Economic Sociology

Course: Economic Sociology
Course Number: 42
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Credits: 6
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  1. GENERAL
FACULTY SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT SOCIAL POLICY
LEVEL OF STUDIES LEVEL 6
COURSE CODE 42 SEMESTER 2nd & 4th
COURSE TITLE Economic Sociology
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
If the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to the whole course, then please indicate the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.		 TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
3 6
Please, add lines if necessary. Teaching methods and organization of the course are described in section 4.
COURSE TYPE

Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

 General Knowledge
PREREQUISITES: ΝΟ
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: GREEK
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: NO
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  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Please describe the learning outcomes of the course: Knowledge, skills and abilities acquired after the successful completion of the course.
  • The aim of the course is to analyze the basic concepts of the subject of Economic Sociology.

After the successful completion of the course students will be able to:

  • To understand and analyze the relationship of political economy with society and the state
  • To analyze the basic developments and transformations of democracy.
  • To understand the relationship between capitalism and democracy and socialism and democracy.
  • To analyze the role of the state in shaping the agenda of economic policy
General Skills
Name the desirable general skills upon successful completion of the module
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information,

ICT Use

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

 Project design and management

Equity and Inclusion

Respect for the natural environment

Sustainability

Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning
Adaptation to new situations, Decision making, Autonomous work, Teamwork, Working in an interdisciplinary environment, Equity and Inclusion, Sustainability, Critical thinking, Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning
  1. COURSE CONTENT
1.       Introduction: The context of Economic Sociology

2.       Capitalism and society: The genesis of Capitalism

3.       The social consequences of Capitalism

4.       The process of Creative Destruction

5.       The intellectuals

6.       Socialism and Democracy

7.       Social Democracy and Welfare State

8.       Euro-communism and the State

9.       Theories of Democracy

10.   Neoliberalism and new Capitalism

11.   The culture of consumption

12.   The transformation of Democracy under the globalization process

13.   Methodological conclusions
  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.		 Face to face
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students		 Power Point Slides

Posting key elements of the course in the e-class.
TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The ways and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographicresearch& analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

 

The supervised and unsupervised workload per activity is indicated here, so that total workload per semester complies to ECTS standards.
Activity Workload/semester
Lectures:  During lectures the material is developed through theory and examples. Lectures are held in an interactive manner, mainly through question-and-answer method. Moreover, students are divided in groups in order to promote interventions and to sharpen their critical capacity.

 

 75
Seminars:  During their duration, specific topics are presented and analyzed. The Seminars focus on interdisciplinary, as the analysis of the relationship between the theories of political economy and the development of the institutions is based on knowledge of political science, political economy, and state theory in order to enable students to understand the development of economic sociology. 60
Project: The writing of case studies and /or book reviews leads to the learning, understanding and finally to comprehend the basic theories of economic sociology. 15
Total 150
Student Evaluation

Description of the evaluation process

 

Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Presentation in audience, Laboratory Report,Clinical examination of a patient,Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

 

Please indicate all relevant information about the course assessment and how students are informed 

 

Written Assignment or Oral Exam

 
SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Schumpeter, J.A., (2006), Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, Athens: Papazisi (in Greek)

Trigilia, C., (2004), Economic Sociology, Athens: Papazisi (in Greek).

Tilly, C., (2011), Democracy, Athens: Gutenberg, (in Greek).

Ashton, T., (2007), The Industrial Revolution, Athens: Topos (in Greek)

Baran, P., & Sweezy, P., (1990), Monopoly Capital: An Essay on the American Economic and Social Order, Athens: Gutenberg (in Greek).

Baran, P., (1977), The Political Economy of Growth, Athens: Kalvos (in Greek)

Berlinguer, Ε., (1977), Historical Compromise, Athens: Themelio (in Greek).

Bowles, S., Edwards, R. & Roosevelt, F., (2014), Understanding Capitalism: Competition, Command, and Change, Athens: Gutenberg (in Greek).

Crouch, C., (2006), Post-Democracy, Athens: Ekkremes (in Greek).

Carillio, S., (1978), Eurocommunism and the State, Athens: Themelio (in Greek).

Gillis, M., Perkins, H.D, Roemer, M., & Snodgrass, R.D, (2001), Economics of Development, Athens: Gutenberg (in Greek)

Keynes. M.J., (2001), The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, Athens: Papazisi, (in Greek).

Martinussen, J., (2007), Society, State and Market. A Guide to Competing Theories of Development, Athens, Savvalas (in Greek).

Papandreou, Α., (1974), Paternalistic Capitalism, Athens: Karanasi (in Greek)

Polanyi, K., (2007), The Great Transformation, Thessaloniki: Nissides (in Greek).

Piketty, T., (2007), The Economics of Inequality, Athens: Polis (in Greek)

Rousseau, J.J., (2004), A Discourse of Political Economy, Athens: Savvalas (in Greek).

Sassoon, D., (2001), One Hundred Years of Socialism, Athens: Kastaniotis (in Greek).

Schmidt, M., (2004), Theories of Democracy, Athens, Savvalas (in Greek).

Von Mises, L., (2014), Anti-Capitalism, Athens: Papadopoulos (in Greek).

Vlachou, A. (ed.), (2009), The Political Economy of Capitalism, Athens: Kritiki (in Greek).

Wallerstein, I., (1987), Historical Capitalism Athens: Themelio (in Greek).