Social and Political Theories
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Course code
RIP7500.YK
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Course title in Estonian
Ühiskonna ja poliitika teooria
Course title in English
Social and Political Theories
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 grasp the core of different social and political theories in view of the key problems of law, sociology and political science. To give skills of applying social and political theories for conceptualizing various research problems.
Brief description of the course
The problem of power, democracy, and justice. All these problems are considered in view of the ontological, epistemological and methodological premises informing or ensuing from various social and political theories.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- has intermediate level of understanding of the links between social and political theories, research problems stemming from them and the suitable research methodologies for addressing these problems.
Teacher
Peeter Selg
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