Бакалавриат
2026/2027
Научно-исследовательский семинар "Гражданские и политические процессы" (2026/2027 учебный год)
Статус:
Курс по выбору (Социология и социальная информатика)
Кто читает:
Департамент социологии
Где читается:
Санкт-Петербургская школа социальных наук
Когда читается:
4-й курс, 1-3 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Гончаров Дмитрий Владимирович,
Мацкевич Мария Георгиевна,
Рябоконь Виталий Васильевич
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
30
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This seminar offers a cross-disciplinary perspective on political power, institutions, civic movements, and their socio-cultural context. It draws mainly from sociology, political science, and cultural studies and will be most useful to students interested in how modern societies are organized and negotiated through politics, and how this can be studied. Key to this seminar is reading and discussing original research papers. As a result, the students will expand their knowledge of the subject and their skills of critical reading, participating in discussions, and writing short text with their arguments based on previous reading. The seminar starts with a discussion of politics and historical legacy in post-communist states, proceeding to modern nationalism and the analysis of governance and institutions during social change.
Learning Objectives
- • The objectives of this seminar are to get the students acquainted with current research perspectives and techniques in political and civic processes and to train students' skills of academic speaking, reading, and writing.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- - to discuss current research perspectives and techniques in political and civic processes
- - to know the basics of academic reading and writing, academic culture, and the variety of non-academic research output formats
- to describe a variety of existing theories of civil society and collective action
- To explain how self-organization and collective actions are related to values
- To discuss public participation across cultures and in non-Western contexts
- to critically assess how emotions and resentment drive civil and political processes and shape the fabric of modern societies
- to discuss problems of human-AI interaction, with an emphasis on AI’s role in education
Course Contents
- Political behavior, narratives and values across political regimes
- Civil society in non-Western contexts
- Emotions and emotional cultures
- Emotions in politics and ressentiment
Assessment Elements
- Quiz10 minutes-quiz with 10 multiple-choice items. Each correct answer gives 1 point to the quiz mark.
- ExamA written exam paper should include a clear statement of the research problem, explanation of known research perspectives on the problem by using concepts and analytical tools from home reading, and the examples, comments and remarks of the student.
- Written assignment
- In-class Participation
Interim Assessment
- 2026/2027 2nd module0.5 * Written assignment + 0.5 * Quiz
- 2026/2027 3rd module0.5 * Exam + 0.5 * In-class Participation
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- 9781462525386 - Lisa Feldman Barrett, Michael Lewis, Jeannette M. Haviland-Jones - Handbook of Emotions, 4th еd. - 2018 - Guilford Perss - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1267129 - nlebk - 1267129
- Alena Ledeneva. (2003). Informal Practices in Changing Societies: Comparing Chinese Guanxi and Russian Blat. UCL SSEES Economics and Business Working Paper Series. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.p.see.wpaper.45
- Alena Ledeneva. (2018). The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality, Volume 2 : Understanding Social and Cultural Complexity. UCL Press.
- Andersen, T. S., & Törnquist Plewa, B. (2016). Disputed Memory : Emotions and Memory Politics in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. Berlin: De Gruyter. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1259582
- Flick, U. (2008). Designing Qualitative Research. London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=396461
- Flick, U., Scott, W., & Metzler, K. (2014). The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Data Analysis. London, [England]: SAGE Publications Ltd. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=799015
- Greco, M., & Stenner, P. (2013). Emotions : A Social Science Reader. Hoboken: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=658311
- Illouz, E. (2018). Emotions As Commodities : Capitalism, Consumption and Authenticity. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1606502
- Управляемое сердце : коммерциализация чувств, Хокшилд, А. Р., 2019
- Эффект летучей мыши : 10 уроков по современному мироустройству помимо черных лебедей, Закария, Ф., 2024
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Disputed memory : emotions and memory politics in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe / edited by Tea Sindbæk Andersen and Barbara Törnquist-Plewa. (2016). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.459207857
- Marlene Laruelle, & Johan Engvall. (2015). Kyrgyzstan Beyond “Democracy Island” and ’Failing State’ : Social and Political Changes in a Post-Soviet Society. Lexington Books.
- Plamper, J., & Tribe, K. (2015). The History of Emotions : An Introduction (Vol. First edition). Oxford, United Kingdom: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=929154
- Rob Boddice. (2017). The History of Emotions: Past, Present, Future. https://doi.org/10.7440/res62.2017.02
- Будущее свободы : нелиберальная демократия в США и за их пределами, Закария Ф., Иноземцев В.Л., 2004