ASOB16013U Knowledge, Organization and Politics
Mandatory course at 4th semester at BA Sociology.
The objective of the course is to examine how knowledge and political power are connected in processes that take place both internally in and between different types of organisations and sectors. The course covers formal and informal forms of politics in both private and public organisations and at all levels.
The course introduces selected theories and empirical studies rooted in three branches of sociology: organisational sociology, sociology of knowledge and political sociology. The course focuses in particular at the thematic, analytical and empirical overlaps between the three branches and interrogates a number of concepts and phenomena at this intersection such as rationality, power, legitimacy, consensus, conflict, bureaucracy and democracy.
The course provides the student with insight into fundamental sociological concepts and theories, making him or her able to investigate how knowledge, organisation and politics mutually affect each other.
Knowledge:
The student acquires knowledge of a number of core concepts in sociology addressing the interaction between knowledge, organisation and politics. Upon completing the course, students must be able to:
- Account precisely for selected concepts and approaches in the course literature, their central assumptions and their implications for how knowledge, organisation and/or politics can be analysed
- Compare selected concepts and approaches from the course literature and give an account of their similarities and differences as well as their respective analytical strengths and challenges.
Skills:
Upon completing the course, students must be able to conduct analyses at the intersection between knowledge, organisation and politics in an independent fashion. More specifically, the students must be able to:
- Produced qualified analytical observations and analyses of specific social phenomena at the intersection of knowledge, organization and politics
- Assess the applications of different sociological concepts and approaches in relation to selected social phenomena
Competences:
Upon completing the course the student must have acquired the necessary knowledge and skills to conduct independent work on the course topics, including the ability to:
- Independently acquire knowledge of the central sociological concepts and approaches in the field, including acquisition and assessment of relevant literature
- Turn central concepts and approaches into concrete analyses of both quantitative and qualitative nature, which address the interaction between organization, knowledge and politics.
- Report on such analyses in a precise and concise manner
Students should acquire:
Benedikte Brincker (ed), Introduction to Political Sociology, Hans Reitzel. (2013)
The textbook will be supplemented by a collection of articles, which all are available online via the University library (i.e. must be downloaded via a UCPH ip address from campus or via a vpn connection to the UCPH network).
A full reading list is available for course participants on Absalon
- Category
- Hours
- Course Preparation
- 100
- Exam Preparation
- 28
- Lectures
- 42
- Preparation
- 36
- Total
- 206
Peer feed-back will be organised several times during the semester. Detailed planning will follow.
Registration deadline for courses is June 1st for
Autumn semester and December 1st for Spring semester.
Registration deadline for Summer school is June 1st.
The ordinary period for registration for Summer courses is from
November 15th to December 1st.
If the course is full after this period, it will NOT be offered for
registration again, in the extra period for registration from May
15th to June 1st.
When registered you will be signed up for exam.
International exchange students must sign up by filling in an
application
form:
course registration.
Credit students: klik her
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- PortfolioIndividual or group (integrated exam).
A portfolio assignment is defined as a series of short assignments during the course that address one or more set questions and feedback is offered during the course.
All of the assignments are submitted together for assessment at the end of the course. The portfolio assignments must be no longer than 15 pages.
For group assignments, an extra 5 pages is added per additional student. Further details for this exam form can be found in the Curriculum and in the General Guide to Examinations at KUnet. Exams in this course only, i.e. not integrated, the maximum length is 10 pages. - Exam registration requirements
Sociology students must be enrolled under BSc Curriculum 2016 to take this exam.
Portfolio integrated with the course "Contemporary Strategies for Statistical Analysis" (Nyere statistiske analysestrategier)
NB! The exam will be in English- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- External censorship
- Exam period
Find more information on your study page at KUnet.
Exchange students and danish full degree guest students please see the homepage of Sociology; http://www.soc.ku.dk/english/education/exams/ and http://www.soc.ku.dk/uddannelser/meritstuderende/eksamen/
- Re-exam
Written assignment (integrated) with one or more questions,
Criteria for exam assesment
Please see the learning outcome
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- ASOB16013U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- BachelorBachelor choice
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Spring
- Schedule
- See timetable
- Course capacity
- Vejl. 100 personer
- Study board
- Department of Sociology, Study Council
Contracting department
- Department of Sociology
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Social Sciences
Course Coordinators
- Janus Hansen (jh@soc.ku.dk)
Lecturers
Cecelia Walsh-Russo, e-mail: cwr@soc.ku.dk