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Winter semester 2024/2025 14 Seminars
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Committee 		SWS Semester weekly hours Teachers Degree
1.07.471 Advanced Social Research Methods (Network analysis) Dates on Friday, 18.10.2024 10:00 - 12:00, Tuesday, 11.02.2025 - Thursday, 13.02.2025 10:00 - 17:00
Description:
Seminar - Prof. Dr. Sebastian Schnettler, Ph.D.
  • Master
1.07.421 Political Parties in Democracies Tuesday: 12:00 - 14:00, weekly (from 15/10/24)
Description:
Political parties are key actors in democratic systems. Parties not only shape electoral competition in democracies, but also structure issues for voters. Moreover, parties are quite diverse and represent different political ideologies. This course focuses on parties as crucial actors in political systems, for elections and in parliament. First, we start with important concepts of political science necessary to explore parties in more detail. Second, we focus on different types of parties, their issues, and their voters. Third, we examine intra-party behavior, including party elite candidate selections and elite behavior in parliaments. Political parties are key actors in democratic systems. Parties not only shape electoral competition in democracies, but also structure issues for voters. Moreover, parties are quite diverse and represent different political ideologies. This course focuses on parties as crucial actors in political systems, for elections and in parliament. First, we start with important concepts of political science necessary to explore parties in more detail. Second, we focus on different types of parties, their issues, and their voters. Third, we examine intra-party behavior, including party elite candidate selections and elite behavior in parliaments. 		Seminar 2 Dr. Christina-Marie Juen
  • Master
1.07.1151 Sociology of the European Integration (Lehrsprache Englisch) Wednesday: 12:00 - 14:00, weekly (from 16/10/24)
Description:
The economic, legal and political integration of Europe is at the core of the process of European integration. In addition to the political transformations induced by the creation, enlargement and deepening of the European Union particularly since the 1990s, European integration has given rise to a fundamental transformation of social relations and the life worlds of people. While in the postwar period, daily life took place primarily in the framework of nation-states, the opening of hitherto largely nationally regulated and limited social fields and spaces has fostered increasing cross-border contacts and a stronger transnationalisation of social interactions, attitudes and interpretations. This transnationalisation of social fields and spaces as a result of European integration lies at the heart of the research on horizontal Europeanization and also of this seminar. In the first part of the class, a broad overview on the process of European integration, major EU institutions and policy fields will be given. In the second part, horizontal Europeanisation processes in different social fields are analysed, as well as the related conflicts and bargaining relations and their impact on patterns of social inequality. Complementary to the Europeanisation of social fields, the Europeanisation of social space (P. Bourdieu) will be analysed, taking as an example the transnationalisation of everyday practices, collective memories and reference groups of social inequalities. This raises the question how field-specific and space-specific Europeanisation processes are related. In addition, different modes of Europeanization (power/coercion, competition, communication and cooperation) will be analysed. Given the profound crisis of European integration in the wake of the Euro crisis, the final part of the course will emphasise the analysis of conflicts and tensions between national and European regulations, identifications, and patterns of integration and social inequality. The economic, legal and political integration of Europe is at the core of the process of European integration. In addition to the political transformations induced by the creation, enlargement and deepening of the European Union particularly since the 1990s, European integration has given rise to a fundamental transformation of social relations and the life worlds of people. While in the postwar period, daily life took place primarily in the framework of nation-states, the opening of hitherto largely nationally regulated and limited social fields and spaces has fostered increasing cross-border contacts and a stronger transnationalisation of social interactions, attitudes and interpretations. This transnationalisation of social fields and spaces as a result of European integration lies at the heart of the research on horizontal Europeanization and also of this seminar. In the first part of the class, a broad overview on the process of European integration, major EU institutions and policy fields will be given. In the second part, horizontal Europeanisation processes in different social fields are analysed, as well as the related conflicts and bargaining relations and their impact on patterns of social inequality. Complementary to the Europeanisation of social fields, the Europeanisation of social space (P. Bourdieu) will be analysed, taking as an example the transnationalisation of everyday practices, collective memories and reference groups of social inequalities. This raises the question how field-specific and space-specific Europeanisation processes are related. In addition, different modes of Europeanization (power/coercion, competition, communication and cooperation) will be analysed. Given the profound crisis of European integration in the wake of the Euro crisis, the final part of the course will emphasise the analysis of conflicts and tensions between national and European regulations, identifications, and patterns of integration and social inequality. 		Seminar 2 Kim Bergsieker
  • Bachelor
1.07.411 Approaches to Organisations Tuesday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (from 15/10/24)
Description:
The seminar "Approaches to Organisations" provides an overview on conceptual approaches to organisations, among them conceptualisations of organisations as rational and natural systems in a closed and in an open perspective (i.a. Weber, Taylor, Luhmann, Scott). The seminar also introduces students to crucial organisational processes such as specialisation and coordination, micro politics and decision-making processes and the interaction between the organisation and its environment. The seminar grants insights in varieties of organisations and enables students to analyse their core characteristics and the inherent processes. The seminar "Approaches to Organisations" provides an overview on conceptual approaches to organisations, among them conceptualisations of organisations as rational and natural systems in a closed and in an open perspective (i.a. Weber, Taylor, Luhmann, Scott). The seminar also introduces students to crucial organisational processes such as specialisation and coordination, micro politics and decision-making processes and the interaction between the organisation and its environment. The seminar grants insights in varieties of organisations and enables students to analyse their core characteristics and the inherent processes. 		Seminar 2 Prof. Dr. Jannika Mattes
  • Master
1.07.451 Qualitative research methods Monday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (from 14/10/24)
Dates on Monday, 03.02.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Description:
Seminar 2 Lena Katharina Dahlhaus, M.A.
  • Master
1.07.472 Advanced Social Research Methods (Network analysis) The course times are not decided yet.
Description:
Committee - in Bearbeitung
  • Master
1.07.115 Sociology of the European Integration (Lehrsprache Englisch) Wednesday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (from 16/10/24)
Description:
The economic, legal and political integration of Europe is at the core of the process of European integration. In addition to the political transformations induced by the creation, enlargement and deepening of the European Union particularly since the 1990s, European integration has given rise to a fundamental transformation of social relations and the life worlds of people. While in the postwar period, daily life took place primarily in the framework of nation-states, the opening of hitherto largely nationally regulated and limited social fields and spaces has fostered increasing cross-border contacts and a stronger transnationalisation of social interactions, attitudes and interpretations. This transnationalisation of social fields and spaces as a result of European integration lies at the heart of the research on horizontal Europeanization and also of this seminar. In the first part of the class, a broad overview on the process of European integration, major EU institutions and policy fields will be given. In the second part, horizontal Europeanisation processes in different social fields are analysed, as well as the related conflicts and bargaining relations and their impact on patterns of social inequality. Complementary to the Europeanisation of social fields, the Europeanisation of social space (P. Bourdieu) will be analysed, taking as an example the transnationalisation of everyday practices, collective memories and reference groups of social inequalities. This raises the question how field-specific and space-specific Europeanisation processes are related. In addition, different modes of Europeanization (power/coercion, competition, communication and cooperation) will be analysed. Given the profound crisis of European integration in the wake of the Euro crisis, the final part of the course will emphasise the analysis of conflicts and tensions between national and European regulations, identifications, and patterns of integration and social inequality. The economic, legal and political integration of Europe is at the core of the process of European integration. In addition to the political transformations induced by the creation, enlargement and deepening of the European Union particularly since the 1990s, European integration has given rise to a fundamental transformation of social relations and the life worlds of people. While in the postwar period, daily life took place primarily in the framework of nation-states, the opening of hitherto largely nationally regulated and limited social fields and spaces has fostered increasing cross-border contacts and a stronger transnationalisation of social interactions, attitudes and interpretations. This transnationalisation of social fields and spaces as a result of European integration lies at the heart of the research on horizontal Europeanization and also of this seminar. In the first part of the class, a broad overview on the process of European integration, major EU institutions and policy fields will be given. In the second part, horizontal Europeanisation processes in different social fields are analysed, as well as the related conflicts and bargaining relations and their impact on patterns of social inequality. Complementary to the Europeanisation of social fields, the Europeanisation of social space (P. Bourdieu) will be analysed, taking as an example the transnationalisation of everyday practices, collective memories and reference groups of social inequalities. This raises the question how field-specific and space-specific Europeanisation processes are related. In addition, different modes of Europeanization (power/coercion, competition, communication and cooperation) will be analysed. Given the profound crisis of European integration in the wake of the Euro crisis, the final part of the course will emphasise the analysis of conflicts and tensions between national and European regulations, identifications, and patterns of integration and social inequality. 		Seminar 2 Kim Bergsieker
  • Bachelor
1.07.431 Knowledge, learning and organisations Thursday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (from 17/10/24)
Description:
In this seminar we will discuss how knowledge is produced in modern society. At the core of the seminar will be the discussion of Monika Krause's monograph 'Model Cases.' The examination performance consists of a 15 minutes oral exam, which will be held short after the end of the seminar. In this seminar we will discuss how knowledge is produced in modern society. At the core of the seminar will be the discussion of Monika Krause's monograph 'Model Cases.' The examination performance consists of a 15 minutes oral exam, which will be held short after the end of the seminar. 		Seminar 2 Dr. Timur Ergen
  • Master
1.07.461 Labour Markets in Transition Monday: 14:00 - 16:00, weekly (from 14/10/24)
Description:
In the seminar “Labor Markets in Transition”, the transformation of the postwar employment regime which was characterized by a standard employment relationship based on stable industrial jobs and permanent contracts tracts will be analysed. The focus of the current innovation-centred, globally linked, digitalised knowledge society of the present is no longer on the industrial production of standardized goods, but on the flexible provision of knowledge-based products and services by flexibly, sometimes precariously, employed persons. In this seminar, three facets of these changing labour markets and employment relations will be considered. In the seminar “Labor Markets in Transition”, the transformation of the postwar employment regime which was characterized by a standard employment relationship based on stable industrial jobs and permanent contracts tracts will be analysed. The focus of the current innovation-centred, globally linked, digitalised knowledge society of the present is no longer on the industrial production of standardized goods, but on the flexible provision of knowledge-based products and services by flexibly, sometimes precariously, employed persons. In this seminar, three facets of these changing labour markets and employment relations will be considered. 		Seminar 2 Prof. Dr. Martin Heidenreich
  • Master
1.07.422 Comparative Political Organizations Tuesday: 16:00 - 18:00, weekly (from 15/10/24)
Description:
Political science asks questions of who gets what, when, and why. None of these answers typically relate to individuals, as politics per se influences groups of people. Accordingly, people organize to engage in politics. Social movements, interest groups, and in particular political parties don’t just aim to influence their own members, or have a goal for themselves, but aim to create rules for everyone around them. Most research in political science is focused on the study of democracies, in particular Western states. Most models of electoral accountability are based on the idea of competition around political programs. This is of course a very idealistic, and most likely, very limited view on political organizations. We know that politics takes place below policy issues and public rules. individual ambitions, networks of patronage and transactionary politics occur in and even shape all political systems. To a certain extent, they produce more commonality than the wide range of institutionalization we find in comparative politics. While its sister course deals with the light side of political parties, communication, and electoral rules, this course deals with less formal organizations, political manipulation and selec-tion. Delving inside political organizations we focus on how to work with the occult side of politics. Learning Objectives • Understanding role of institutions and organizations • Comparative Approach to Politics • Analytical thinking Formalia This course introduces you to the political science of political organizations. To understand variation and commonalities, we apply a comparative approach. Broadening our perspective across the globe, we will, together, analyze parties in very different cultural and historical con-texts. In this course we will learn the logic of typologies, comparative approaches and game theory to find a common analytical framework to identify the makings of different political systems, the relevant organizations they entail, how they work, and how they differ from oth-ers. Literature: Each session has three types of reading assignments: Basic readings are required readings. We discuss these papers in the session, so I need you be prepared. They form the theoretical basis. These papers are typically entry-level chapters from textbooks or edited volumes that introduce the session. They inform a literature review as re-quired in the other course, but are not part of it. Case readings are required for the session presenter. If the session does not have a presenter, I might discuss them in more detail. They are comparison against which you should evaluate your selected case. Further readings are helpful seed papers from which to start the literature overview. They are additional introductions. Your Case: In this course, we will stay on the descriptive side. We read papers on the basics, introducing important concepts such as organizational form and institutions. We want to directly apply this lens to other cases. Moving beyond the “usual suspects” of the EU and US, we aim to find out if these concepts matter in other contexts, too. Possible Cases: • European Union • United States • China • Iran • Sub Saharan Africa or any single country • Arabic States (Syria, Iraq, Egypt) • Turkey • India • Pakistan • Argentinia/Brazil • Venezuela/Cuba • New Zealand (Party System Change) Each of you will choose a country they are interested or familiar with, and step by step, map organizations in these contexts. You will learn to understand and summarize papers together, and then apply this knowledge to papers assigned only to you. Over the course of the semes-ter, you will hand in your notes and do presentations. Presentations are oral presentations but require slides. I need your self-explanatory slides at the day before the presentation. We will assign the presentation topic in the first session. Your presentation is always the topic of the course, applied to your case, compared to the empirical paper we read in class. Make sure you plan your presence accordingly. If you can’t present on a given day, I need to know this as soon as possible, but at least one week in advance, unless you are ill. In the latter case, you can do the presentation in the week after. Final Paper: As your final paper, I want you to do a literature overview. You apply a course topic of a specific session to your case, for example, “Patronage in India”. The literature provided by the extended readings of the session can be a starting point for either a literature review or a case study. You an either use a topic from this course or from the parallel course. A literature overview focuses on breadth. It requires you to collect, skim and summarize a large body of literature. It is evaluated by completeness. It is an extension of an annotated bibliography (AB), and exists not as a paper, but as a table. In contrast to an AB it should con-tain every candidate to be included, whether you read it or not. The idea is that you identify 20 papers you would use for a literature review, but still account for the rest. You may reuse this in other contexts. Of the 20 papers you select to be included the full citation, the central message, the function it would have in your literature review and a brief evaluation should be provided. It also contains an evaluation based on your first impression, journal ranking and other information (see session 2). Political science asks questions of who gets what, when, and why. None of these answers typically relate to individuals, as politics per se influences groups of people. Accordingly, people organize to engage in politics. Social movements, interest groups, and in particular political parties don’t just aim to influence their own members, or have a goal for themselves, but aim to create rules for everyone around them. Most research in political science is focused on the study of democracies, in particular Western states. Most models of electoral accountability are based on the idea of competition around political programs. This is of course a very idealistic, and most likely, very limited view on political organizations. We know that politics takes place below policy issues and public rules. individual ambitions, networks of patronage and transactionary politics occur in and even shape all political systems. To a certain extent, they produce more commonality than the wide range of institutionalization we find in comparative politics. While its sister course deals with the light side of political parties, communication, and electoral rules, this course deals with less formal organizations, political manipulation and selec-tion. Delving inside political organizations we focus on how to work with the occult side of politics. Learning Objectives • Understanding role of institutions and organizations • Comparative Approach to Politics • Analytical thinking Formalia This course introduces you to the political science of political organizations. To understand variation and commonalities, we apply a comparative approach. Broadening our perspective across the globe, we will, together, analyze parties in very different cultural and historical con-texts. In this course we will learn the logic of typologies, comparative approaches and game theory to find a common analytical framework to identify the makings of different political systems, the relevant organizations they entail, how they work, and how they differ from oth-ers. Literature: Each session has three types of reading assignments: Basic readings are required readings. We discuss these papers in the session, so I need you be prepared. They form the theoretical basis. These papers are typically entry-level chapters from textbooks or edited volumes that introduce the session. They inform a literature review as re-quired in the other course, but are not part of it. Case readings are required for the session presenter. If the session does not have a presenter, I might discuss them in more detail. They are comparison against which you should evaluate your selected case. Further readings are helpful seed papers from which to start the literature overview. They are additional introductions. Your Case: In this course, we will stay on the descriptive side. We read papers on the basics, introducing important concepts such as organizational form and institutions. We want to directly apply this lens to other cases. Moving beyond the “usual suspects” of the EU and US, we aim to find out if these concepts matter in other contexts, too. Possible Cases: • European Union • United States • China • Iran • Sub Saharan Africa or any single country • Arabic States (Syria, Iraq, Egypt) • Turkey • India • Pakistan • Argentinia/Brazil • Venezuela/Cuba • New Zealand (Party System Change) Each of you will choose a country they are interested or familiar with, and step by step, map organizations in these contexts. You will learn to understand and summarize papers together, and then apply this knowledge to papers assigned only to you. Over the course of the semes-ter, you will hand in your notes and do presentations. Presentations are oral presentations but require slides. I need your self-explanatory slides at the day before the presentation. We will assign the presentation topic in the first session. Your presentation is always the topic of the course, applied to your case, compared to the empirical paper we read in class. Make sure you plan your presence accordingly. If you can’t present on a given day, I need to know this as soon as possible, but at least one week in advance, unless you are ill. In the latter case, you can do the presentation in the week after. Final Paper: As your final paper, I want you to do a literature overview. You apply a course topic of a specific session to your case, for example, “Patronage in India”. The literature provided by the extended readings of the session can be a starting point for either a literature review or a case study. You an either use a topic from this course or from the parallel course. A literature overview focuses on breadth. It requires you to collect, skim and summarize a large body of literature. It is evaluated by completeness. It is an extension of an annotated bibliography (AB), and exists not as a paper, but as a table. In contrast to an AB it should con-tain every candidate to be included, whether you read it or not. The idea is that you identify 20 papers you would use for a literature review, but still account for the rest. You may reuse this in other contexts. Of the 20 papers you select to be included the full citation, the central message, the function it would have in your literature review and a brief evaluation should be provided. It also contains an evaluation based on your first impression, journal ranking and other information (see session 2). 		Seminar 2 Prof. Dr. Marius Sältzer
  • Master
1.07.441 Quantitative research methods Wednesday: 08:00 - 10:00, weekly (from 16/10/24)
Description:
Seminar 2 Prof. Dr. Sebastian Schnettler, Ph.D.
  • Master
1.07.462 Social Inequality Wednesday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (from 16/10/24)
Description:
In the seminar "Social Inequality", students examine how social inequality is reproduced in organizations such as the labour market, the education system and the welfare state and how factors such as education, gender, age or migration background contribute to various inequalities. The seminar consists of two parts: First, we will discuss and debate key theoretical concepts, causes and mechanisms of social inequality, focusing on how inequalities arise or are transfered within and between generations. In the second part, we will analyse data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) using R to deepen our theoretical understanding and apply key empirical methods in a targeted manner. At the end of the semester, students will be able to conduct their own small, quantitative research project on the (re)production of social inequality in different organizational contexts. In the seminar "Social Inequality", students examine how social inequality is reproduced in organizations such as the labour market, the education system and the welfare state and how factors such as education, gender, age or migration background contribute to various inequalities. The seminar consists of two parts: First, we will discuss and debate key theoretical concepts, causes and mechanisms of social inequality, focusing on how inequalities arise or are transfered within and between generations. In the second part, we will analyse data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) using R to deepen our theoretical understanding and apply key empirical methods in a targeted manner. At the end of the semester, students will be able to conduct their own small, quantitative research project on the (re)production of social inequality in different organizational contexts. 		Seminar 2 Prof. Dr. Gundula Zoch
  • Master
1.07.112 Comparative Politics: Populism, Democracy and Political Representation Thursday: 14:00 - 16:00, weekly (from 17/10/24), Location: A14 0-030, A01 0-008
Description:
There is hardly any actor that has been under such intense public observation as populist parties. This is, of course, due to the ever-rising success of these actors in many political systems. The aim of this course is to shed light on populism, the success of populist parties and their impact on political systems and democracy. First, we start by exploring important concepts related to populism and their ideologies. Second, we then focus on populist parties and their voters. Lastly, we proceed by examining the impact of populism in government, parliaments, and on democracy. We conclude the course by highlighting the relationship between populism and political representation. There is hardly any actor that has been under such intense public observation as populist parties. This is, of course, due to the ever-rising success of these actors in many political systems. The aim of this course is to shed light on populism, the success of populist parties and their impact on political systems and democracy. First, we start by exploring important concepts related to populism and their ideologies. Second, we then focus on populist parties and their voters. Lastly, we proceed by examining the impact of populism in government, parliaments, and on democracy. We conclude the course by highlighting the relationship between populism and political representation. 		Lecture 2 Dr. Christina-Marie Juen
  • Bachelor
  • Master
1.07.1121 Comparative Politics - The European Council as the ultimate decision maker between rising populism, challenged representation, and democratic deficit? Thursday: 08:00 - 10:00, weekly (from 17/10/24), Location: A06 0-009
Dates on Friday, 06.12.2024 14:00 - 20:00, Location: A13 0-006
Description:
Complementary to the class “Comparative Politics: Populism, Democracy and Political Representation” we will leave political parties “behind” and focus on heads of state or government as political actors and the ultimate decision makers in the European Union (?). We will get to know the European Council as one of the key institutions of the EU and place it in the institutional architecture. Further, we will approach politics in this special institution from theoretical and empirical paths, leading us to a European Council simulation game at the end of the year. Please note that participation in the simulation game is important for the success of the class! Complementary to the class “Comparative Politics: Populism, Democracy and Political Representation” we will leave political parties “behind” and focus on heads of state or government as political actors and the ultimate decision makers in the European Union (?). We will get to know the European Council as one of the key institutions of the EU and place it in the institutional architecture. Further, we will approach politics in this special institution from theoretical and empirical paths, leading us to a European Council simulation game at the end of the year. Please note that participation in the simulation game is important for the success of the class! 		Seminar 2 Darius Ribbe
  • Bachelor
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