended books: 1.Holovakha, Ye., Horbachyk, A. Tendentsiia sotsialnykh zmin v Ukraini ta Yevropi: za rezultatamy «Ievropeiskoho sotsiolohichnoho doslidzhennia» 2005-2007-2009-2011-2013. - K.: IS NAN Ukrainy, 2014. (in Ukrainian). 2.Kataev S.L. Suchasne ukrainske suspilstvo: Navch. posib. /S.A.Kataev. – K.: TsUL, 2006. (in Ukrainian). 3.Picha V.M. Politychna kultura suspilstva / V.M.Picha // Materialy III Mizhnarodnoi naukovo-praktychnoi konferentsii «Aktualni pytannia derzhavo-pravovoho rozvytku Ukrainy» 25-27 chervnia 2018 r. m. Odesa. – K.: Vyd-vi «Karavela», 2019. – S. 96-100. (in Ukrainian)/ 4.Ukrainske suspilstvo. Monitorynh sotsialnykh zmin. Vyp. 4 (18). – K.: IS NAN Ukrainy, 2017. (in Ukrainian) 5.Ukrainske suspilstvo: monitorynh sotsialnykh zmin. Vyp. 6 (20).– K.: IS NAN Ukrainy, 2018. . (in Ukrainian). 6.Human Development Indices and Indicators 2018, Statistical Update. New York, 2018. URL: http:/ hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files2018_human_development_statistical_update.pdf 7.Zolkina M. The Donbas: New Trendsin Public Opinion //Constructing a Political Nation: Changes in the Attitudes of Ukrainians during the War in the Donbas/ Ed. By O.Haran, M.Yakovlyev. Kyiv: Stylos Publishing, 2017. P. 159-182. 8.Sasse, G., Lackner, A. War and identity: the case of the Donbas in Ukraine.// Post-Soviet Affairs. Vol 34, 2018. 9.Spolecenstva na rozdrozach. Polska i Ukraina wobec wyzwan XXI wieku. Red. P.Baldys, K.Piatek B-Biala 2017 (M.Kozak, O.Makukh, W.Sawka, M. Shkolyar, S. Lizakowska). (in Poland).