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Students acquire the ability to explain the structures and cultures of the Austrian society and to theoretically locate compared to other European societies in terms of relevant models of society. They are able to name the most important stages of their present development and understand to update their knowledge of literary and statistical sources.

Moreover, they know how to state historical genesis and cultural variability of social order. They are able to critically reflect gender coding in western intellectual and cultural history as well as in (social)scientific discourses of modern age and to autonomously evaluate political strategies of gender politics on a national, European and international level.

In this lecture, problems and perspectives of European integration are presented and discussed : Europeanization and supranationalizty, elite and institution, education and science, theories of society and internationally comparative sociology,  migration and gender crisis and dsintegration, European and gloal modernity, identity and the „other“ of Europe, memory studies in Europe. Thus, the lecture provides an introduction to basic texts of the sociology of European integration.

Lecture and tutorials

For grading, two text summaries and a positive assessment of the final written exam are required.

Bach, M., Hönig, B., hg., 2018. Europasoziologie. Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Studium. Baden-Baden: Nomos.

Bacher, J., Grausgruber A., Haller M., Höllinger F., Prandner D., Verwiebe R., hg. 2018. Sozialstruktur und Wertewandel in Österreich. Trends 1986–2016. Wiesbaden: Springer.

Further literature will be provided in the lecture

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