Print syllabusPluralism of the Socio-Economic Systems
General data
| Course ID: | 4003-PSSG-OG |
| Erasmus code / ISCED: |
14.3
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| Course title: | Pluralism of the Socio-Economic Systems |
| Name in Polish: | Pluralizm systemów społeczno-gospodarczych |
| Organizational unit: | Centre for Europe |
| Course groups: |
General university courses General university courses General university courses in the social sciences |
| ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
(not available)
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| Language: | Polish |
| Type of course: | general courses |
| Prerequisites (description): | There is no single socio-economic system and there is no single capitalism today. It is necessary to recognize their multiplicity and the consequences that result from them. |
| Short description: |
The aim of the course is to make the students familiar with the concept of the pluralism of contemporary socio-economic systems both in terms of the theoretical approach and the practical approach (based on selected case studies). |
| Full description: |
The aim of the course is to make the students familiar with the concept of the pluralism of contemporary socio-economic systems both in terms of the theoretical approach and the practical approach (based on selected case studies). The classes will present the concept of the man in the economy, discuss the relationships between the market, the state and the society as well as analyse the role of the state in the economy. They will focus on contemporary Europe in the context of the other countries and regions in the world as well as the most critical socio-economic challenges Europe is to face in the future. Student workload: lecture - 30 h preparation to the lecture - 45 h preparation to the examination - 45 h total - 120 h |
| Bibliography: |
T. Kowalik, "Systemy gospodarcze. Efekty i defekty reform i zmian ustrojowych", Warszawa 2005 M. Freeden, L. Tower Sargent, and M. Stears (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Political Ideologies, Oxford University Press 2013 A. Vincent, Modern Political Ideologies, Wiley-Blackwell 2009 M. Zwolinski, Arguing about political philosophy, Routledge 2009. D.A. Wittman and B.R. Weingast (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Political Economy, Oxford University Press 2008. A. Heywood, Political Theory: An Introduction, Palgrave Macmillan 2004. J. Knight, Institutions and Social Conflict, Cambridge University Press 2004. D.C. North, Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance, Cambridge University Press 2004. M. Freeden, Ideology: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press 2003. R.L. Heilbroner, The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers, Penguin Books 2000. J.Z. Muller, Conservatism: An Anthology of Social and Political Thought from David Hume to the Present, Princeton University Press 1997. J.Z. Muller, Adam Smith in His Time and Ours: Designing the Decent Society, Princeton University Press 1995. D. McLellan, Ideology. Concepts in social thought, University of Minnesota Press 1995. |
| Learning outcomes: |
(in Polish) Student lepiej rozumie gospodarczo-społeczne cechy współczesnego świata. Potrafi dokonać analizy współczesnych zjawisk, umieszcza je w szerszym kontekście systemowym. Postrzega rzeczywistość w sposób problemowy, których rozwiązanie wymaga wyborów z aksjologii ideologicznej. |
| Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
(in Polish) Zaliczenie końcowe w formie: pisemnej, składającej się z dwóch pytań otwartych. Możliwe, w przypadkach niejasnych, pytania ustne. Źródła wiedzy niezbędnej do egzaminu: znajomość treści wykładów i wskazanej literatury. |
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