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DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY

WINTER SEMESTER COURSES 2016-17

Required Courses A’ Semester (ΥΠΟ): ΕΙΣΚ100 Introduction to Sociology I

(Includes Lab)

Serdedakis N. / Lab

8 ECTS

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ΘΕΩΚ106

Social Theory I (Classical Theory) (Includes Lab)

Lavranu A./ Romanos B. / Lab

8 ECTS

The course is a first introduction to the founders of classical sociology, giving a special interest to the social theory of A. Compte, K. Marx, E. Durkheim and M. Weber. Its aim is to familiarize the students with the basic concepts, the theoretical tools and the basic lines of argumentation of the above mentioned theories. The lecture focuses on the central categories by means of which the classical theoretical models approach human societies (social change, social inequality, social cohesion), on problems concerning the grounding of sociology as a science (epistemology) and on problems concerning the thematization of social phenomena (methodology)

ΙΣΤΚ120 Social History

(Includes Lab)

Koubourlis I. / Lab

8 ECTS

Foreign Languages: ΑΓΓΚ010 English Level A’ Chavredaki E. 5 ECTS

The course examines basic sociological themes such as culture, socialization, social order, social organization, social stratification, marriage and the family, migration, crime and deviance, religion and society, etc. The textbook used in this course contains ten units. Each unit includes a text of sociological content, followed by a reading comprehension section, questions for discussion, vocabulary and grammar exercises, special terms and writing projects related to the topic examined in the unit.

ΙΤΑΚ010 Italian Level Α΄ Ν. Giannakodimou 5 ECTS

ΓΕΡΚ010 German Level A E.Pappa 5 ECTS

Required Courses C’ Semester (ΥΠΟ): ΘΕΩΚ108

Social Theory III (Modern theory) (Includes Lab)

Romanos V./ Mouzakitis A. / Lab

8 ECTS

This course presents a first but critical approach of the most basic currents of contemporary social theory. It thus seeks to offer an overview of modern thought in the field of social theory and in particular to introduce the students to the attempts of either synthesizing or overpassing the dualisms and dichotomic distinctions of classical social theory. It covers in particular, the following approaches and theorists: Parsons’ synthetic attempt, Saussure’s linguistics and Levi-Strauss’ structuralism, Giddens’ structuration theory, Bourdieu’s categories of habitus, social field and Capital, the relationship between Freudian psychoanalysis and social theory, the Frankfurt School’s critique of Modernity, Habermas’ theory of communicative action, Castoriadis’ culturalism, Foucault’s post-structural constructivism, Lyotard’s post-modernism. The tutorial works as a complementary course to the lectures, and it aims at working on the analysis of major texts of contemporary social thought.

ΠΟΚΚ149 Sociology of Culture

(Includes a tutorial) Zaimakis Ι./ Gounis K. Lab

8 ECTS

The course provides an intensive study in cultural and critical theory focusing on popular culture and the dynamic relationship between society and culture. It offers students’ essential grounding in the various approaches associated with the theoretical and practical exploration of culture in its contemporary and historical iterations.

Foreign Languages:

ΑΓΓΚ030 English Level C’ Chavredaki I. 5 ECTS

In this course, major figures of sociological thought are examined such as: Georg Hegel, Saint-Simon, Auguste Comte, Harriet Matrineau, Herbert Spencer, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber and Nicos Poulantzas. Each unit of the course book used in this level, contains a text of sociological content, followed by a reading comprehension section, questions for discussion, vocabulary and grammar exersises, special terms and writing projects related to the topic examined in the unit.

ΙΤΑΚ030 Italian Level C΄ Ν. Giannakodimou 5 ECTS

ΓΕΡΚ030 German Level C’ E.Pappa 5 ECTS

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Required Core Courses (ΥΕΚ):

ΕΠΙΚ251 Β+Δ Sociology of Communication Konstantinidou Ch. 5 ECTS

Τhe purpose of this course is to discuss the nature, origin and purpose of Communication and especially of Mass Communication through an interdisciplinary approach (sociological, anthropological, cultural and semiotic). Then the models of Communication are examined. Special emphasis is given to the difference between transmission models and constructionist theory. Then, the semiotic methods and techniques used in contemporary text and visual analysis are presented. Students are required to practice and learn the text analysis methods in order to understand the process of social construction of reality through the media.

ΙΔΕΚ247 Α+Δ Ideology and Culture Axeimastos M.

5 ECTS

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ΚΑΠΚ206 Β+Γ Social Inequalities and Social Exclusion Arapoglou V. 5 ECTS

Introduction to basic concepts and theoretical approaches to the study of inequality, exclusion and deprivation • Introduction to the debates about the importance of social class, gender, racial and ethnocultural divisions in modern societies • Introduction to methods for documenting inequalities and exclusion in important areas of everyday life. Lecturs cover two modules, one with theoretical and the other with empirical orientation and cover the following topics: A) Introduction to basic concepts of social inequality, poverty and exclusion: 1. Approaches to social stratification 2. Social classes in the Weberian and Marxist tradition 3. Socia class and culture 4. Class and Gender 5. Race , ethnicity and class 6. social exclusion , poverty, and the underclass B) Methods for documenting inequalities and exclusion, contemporary trends and examples from Greece and Europe 1. Economic inequalities and poverty 2. Multidimensional deprivation and exclusion 3. Social fragmentation and social polarization and inequality 4. Migration 5. The class experience of discrimination and marginalization 6. Inequalities austerity and crisis in Europe)

ΚΟΙΚ232 Α+Β Economic Sociology Koniordos S. 5 ECTS

The overall objective of the course is the systematic study of economic phenomena from the point of view of social realtions.

ΠΟΛΚ265 Β+Γ Social Policy and Welfare State Zambarloukou St. 5 ECTS

Required Elective Courses (ΥΕΠ):

ΑΓΡΚ290 Rural Sociology: Socioeconomic Transformations in Contemporary Rural Space

Petropoulou E. 5 ECTS

This course is intended as a comprehensive study of rural communities. It aims to familiarise students with issues of social transformation in rural Greece while focusing at the same time on definitions of 'rural' and 'rurality'as exemplified by the literature . It examines rural change from a sociological point of view and analyses processes, responses and experiences of rural restructuring in the Greek countryside. Case-study information is drawn from the Greek experience without excluding the study of non Greek rural societies for comparative purposes where applicable

ΑΝΑΚ277 Social Transformations Kanellopoulos K. 5 ECTS

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ΑΝΘΚ240 Special issues in Social Anthropology Spyros Th. 5 ECTS

The purpose of the course is to analyse the main theories and the major research topics in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Regarding the first, we analyse such theoretical trends as evolutionism, cultural diffusionism, historical particularism in relation to the “Culture and Personality” theory, functionalism and structural functionalism, structuralism, structural and cultural Marxism, and symbolic anthropology. As for the topics of anthropological research, we focus on kinship and family, politics and forms of power, economic organisation and modes of production, as well as religion and symbolic systems. Furthermore, we revisit “classical” anthropology under the light of recent anthropological theory and ethnographic practice

ΒΙΟΚ276 Industrial Sociology - Sociology of Work II Karakioylafi Ch. 5 ECTS

The course focuses in particular aspects of the sociology of work and is a continuation of BIOK275. The aim is to familiarize students with contemporary issues examined by sociologists of work

ΔΙΚΚ219 Sociology of Law Petousi V. 5 ECTS

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Study of the relationship between law, the legal system and the social organization of western-type societies with speical emphasis on Greece. Examination of the following: definition and functions of law, analysis and critical evaluation of basic legal principles (equality, autonomy, individual liberties etc) . Special emphasis will be placed upon the relationship between law and society and the relevant theoretical explanations. Issues associated with areas of law such as penal and family will be addressed in the context of sociology of law.

ΕΠΙΚ252 Public Discourse, Social Representations and Public Opinion

Skoulariki A. 5 ECTS

Discourse as a social practice whithin a specific historic and social context, expresses and reproduces social structures and power relations, defines and gives sense to social reality. This course will discuss the theory of discourse, with special emphasis on public discourse, as well as the concept of social representations. Moreover, a crucial factor in the production of consent and the political legitimation in modern democracies is the tool of quantitative opinion surveys. The course will focus on the concept of public opinion, the public and its different categories, as well as the epistemological and methodological approaches concerning opinion polls.

ΘΕΩΚ222 Special Issues in Social Theory Foufoulas D. 5 ECTS

Course contents / Syllabus: The French Revolution traced its marks in the social thought of the 19th century. One of its children - Henri Saint-Simon – is considered to be the “precursor” of different ideological or epistemological currents (socialism, elitism, positivism, marxism). No less important was his contribution to the making of the sociological tradition. In his view, social science had to be understood as a ‘‘systematic’’ attempt to respond ‘‘positively’’ to the issue of social emancipation raised by the revolutionaries. After his death in 1825, two possible standards of social change were established by his successors: the first (Auguste Comte, Emile Durkheim), invests on the need for social reforms capable of providing, through wide moral consensus, equality of opportunity while, the second (Karl Marx) opts for the abolishment of civil society’s foundations in order to establish political freedom and economic equality. Objectives of the course: Explore not only the common ground but also the differences of these two social change standards. Fundamental concepts of social theory will be widely discussed: religion, ideology, social classes, social bond, division of labor, education, family.

ΠΛΗΚ253 Sociology of the Information Society and Internet Sociology

Samatas M. 5 ECTS

Theoretical and emperical approaches of the Information Soviety , Introduction to Internet Sociology or cyber-sociology, Global , European and Greek Information Society.

ΠΟΛΚ266 Sociology of Privacy and Surveillance Samatas M. 5 ECTS

Socio-historical , theoretical and emperical approaches of Surveillance Society. The 9/11/2001 impact; Surveillance and dataprotection in the cyber space and telecom. Biometrics and biogenetics. Surveillance in various social places. Data protection and resistance. Surveillance in Greece, EU and other societies.

ΠΟΛΚ287 Sociology of Migration Kouki Hara 5 ECTS

- Introducing basic notions and different theories and theoretical approaches concerning migration while relating these with contemporary issues of populations' mobility. -Understanding the historicity and complicity of the phenomenon of migration as well as the mutliple reasons leading to people's displacement and mobility. -Familiarizing students with the conflicts and debates on migration and the refugee issue, migration policies, borders' control and flows of people, as well as the processes of migrants' integration - Understanding the diverse aspects of the phenomenon of migration in the case of Greece. Lectures cover three broad areas following the trajectory of the migrants while at the same time developing the core issues responding to the aims of the course. The concluding, fourth cluster concerns Greece:

1) Why people migrate? Introduction to the basic notions and theoretical approaches of the sociology of migration; gender and migration; short history of migration

2) Can people migrate? Nation and the 'other', majorities and minorities, managing and controlling migration; international, national and non-governmental organizations, european and state policies and border controls, smuggling and trafficking

3) What happens when people reach their destination? Policies and patterns of migrants' integration, public opinion, racism and solidarity

4) Greece: History of migration, policies and migrant communities, the 'refugee crisis'

Required Elective Seminars (ΥΕΣ):

ΑΓΡΚ394 ΝΕΟ

Β+Δ Special Issues in Rural Sociology: Agriculture, Food and the Environment- Development under the framework of Economy and Culture.

Petropoulou E. 7 ECTS

The main objective of this seminar is to familiarize students with the new developmental strategy of rural and food policy within a European -wide context. The seminar will examine the emergence of new forms of dynamism in agricultural commodity markets. Cultural changes, priorities and food preferences that occurred among specific social groups predominantly living in urban centers illustrates a general transition in rural economies from productivist to post-productivist food regimes.These new developments will be seen/examined as one significant contribution to the

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current transitions in rural Europe concerning the crisis of conventional intensive and productivist agriculture and the public consumer pressure for a larger of distinctive 'quality' food products. variety of It will also study the negative impacts of the current agri-food system pragmatism based on state and fiscal interests and private influences etc. It focuses on new trends imposed on the international agricultural food production domain by the markets and the demands of society for food safety, environmental protection and 'quality' consumption in the context of sustainable development. Syllabus: The seminar with the utilisation of basic sociological concepts describes the impasse of the dominant agri-food system and its implication on the social, economic and environmental sphere. It addresses the need for a radical reorientation of the agri-food system in order to establish environmental, energy, health and consumer safety needs, and social solidarity criteria for rural development. In addition, this need for reorientating agricultural production is reinforced by a strong cultural trend that dictates change of the conventional dietary system, directing at the same time the conscious consumer to less in quantity but 'quality' healthy food that is produced following environmental, energy and social sustainable production patterns. This alternative view of food production can be conceived as a realistic-alternative outlet for the agricultural sector, that combined with other uses of the rural space such as recreation, agrotourism, ecotourism, decentralized enterprise networks may be compatible with the emerging ethics of a new type of relation between human life and nature.

ΑΝΑΚ320 Β+Γ Special Topics in the Sociology of Development

Zambarloukou St. 7 ECTS

The seminar will focus on the theoretical discussion surrounding globalization and the different approaches to the subject by social theorists like Wallerstein, Giddens, Robertson etc. In addition we will examine the social and economic implications of globalization.

ΑΝΘΚ337 Β+Δ Ethnographic Films Gounis K. 7 ECTS

This seminar examines the history and role of ethnographic film in the formation of the anthropological tradition, with a critical view to the ambivalent role of cinema as modern mimetic art in processes of ownership and use of the "primitive" by the culture of modernity. By viewing and critically analyzing representative films, we trace the development of ethnographic film and the main ethno-filmographic approaches, from the "naive realism" of the first documentaries to contemporary attempts to criticize and undermine the traditional one-way relationship of the 'objective' observer with the observed. The general framework for discussion is to assess the specificity of the cinematic image, as opposed to the written word, as a means for the representation of the diversity of social and cultural experience, and the contribution of film language in the emergence of new, non-logocentric, forms of anthropological narrative.

ΕΡΓΚ375 ΝΕΟ

Β+Δ Special issues in sociology of work: sociological approaches of unemployment and work precariousness

Karakioulafi Ch. 7 ECTS

Aim is to familiarize students with basic sociological approaches of unemployment and employment precariousness. Early unemployment research (Lazarsfeld, Jahoda ....) - Diversified experiences of unemployment -Unemployed identity and forms of action - Unemployment and crisis - Sociological Considerations of labor precariousness and insecurity - Precarious workers and precariatο

ΘΕΩΚ317 Α The Weberian Thesis on the Protestant Ethic and the Contemporary Debate

Koniordos S. 7 ECTS

Sensitize students to a specific piece work by one of sociology’s founders. To acquire a taste for systematic and comparative social-scientific work. To explore issues having a contemporary importance. The purpose of the seminar is to delve in and analyze M. Weber’s Protestant Work Ethic (PE), and to consider some of the variable discussions that have taken place in relation to it. In his more general approach Weber attempts to analyze the uniqueness of western capitalism and to explain its “deviation” from the norm. He does so comparatively and in this way, by contrast, emerges the situation of stasis of the remaining non-western world. Some of the themes explored in the seminar are the discussion-dispute between Weber and Marx, critiques launches in relation to the PE, the various “roads” to modern capitalism and the role that locally available non-western substitutes of the PE may play.

ΘΕΩΚ324 Α+Β+Δ Systems Theories Mouzakitis A. 7 ECTS

To familiarize the students with the main currents of systems theory and with the writings of the major figures in this field, viz. Talcott Parsons and Niklas Luhmann. At the same time emphasis is placed on accounts that either insiperd or criticised systems theories, like those of Habermas and Giddens.

ΜΕΘΚ391 Α+Δ Theory and Analysis of Discourse Skoulariki A. 7 ECTS

The concept of discourse is used in a broad theoretical and research field in the social sciences. Discourse is understood, not as reflecting a given and “objective” reality, but as producing sense, articulating the social structures and relations. At the level of texts, discourse – consciously or not – defines the ideological and social identity of the author, expresses an argument and alludes to a frame of reference, thus suggesting a particular understanding of the issue. The seminar will present the different approaches to the concept of discourse and the methods of discourse analysis, both

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qualitative and quantitative. Examples of texts will be used and the students will have to prepare research papers.

ΜΕΘΚ397 Α+Β Special Topics in Social Demography Kalogeraki St. 7 ECTS

The main objective of the seminar is to provide the opportunity to the students that have already attended Social Demography I (DIMK268) to examine more thoroughly specific demographic themes (e.g., “Socio-economic inequalities in health, "Exploring migration flows”, "Unemployment", "Ferility in times of crisis" etc.). It is expected that students will learn how to use the appropriate demographic sources, interpret and present specilized demographic themes.

ΜΜΕΚ354 Β+Γ+Δ Special Topics in the Sociology of Mass Media Konstantinidou Ch. 7 ECTS

The purpose of the seminar is to increase knowledge and understanding of the importance of mass media in contemporary societies. Special emphasis is given to the historical analysis of the contribution of media in the creation of nations and modern subjectivity, the nature, origin and purpose of the social forces that guide the creation, distribution and exhibition of news, information, entertainment, education and advertising within medias systems, as well as the issue of media effects, media perception and social use of the media. to industrialized, or mass production process, through their internal structures, that is involved in creating and circulation the symbolic mass products. Moreover the course interrogates the current trends (concentration of ownership, digital convergence, blurring of media boundaries, interactivity, audience segmentation, globalization, diversification, etc.) Main Topics • Historical Development of Mass Media in Modern Societies • The Current Media Environment (organization, conglomerates, globalization, fragmentation, deregulation etc) • The Content of Mass Media • The Audiences of Mass Media • The Social Context.

ΠΟΛΚ324 Γ Political Parties and Social Action in Post-War Greece

Alexakis E. 7 ECTS

Within the contest of this seminar we focus on Greece after the restoration of democracy in 1974 and study political parties and their relationship to the state on the one hand and civil society on the other. To follow this seminar, students should be acquainted with political sociology issues, so they are expected to have already followed courses and/or seminars such as “Political Sociology”, “Sociology of Political Parties”, “Special Issues on Political Sociology” etc, and have at least scored C+. Students’ final grade is formed by 70% depending on their written essay (3.500 words ± 10%, on a subject of their choice), 10% on their presentation of their work in the class, 10% on their active participation in the presentation of other students’ work and 10% on their overall presence and performance in the seminar.

ΠΟΛΚ362 Β+Γ+Δ Social Policy: Issues of Integration Kouki Hara 7 ECTS

This seminar aims to familiarize students with the specific social policy processes on the ground (and from a comparative perspective) which may lead (or not) to the integration of vulnerable groups, focusing to a great extent on the case of migrant populations in the most recent years so as to dwell on the notions and theories taught during the course of Sociology of Migration. This seminar concerns social policy and more specifically policies of integration regarding vulnerable groups in Greece, as compared with other European countries, and how these access to and treat migrant communities in the country. Our focus is on issues of housing and ghettoization, health and mental health, labour and education, religious freedom, gender and local administration.

ΡΑΤΚ387 Β+Δ Racism: Psychosocial approaches Arapoglou B. 7 ECTS

Highhlight the intersections of sociological and psychoanalytic concerns about the formation of racism, trace the historical origins of colonialism and the emergence of racism, dicsuss the postlocolonial transformations of racism and how political ideologies shape new forms of racism, undestand how social conditions and political ideologies interact with psychological factors and uncoscious processes to consolidate and spread racism

ΠΤΥΚ 400 Senior Thesis (optional) 17 ECTS

ΠΡΑΚ 500 Internship 5 ECTS

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DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY SPRING SEMESTER COURSES 2016-17

Required Courses B’ Semester (ΥΠΟ):

ΘΕΩΚ107 Social Theory ΙΙ – (Classical Theory) (Includes a Lab)

Mouzakitis A./ Romanos V. Lab

8 ECTS

The course examines the central categories of Weberian Sociology (understanding, ideal type, causality) as well as Max Weber's typology of social action, Ferdinand Tönnies' dinstinction between 'community' and 'society', Georg Simmel's formalism, Georg Herbert Mead's theories of 'intersubjectivity', of 'interaction' and of 'the self', the idea of 'symbolic interaction' as developed by the Chicago School, Herbert Spencer's organic evolutionism, Wilfredo Pareto's idea of the social as an equilibrated system of violence, Talcott Parsons' theories of social action and of the social systems and Robert Merton's idea of social structure.

ΠΟΛΚ140 Introduction to Political Sociology (Includes Lab)

Samatas M./ Lab

8 ECTS

Objectives: Learning of basic concepts and theories of Political Sociology and the understanding of the political socialization process. Contents: Concepts, Theories and processes of Political Sociology. Aristotele, Machiavelli, Montesqieu. Sociology Of Marx. Gramsci. Sociology of Max Weber. Machiavelians. Pareto. Political socialization. Cyber -politics.

ΜΕΘΚ132

Methods and Techniques of Sociological Research IΙ: Quantitative Methods

(Includes Lab)

Kalogeraki St./ Papadaki M., Koumoundourou G. Lab

8 ECTS

The main rationale of the course is to introduce students το the basic principles of quantitative methods and techniques in social science research. Initially, we develop the main philosophical orientations and methodological assuptions underlining different methodological approaches with respect to the research of social reality and its phenomena. The lectures focus on the quantitaitve approach and the procedures required to conduct quantitative social research. These procedures include the choice of the research problem, conducting literature review, formulating research hypotheses, designing, constructing and pre-testing instruments, the data collection techniques as well as the probabilistic and non-probabilistic sampling methods. The course’s ultimate aim is students to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills in order to assess the merits and limitations of quantitative methods in the investigation of social reality and its phenomena. The lectures are combined with tutorials for learning SPSS statistical software. The content of the course includes issues associated with the ontological, epistemological and methodological characteristics of the quantitative paradigm. Moreover, it includes issues related to the design and implementation of quantitative social research. The specific section involves the main stages of conducting social research including theory/literature review, formulating research hypotheses, measurement (conceptualization, operationalization), questionnaire design (types of questions/scales), sampling procedures (non-probabilistic and probabilistic sampling , simple random sampling, systematic sampling, stratified sampling, multistage sampling in clusters sampled with probability proportional to size, non-proportional sampling and weighting), survey administrating methods (self-administrated questionnaires, interviews, telephone surveys, mail surveys, online surveys). The section also includes issues associated with presenting/writing the results as well as ethical considerations in social research (e.g. voluntary participation, protection of participants, anonymity, codes of professional conduct).

Foreign Languages:

ΑΓΓΚ020

English Level B΄ Chavredaki I. 5 ECTS

The course content is broadly divided into ten units relating to various sociological perspectives such as functionalism, neofunctionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, phenomenology, ethnomethodology, the dramaturgical perspective, post-modernism, feminist perspectives and the new right perspective. Each unit contains a text of sociological content, followed by a reading comprehension section, questions for discussion, vocabulary and grammar exercises, special terms and writing projects related to the topic examined in the unit.

ΙΤΑΚ020

Italian Level Β΄ Ν. Giannakodimou 5 ECTS

ΓΕΡΚ020 German Level B’ E.Pappa 5 ECTS

Required Courses C’ Semester (ΥΠΟ):

ΑΝΑΚ145

Theories of Social Change and Development

(Includes Lab)

Zamparloulkou S./ Lab

8 ECTS

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This course examines the main theoretical approaches to social change and development. First we will examine how classical sociological theories approach social change. Second, we will examine the main theories of development: modernization theory, dependency, world systems theory and regulation theory. Last we will focus and the restructuring of modern capitalist economies during the last decade with and emphasis on theories of post-industrial society, information society, post modernism etc.

ΜΕΘΚ131 Methods and Techniques of Sociological Research I: Qualitative Methods (Includes Lab)

Tsiolis G./ Lab

8 ECTS

Course contents: The epistemological foundation of qualitative research, Design issues, Selecting samples, Fieldwork strategies, Qualitative data collection methods, Principles and practices of qualitative analysis, Generalizing from qualitative research, Ethical issues in qualitative research.

ΑΣΤΚ273 Β+Δ Urban Sociology Arapoglou V. 5 ECTS

Objectives of the course: Αt the end of the course students should be able to a) disntiguish between key urban theories and shools, the historical context of their shaping and their theoretical sources, as well as their contibution in shaping the research objectives and methods of urban sociology, b) to know basic processes of urban development, why and how cities grow c) to detect key forms of social inequalities in cities related to residential segregation, social polarization and exclusions and the policies to address them. Contents/Syllabus: Lectures cover the following topics: Defintiion, object and methods of urban sociology, The European tradition: Weber, Simmel and Tonnies, Marx και Engels, The Chicago school and its critics, The legacy of Lefebvre and Foucault, New urban sociology, Structuration and the socio-spatial dialectic, postmodernism and contepmnorary debates, Cities and uneven development, regulation theory and urban regimes, Urban inequalities: stratification and housing, Segregation, place stratification, ghettoization, globalization: social polarization and exclusions, urban social movements.

ΕΚΠΚ248 Γ+Δ Sociology of Education Delikari P. 5 ECTS

Learning Objective: This course aims at familiarizing students with the basic concepts and theoretical and methodological assumptions of the Sociology of Education, that will allow them to acquire sociological reasoning and perspective on educational issues and educational subjects. To serve the purpose, it codifies the research questions of the Sociology of Education, in which different theoretical approaches provide different answers, in both the Greek-speaking and the international literature. Teaching methodology: In order to achieve the students` familiarisation with the above, the course is conducted in two parallel levels: a) systematic presentation and theoretical foundation of the different scientific approaches of the Sociology of Education by the lecturer b) in a workshop pedagogical logic, we reclaim the educative benefits of the experiential involvement of the students in the formation of the course. Namely, the students are separated in working groups and undertake a critical presentation of a module of the Sociology of Education, with all the indicative material of the included bibliography, thus actively contributing to the empirical foundation and the effective organization and implementation of the course The final evaluation, in the form of critical reflection, is an integral part of the above group presentations (oral and written) and can be combined with the writing a paper, if this provided by the Curriculum Department Learning resources The course material, in addition to bibliography, takes advantage of the media, cinematic, audiovisual and digital material,to use as learning resources, which presupposes the systematic conduct of the lesson in a classroom equipped with digital infrastructure.

ΘΕΩΚ204 Α+Γ Political Theory of Modernity Lavranu A. 5 ECTS

This lecture course is an introduction to the themes and the basic concepts of the political theory of modernity. The differentiation of a field of the social, namely, the field of "politics" (the state), as opposed to "society" or "economy," is the result of complex social and historical processes and

Foreign Languages:

ΑΓΓΚ040 English Level D΄ Chavredaki I. 5 ECTS

The course approaches different research methods and methodological issues such as: Methodology, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods, The Survey, Sampling Methods, The Interview, Observational Methods, The Experimental Method, Conversational Analysis, Content Analysis, The Case Study Method. Each unit of the course book, contains a text related to a sociological method, followed by a reading comprehension section, questions for discussion, vocabulary and grammar exercises, special terms and writing projects related to the topic examined in the unit.

ΙΤΑΚ040 Italian Level D΄ Ν. Giannakodimou 5 ECTS

ΓΕΡΚ040 German Level D’ E.Pappa 5 ECTS

Required Core Courses (ΥΕΚ):

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a constitutive characteristic of modernist societies. Consequently, the 'logic' of this differentiation can be understood only with reference to the 'logic' of that type of society called "modern society". Modern political theory constitutes, for this very reason, a particular type of theoretical understanding of modern society, but also a way of self-understanding of this society. The course will follow this problematic from the political theory of Thomas Hobbes up to the political theory of John Rawls.

ΘΡΗΚ285 Α+Δ Sociology of Religion Axeimastos M.

5 ECTS

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ΚΙΝΚ246 Α+Β+Γ Sociology of Collective Action and Social Movements

Serntedakis N.

5 ECTS

PURPOSE OF THE COURSE: The apprenticeship in the study of collective action and social movements, through the reconstruction of the main theoretical examples in this field of sociological research and theory production. CONTENT: This course aims to examine the main currents of thought in the academic field of social movements, collective action and collective behavior. Social movements are treated as multiple and multiform realities within which actors with different social characteristics coexist, actors that embrace different perceptions of the social world and thus adopt different ideological, social and political practices. The course approaches social movements as a form of political participation, distinct from political parties or trade unions, giving emphasis on the diffusion of social movements, especially after the explosion of protest in the 60s. The main objective of the course is to examine and analyze social movements in their correlation with the main structural transformations of late capitalism.

ΚΙΣΚ209 Β+Γ Historical Sociology Koubourlis I. 5 ECTS

The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with the works of modern sociologists who tried to reconcile social research with historical thinking. A) Methodological Issues Introduction to the methodology of historical sociology. Presentation of the main methodological issues raised by the works of the most important historical sociologists. The historical concerns of the founders of sociology (Comte, Marx, Durkheim, Weber). The anti-historical views of American functionalism and the soviet historical determinism The historical turn in the Anglo-Saxon sociology of the 60s. Β) Main contributions in historical sociology 1) Marc Bloch: The rise of social history 2) Karl Polanyi: The critic of economic determinism 3) S. N. Eisenstadt: The rejection of Parsonian evolutionism 4) Reinhard Bendix: The return of Weberian sociology 5) Perry Anderson: The return of Marxist evolutionism 6) E. P. Thompson: The critic of structural Marxism 7) Charles Tilly: The concept of collective action 8) Immanuel Wallerstein: The concept of capitalist world-system.

Required Elective Courses (ΥΕΠ):

ΑΘΛΚ214 Sociology of Athletic Zaimakis I. 5 ECTS

First, the historical and social dimensions of the construction of sociology of sport. Second, the sociological explanation of sport from a wide range of perspectives, such as marxism, functionalism, figurational approach, cultural studies, post-modernism, and Foucault's theory on sport and bio-power. Third, Views of sport fan cultur in late modernity: fandom, identities, contestations, and identities

ΑΝΑΚ275 The Third World and Development Petropoulou E. 5 ECTS

The objective of this course is to examine the question of why so many Third World Countries [or Economically Less Developed Countries] have so far failed to "develop" along the lines of the Western capitalist world. Sociological theories of Development will be employed to examine issues on colonialism, hunger, demographic problems, environmental and socio-economic deprivation, racism, gender inequalities and civil rights. Syllabus: Introduction to the Debates: From Modernsation to Dependency and Beyond, Colonialism and its Legacies, Empire and British Society, Obstacles to Development: Mythical and Real, Strategies for Industrialising, The End of the Third World and the Beginning of a New Working Class, World Migrants, Gender and Development: The Domestication of Women: Discrimination in Developing Societies, Human Rights and Development.

ΑΝΘΚ239 Violence and the Sacred: Anthropology of the Scapegoat

Gounis K. 5 ECTS

This lecture course offers an anthropological analysis of pre-modern sacred (or sacrificial) violence and scapegoating. It includes, first, an overview of the main historical and anthropological treatments of these topics, such as that of James Frazer inThe Golden Bough, and then examines more recent contributions, especially René Girard’s

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theory regarding the centrality of "mimetic violence" and "the mechanism of the scapegoat" as a generative principle of human society and culture. Finally, it attempts to interpret modern forms of victimization and “unsacred” violence directed against migrants, refugees, minority groups, or other "redundant" populations.

ΔΗΜΚ268 Social Demography I Kalogeraki St. 5 ECTS

The course introduces the main demographic procedures of mortality, fertility and migration and the way they interact with different socio-economic and political factors. In addition, part of the course is dedicated to population theories and demographic policies. Through the presentation and analysis of secondary demographic Greek and international data students are expected to learn to calculate and interpret demographic indicators. Furthermore, it is expected that they will be adequately equipped to explain the formation of demographic phenomena under the influence of specific socio-economic factors. Course Contents: Objectives of social demography- Sources and types of demographic data- Basic methods of demographic analysis- Main demographic procedures (sex ratio, ageing ratio, dependency ratio), population pyramids)- Fertility ( birth and fertility rates, theories of fertility, nuptiality and divortiality rates)- Mortality (mortality rates, life expectancy, morbidity, socio-economic inequalities in health)-Mobility (social and geographic mobility, different types of migration, migration theories, migration rates, world migration today)- Population theories (Malthus, Godwin & De Condorcet, Malthus, Marx & Engels, First and Second Demographic Transition)- Demographic policies (definitions and means of demographic policy, main trends of demographic policies in least and most developed countries)

ΕΘΝΚ296 Nationalism, Populism and Conspiracy Theories in Public Discourse

Skoulariki A. 5 ECTS

Nationalism, populism and conspiracy theories are concepts that, according to many analysts, contribute to the development of an irrational discourse in Europe in the last decades. The course aims at analysing these concepts, present their various types, and examine their points of convergence and their differenciations. The different approaches and interpretations of nationalism and populism as political ideologies will be presented, as well as their contemporary versions and the “common places” of their rhetoric. The tendancy for conspirational reading of political developments will be analysed, and its correlation with the nationalist and/or populist discourse. The use of these terms in the political debate will finally be discussed.

ΣΚΕΚ200 Epistemology of the Social Sciences

D. Mylonakis, A. Mouzakitis, M. Dafermos (Interdepartmental)

5 ECTS

This course introduces students to fundamental issues and debates in the field of Epistemology and methodology of the social sciences. The course aims at familiarizing the students with the subject-matter of epistemology, while highlighting the possible similarities and differences between the natural and the social sciences, as well as between the different branches of the social sciences themselves. Specific emphasis is placed on the presentation of the specific ways in which epistemological debates have taken shape in the disciplines of economics, sociology and psychology. Course Outline 1. Epistemology as a subject of scientific investigation. Fundamental Approaches to Epistemology. Epistemology/Ontology. Methodology, Method, Theory. Similarities and differences between the natural and the social sciences. Methodological Atomism Vs. Methodological Holism. 2. Epistemology and Economics a. The method of the ‘orthodox”, neo-classical Economics. b. Other Fundamental Approaches to methodology in Economics: Deduction-Induction-Popper-Instrumentalism-Operationalism-Marxian Method. c. Kuhn-Lakatos and the development of Economics. 3. Epistemology and Sociology a. The debate on Method and the Sociology of Knowledge (Mannheim- Merton) b. Phenomenology, Social Constructivism c. Critical Theory and Habermas (with references to the Linguistic Turn) 4. Epistemology and Psychology a. Psychology’s place and role in the system of the sciences. b. Fundamental Approaches to Psychology’s subject-matter and methodology c. The Epistemological background of the fundamental trends in the field of Psychology

ΠΟΚΚ267

Visual Culture and Social Inequalities Konstantinidou Ch.

5 ECTS

Visual studies are one of the interesting topics in social and cultural studies since the '90s. This course focuses on the ways that visual culture shapes public discourse about social inequality and social exclusion More specifically, it examines the theoretical issues of the role played by Visual Culture - photography, film, popular culture, mass media, advertising, and digital media – in the social construction of social relations of inequality (gender/sexual identities, racial and ethnic identity, social exclusion and poverty), and the performance of political power. The goal of this class is to develop techniques of critical analysis and interpretation of visual phenomena and to learn to understand the

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complex social, cultural and political power structures that govern them, connecting visual texts to social contexts.

ΠΟΛΚ221 Special Issues in Sociology of Culture Nikolakakis M. 5 ECTS

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ΠΟΛΚ264 Inequalities and Social Mobilizations in Europe (19th-20th c.)

Kouki Hara 5 ECTS

This course deals with the way social inequalities have been understood in the course of the 19th and 20th centuries in different European countries by social groups who mobilized collectively in order to dismantle these. This way, we examine the issue of inequality by bringing together two disciplinary approaches aiming at: - introducing students with conceptualizations of inequality and collective action - familiarizing students with the terms used in debates around inequalities of national identity social class, gender, race, ethnicity - examining social inequality and exclusion as dynamic and relational processes embedded in time and space - examining European history through the histories of social mobilizations against inequality Syllabus: After a brief lecture introducing core concepts dealing with inequality and collective action, lectures are organized in units including both an empirical and a theoretical perspective covering the following areas: - from pre modern to modern society: • From empires to the nation states: nations and people as collective subjects • Social inequality and labor strugges: social class • Social mobilizations forming the modern state - from modern to post modern society: • Gender issues • Race issues • Intersectionality of race, class, nation in contemporary cities - social mobilizations in Europe/ against Europe: anti colonization movements - non progressive collective action and inequality

ΣΥΝΚ278 Sociology of the Trade Union Movement Karakioylafi Ch. 5 ECTS

Acquaintance with a serie of topics related to trade unionism, such as trade unions role and functions,via sociological theories of trade unionism.

Contents: Sociological approaches of trade unionism (19th-20th centrury)

-The discussion about trade union decline

- The debate about trade union renewal

ΥΓΑΚ209 Sociology of Mental Health Tzanakis E. 5 ECTS

Highlighting the importance of the epistemological distinction between psychological, social and biological and social shaping of mental illness. Analysis of the institution of asylum and their replacement by a community type care systems. Analysis of policy implications of the new treatment guidelines

ΦΥΡΚ293 Sociology of Gender Zavos A. 5 ECTS

Course contents/Syllabus: In this introductory course, we will explore key theoretical, methodological and political debates in the sociology of gender from a feminist perspective. Since the 1970s, the study of gender is linked to the development of feminist thought, which, together with other major theoretical currents of late modernity, challenges and renews the field of sociology. The study of gender draws on and follows closely the different, and often antagonistic, political and ideological issues raised by second and third wave feminism. This trajectory has foregrounded women’s oppression, gendered relations of power and gendered subjectification as objects of analysis and struggle, tracing a path from liberal feminism in the early 20th century, to radical and marxist feminisms in the 1960s and 70s, to postmodern and postcolonial feminisms in the 1990s and beyond. We will discuss the main theoretical and methodological assumptions and debates connected to second and third wave feminism in three sections: first, we will explore conceptualisations of gender and analyses of gender inequality and oppression, as well as the issue of intersectionality. Next, we will look at key social institutions and policies linked to gender (in)equality in the welfare state, and, finally, we will consider the challenges and contributions of feminist thought to social science research and methodology.

Required Elective Seminars (ΥΕΣ):

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ΑΓΡΚ393 Β+Δ Rural society, development transformations, environment and new directions

Petropoulou E. 7 ECTS

Theoretical concepts on rural transformation, socio-demographic factors and structures of Greek rural society, socio-economic and environmental impacts of CAP, agriculture and environment. Specifically, issues of social exclusion of women and young small-scale farmers, poverty, farm succession, migration, rural landscape etc. are some of the issues to be analysed. These issues will be the basis for addressing new challenges and new human dynamics in rural society within a sustainable rural development context.

ΑΝΘΚ341 ΝΕΟ

Α+Δ Anthropology and Art: Primitivism and Modernism

Gounis K. 7 ECTS

The subject of this seminar is the meanings and uses of the “primitive” in Western society’s understandings and definitions of itself, with reference to the “discovery” of primitive art by modernism. The basic proposition that is examined concerns the ambiguous and problematic procedures of recognition (and ownership) of primitive art, originally from the pioneers of modernism at the beginning of the last century, along with contemporary practices of “museumization” and commercialization.

ΑΣΤΚ330 Β+Γ Special Topics in Urban Sociology Arapoglou B. 7 ECTS

Αt the end of the course students should be able to: a) tell how specific cities which have been examplary or paradigmatic urban theory in the US or Europe appear in classical texts of urban sociology b) dicuss in depth a concept like "diversity", "residential segregation" , "ghetto", "enclave" , "gated communities", "gentrification " and identify the specific forms it took in a paradigmatic city and how these differ in other parts of the world. In this seminar we study classical and breakthrough texts in urban sociology which have become key references in the study of urban inequalities. Emhaisis is given in comparison between North American and European cities

ΔΙΚΚ319 Β+Γ Special Issues in the Sociology of Law

Petousi V. 7 ECTS

Elaboration on the meaning of human and individual rights, application of relevant concepts in the sociological analysis of contemporary issues which relate to security and safety and the bio-medical developments. In the seminar we addres in depth and detail the historical development and the present situation of human and individual rights, the implications of certainty as to availability and applicability of rights, the consequences of insecurity to human and individual rights and the relation between human and individual rights to contemporary bio-technological and bio-medical developments.

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Β+Γ+Δ Special issues in sociology of industrial relations and trade-unionism

Karakioulafi Ch. 7 ECTS

The objective is to investigate a number of issues that are at the heart of industrial relations and trade union theories (early and modern) Course contents: Informal and organized forms of workers' resistance - Trade unions nd labor struggles - Trade union renewal

-Trade union action at super-national level - Industrial relations in times of economic crisis

ΘΕΩΚ309 Α+Δ Special Topics in Sociological Theory I

Serntedakis N. 7 ECTS

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ΘΕΩΚ311 Α Special Topics in Modern Social Theory I

Romanos V. 7 ECTS

The seminar’s aim is to introduce the students to the problematic and the critiques of Modernity. The course also questions whether the Enlightenment’s humanism remains still “an unfinished project” or it has been essentially completed to the extent that Western societies have already entered to a new era, the so-called “postmodern condition”. The lectures cover the following approaches: Kant’s idea of the Enlightenment, the Blumenberg–Löwith debate on Modernity, Marx’s critique of capitalist modernity, Weber’s critique of modernization prosesses, Lukács’ idea of “reification”, Adorno’s and Marcuse’s critique of instrumental reason and cultural industry, Habermas’ reconstruction of the Modernity project, Taylor’s notion of Modernity’s malaises, the Jameson–Baudrillard debate on postmodernism and the logic of late capitalism and the Habermas–Lyotard debate on the project of the Enlightenment and the postmodern condition.

ΘΕΩΚ327 Α+Δ Critical Theory Lavranu A. 7 ECTS

The seminar aims to explore the basic elements and characteristics that make up the theoretical copus of the "Frankfurt School". Emphasis will be given to the 'first-generation theorists' (Horkheimer, Adorno, Benjamin and others). The seminar is organized around the reading and commenting texts of different representative theorists of the "Critical Theory".

ΚΟΙΚ322 Α+Β Economic Sociology Koniordos S. 7 ECTS

This seminar aims at a systematic and in-depth study of several sociological theories and approaches that pertain to the economy and economic life. These approaches and theories may be alternative, oppositional or complementary to one another.

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Syllabus: Non-exchastive list (indicative) of seminar topics: Political economy and its critique: K. Marx. Economic action and rational organization in the Weberian sociology of capitalism. G. Zimmel and the sociology of capitalism ("Philosophy of Money"). The structural-functionalist theory about the economy of T Parsons (and the "Economy and Society" of T. Parsons and N. Smelser). Socioeconomic development and neo-Marxist theories. Theories for understanding peasantries (peasants and capitalism): Kautski, V. I. Lenin, Mao Zedong, Tsayianov. Social capital and some of its problems: P. Bourdieu, J. S. Coleman, R.Putnam, A. Portes and others. Interpretations of the market: K. Marx, K. Polanyi, Harrison White, and others. The state, the economy and society – contemporary approaches about the Greek socio-economic formation: N. Poulantzas, K. Tsoukalas, N. Mouzelis, K. Vergopoulos, and others. The “new economic sociology”: Social embeddedness of economic phenomena, social construction and social networks. The contributions of M. Granovetter, R. Swedberg, A. Portes, V. Zelizer, and others.

ΜΕΘΚ389 Α+Δ Methodological Approaches of Gender Research

Zavos A. 7 ECTS

Objectives of the course: Exploration and application of epistemological and methodological issues in feminist research and practice. Course contents/Syllabus: What does research on gender entail? What are some of the topics and methods used in feminist research? Feminist research has focused on the discourses, experiences and practices that constitute gendered difference, and has prioritised the study of “subjectivity”, “difference”, “embodiment”, “everyday life”, “sexuality”; issues which constituted a departure from mainstream sociological enquiry. At the same time, feminist research developed a strong critique of positivist, essentialist and masculinist social science, suggesting different epistemologies and methodologies for the study of gender and social relations of inequality and difference. Thus, feminist critiques of social science research have addressed key issues in the politics of knowledge production. In this seminar we will explore some of the theoretical and methodological tools of feminist research. We will discuss specific examples of feminist and gender research in Greece and prepare for applying feminist research principles in action.

ΜΕΘΚ396 Α+Β+Γ+Δ

Applied Social Research Koumoundourou G. 7 ECTS

The main objective of the seminar is to offer to the students the opportunity to participate to all stages (e.g., literature review, forming research hypotheses, designing questionnaire, sampling, data collection and analysis, interpretation of results, presenting and writting results) of a social research project. It is expected that students will acquire a thorough knowledge of the required processes invovlved in quantitative research projects acquiring valuable experience in the specific field.

ΠΟΚΚ355 Γ+Δ Sociology of the Internet Konstantinidou Ch. 7 ECTS

The purpose of the course is to increase knowledge and understanding of the importance of internet in the post-modern era and to examine this topic from a critical perspective. Special emphasis is given to the social, political ideological and cultural, dimensions of a series of transformations - as new forms of entertainment, new venues for political debate, and new models of online journalism, etc. Moreover the course will interrogate how the cultural landscape has changed in relation to media and information technologies, how it shapes our understanding of ourselves, our community, and our world, how broadcast media and traditional publishing are converging with networked computing, and what implications these changes may have for society, politics, and culture. It will focus on cases drawn from new, information-based media - online news, blogs, Wikipedia, YouTube, Facebook, social networking applications, video gaming, etc - but will examine them so as to understand the underlying relationship between media and society.

ΠΟΛΚ343 Α+Δ Special Topics in Culture and Ideology

Aheimastos M. 7 ECTS

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ΥΓΑΚ310 Β+Δ Special issues in Sociology of Body Tzanakis E. 7 ECTS

Enhancing the body as a field social surveys. Analysis of relations between medicine and the body. Understanding the polit ical dimension of the body and the importance of women's movement. Understanding the relationship formation and relationship of the subject's body.

ΠΤΥΚ401 Senior Thesis (optional) 17 ECTS

ΠΡΑΚ500 Internship 5 ECTS