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SOCI1106-1

Sociology


Duration :45h Th
Credits/ECTS :
2nd year of a Bachelor's degree in law4,5
1st year of a Bachelor's degree in politicals sciences5
required preliminary complement to register in the "licence" in law
Holder(s) :Olgierd Kuty
Course contents : The course will focus on the definition of 2 main concepts of sociology: Interest and Value. The classical sociology and Machiavelli have created the concept of interest: the idea of a calculation, related to the idea of adaptation to a situation. The concept of value sends back to a community of strong and shared feelings. We shall present the analyses of Machiavelli, Montesquieu, de Tocqueville and Weber of this subject.

The contemporary sociology proposes the words of strategy and collective identity to encircle theses same ideas. Basis for the course: the book of Crozier dedicated to an analysis of the French administration: "the bureaucratic phenomenon".
Course objective : Understand a strong constituent reasoning about sociology: the link between the interests and the values through the study of some big works of sociology, from Machiavelli to Crozier.

This understanding will be tested with help of a comparison of the authors or approaches: it is thus important not to limit yourself to the systematic statement of an author, nor to a unique point of view, but to be able to compare, connect similar points of the course together.

N.B.: You shall be able to place the authors and the historic facts in a chronological order.
Prerequisites : none
Organization : Annual course

The private lessons are optional and are considered as a revision of the course and organised in questions/answers sessions.

To know when, where and about what the examination will be, please consult the notice board.

A special session of private lessons will be organized in July and August, 2006 before the 2nd session (for appointments or phone calls, please see the notice board at the end of June, 2006).
Written notes : O. Kuty, La négociation des valeurs, Editions De Boeck, 1997, pages 9-220, 349-350.
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Assessment : 1st session: written examination

2nd session: written examination followed by a picking-up oral exam (as a rough guide, the minimal quotation to participate to the oral is 7/20)

NB: the choice between a multiple choice questionnary or open questions will be made in March, 2006. An optional test corrected by the students can be organized during the course. The date will be chosen with the students (generally in December).
Contacts : Teaching assistant: Marie Muselle. Tel: 04 366 3091 Fax: 04/366 4751

Graduate assisant: chosen in September 2005




ULg : Students and Studies Administration - Academic Affairs
Contact : Monique Marcourt, direction A.E.E.
Date of data : 27/02/2006
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