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Theory of Civil Society

Course code

RAS6303.YK

old course code

RAS6303

Course title in Estonian

Kodanikeühiskonna teooria

Course title in English

Theory of Civil Society

ECTS credits

4.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To give an overview of the use of the term civil society in sociological, political and common social theory.

Brief description of the course

The connections between the term civil society and other similar concepts like social movements, democracy, political culture, lifeworld (German: Lebenswelt) and bourgeois public sphere are explained. Civil society as a theoretical and empirical term is under observation: classical and contemporary theoretics and current research fields related to the subject matter. For example the role of civil society in the democratization process of developing countries, the problems of post-socialist civil society and the relationship between civil society and contemporary welfare state.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has overview of the development, meaning and use of the term civil society in different fields.

Teacher

Peeter Vihma

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