Course Schedule

Course Schedule

Veranstaltungen von Prof. Dr. Christian Welzel

Lehrveranstaltungen

Social Evolution, Cultural Change and Political Transformation (Seminar)

Termin:
wöchentlich | Donnerstag | 10:15 - 11:45 | 02.04.2024 - 05.07.2024 | C 12.102 Seminarraum

Inhalt: The seminar expands on the same theme’s introductory module from the preceding winter term. Your understanding of the key issues in the fields of political sociology and political culture will deepen by a selection of literature that opens up a wider transdisciplinary perspective on how societies persist in certain vicious or virtuous configurations. These societal configurations can be located on a three-dimensional continuum between (a) struggling and prospering economies, (b) authoritarian and emancipatory cultures and (c) autocratic and democratic states. Within this broader setting, a guiding question in a majority of our readings addresses the societal and cultural conditions that help explain why some countries sustain autocratic states, while others sustain democratic states. Our readings also lay out the forces driving the evolution of these configurations. Specifically, we will gain insights into the patterns by which a society’s prevalent existential conditions (1), dominant psychological orientations (2) and lasting political institutions (3) correspond with each other and which forces drive this correspondence into a vicious or virtuous overall configuration. The readings covering these issues intersect the disciplines of political science, sociology, psychology, anthropology, economics and even socio-biology. Upon completion of this course, you will have gained a profound comprehension of the fabric, functioning and dynamic of human societies writ large, in the political dimension and beyond.

Leuphana Bachelor - Major Politikwissenschaft (ab Studienbeginn WiSe 16/17) - Vertiefung: Politische Soziologie/ Politische Kultur: Politische Kultur

Autocracy-vs-Democracy: The Causes of Regime Change and Stability (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Christian Welzel

Termin:
wöchentlich | Donnerstag | 12:15 - 13:45 | 02.04.2024 - 05.07.2024 | C 14.204 Seminarraum

Inhalt: The course offers an in-depth exploration of the topics covered in the Introduction to Political Sociology and Political Culture course. It is important for sociology and political science students to understand the main current trends in research in political sociology. The focus of the course shifts from the study of basic concepts of political sociology and the history of theoretical approaches to contemporary theoretical and empirical research. As in the introductory course, the course focuses on individual political attitudes and behaviour, collective action, how individuals and groups manifest political behaviour and influence politics at different levels. Much of the course focuses on inequality, access to resources, resource allocation and redistribution, decision-making mechanisms, how the social environment, class structure and inequality influence the political agenda and the demand for a welfare state.

Leuphana Bachelor - Major Politikwissenschaft (ab Studienbeginn WiSe 16/17) - Vertiefung: Politische Soziologie/ Politische Kultur: Politische Soziologie

Politische Kultur und Wertewandel (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Christian Welzel

Termin:
wöchentlich | Donnerstag | 14:15 - 15:45 | 02.04.2024 - 05.07.2024 | C 12.107 Seminarraum

Inhalt: Das Seminar behandelt Werteorientierungen der Menschen als die zentrale Säule von Kultur. Das Hauptaugenmerk gilt dabei den verschiedenen Voraussetzungen für die Entwicklung von Wertevorstellungen, die demokratiezuträglich sind. Im Rahmen des Seminars werden Aspekte wie Bildung, Demographie, Familienstruktur und ihr Verhältnis zu Demokratie genauer beleuchtet. Die Student*innen stellen die Zusammenhänge zwischen den jeweiligen Themen und der Demokratieentwicklung einer Gesellschaft in Präsentationsleistungen vor und diskutieren diese dann in Bezug auf aktuelle Themen im Plenum.