《社会学》教学大纲

　　（Sociology，N113105000）

　　一、前言

　　1、课程概述

　　社会学是研究社会与人的良性运行和协调发展的科学。社会学作为一门综合性、实践性很强的学科，在制订正确的社会政策，维护社会稳定和繁荣、科学地解决社会问题等方面提供社会学的独特视角。本课程主要介绍社会学的基础知识、基本研究方法。

　　2、课程性质

　　社会学是劳动与社会保障专业专业必修课（双语课）。

　　3、学分与学时

　　本课程3学分，48学时。

　　4、教学目的与要求

　　社会学作为劳动与社会保障专业必修课，旨在教授学生关于社会学入门的基础知识、基础理论、基本技能，使学生掌握社会学的理论、方法和应用，提高学生分析问题、解决问题的能力，并能熟练地运用社会学的基本理论来为学习劳动与社会保障专业课打下良好社会理论的基础。本课程采用英文原版教材，使用英文授课和进行课堂讨论，旨在帮助学生原汁原味地了解这门发端自西方的年轻学科，避免译文在文法、措辞，以及社会背景等方面对原文的扭曲和误解。要求学生能够用英语语境理解、记忆、乃至基本表达所学内容。在此基础上对照汉语相关译文和中文背景的著述，达成比较文化的理解。

　　5、使用对象

　　劳动与社会保障专业本科生

　　6、先修课程要求

　　大学英语

　　二、讲授提纲

　　Chapter 1:What is Sociology?

　　n Chapter Summery:Sociology is a subject of enormous scale and scope. The use of the sociological imagination enables us to move beyond the assumption that our own experiences are the whole story about social life. For example, this chapter points to five ways in which coffee drinking can be viewed afresh if we ‘think ourselves away’ from the ‘immediacy of personal circumstances’.

　　n Teaching Goal:Comprehension and communication in English of the contents.

　　n Teaching Method:In-class lectures and discussions.

　　n Contents:

　　1. The sociological imagination

　　2. The development of sociological thinking

　　3. Why study sociology

　　n Focus In:Thinking like a sociologist; The founders of sociology

　　n Difficulties:Understanding of terms in English

　　n Reflection Questions:

　　1. Why do you find it difficult to ‘think ourselves away’ from everyday life?

　　2. What did Durkheim mean by ‘social facts’?

　　3. Is sociology actually any use? If so, what for?

　　Chapter2:Theories and Perspectives in Sociology

　　n Chapter Summery:As researchers, we need to consider the types of question we want to answer. Factual questions give us information about what, who and how. The next step is to ask ‘How usual is this?’ – in other words to ask comparative questions about the situation in other countries or in different types of society. Another comparison is the one undertaken over time rather than across space and such an approach involves developmental questions. Empirical and theoretical questions both have their place in sociology.

　　n Teaching Goal:Comprehension and communication in English of the contents.

　　n Teaching Method:In-class lectures and discussions.

　　n Contents:

　　1. Towards sociology

　　2. Establishing sociology

　　3. Theoretical dilemmas

　　4. The transformation of societies – and sociology

　　5. Conclusion: out with the old, in with the new?

　　n Focus In:The power and promise of sociological theory

　　n Difficulties:Symbolic interactionism, phenomenology and ethnomethodology

　　n Reflection Questions:

　　1. Would sociology be better off altogether without theory?

　　2. Is there a relationship between theoretical approaches and research methods?

　　3. Could there be a society independent of ‘discourse’?

　　4. In what ways is the world a ‘riskier’ place to live than it was a hundred years ago?

　　5. Does increased ’social reflexivity’ entail greater freedom or greater responsibility?

　　Chapter3:Health, Illness and Disability

　　n Chapter Summery:Theoretical thinking in sociology is needed if we are to explain and understand social life, and theories are linked to society’s main problems. Understanding the field of sociological theory today is more complex than in the past because society’s central problems are changing and sociologists have been forced to develop new theories as a result. Students therefore need to grasp both classical and contemporary theories.

　　n Teaching Goal:Comprehension and communication in English of the contents.

　　n Teaching Method:In-class lectures and discussions.

　　n Contents:

　　1. The sociology of the body

　　2. The sociology of health and illness

　　3. The social basis of health

　　4. The sociology of disability

　　n Focus In:Sociology of the body, health inequalities

　　n Difficulties:Sociology of the body, anorexia, social model of disability

　　n Reflection Questions:

　　1. Should health be the responsibility of the individual or of society as a whole?

　　2. How could access to healthcare for disadvantaged groups be improved?

　　3. What does it mean to say that medical treatment is a social technology?

　　4. Is the language we use to talk about disability really important?

　　5. Should people with facial disfigurement undergo surgery to ‘fit in’ more easily?

　　Chapter4:Poverty, Social Exclusion and Welfare

　　n Chapter Summery:The scale of the contrast between the contemporary world and earlier societies is summed up by the relatively recent human population expansion, transformations unleashed by modern technologies and, latterly, by globalization.

　　n Teaching Goal:Comprehension and communication in English of the contents.

　　n Teaching Method:In-class lectures and discussions.

　　n Contents:

　　1. Poverty

　　2. Social exclusion

　　3. The welfare state

　　4. Poverty and welfare in a changing world

　　n Focus In:Absolute poverty, relative poverty, poverty line, dependency culture, social segregation and social exclusion, welfare states, means-tested benefits

　　n Difficulties:means-tested benefits

　　n Reflection Questions:

　　1. At what level would you consider someone ‘poor’ or indeed ‘rich’?

　　2. Do you think ‘welfare dependency’ explains the persistence of poverty?

　　3. What are the main features by which one can define an underclass?

　　4. What is the point of a general system of social insurance when not everyone is at equal risk?

　　5. Why do many people oppose ‘means-testing? Isn’t it fair that the most needy should get the most help?

　　Chapter 5:Work and Economic Life

　　n Chapter Summery:The environment qualifies as a sociological issue by virtue of the fact that (a) natural disasters affect people in unequal ways – poor individuals and poor countries are more vulnerable – and (b) many environmental threats are in part the result of human behavior and sociology makes sense of that human behaviour.

　　n Teaching Goal:Comprehension and communication in English of the contents.

　　n Teaching Method:In-class lectures and discussions.

　　n Contents:

　　1. What is work?

　　2. Transforming the social organization of work

　　3. The changing nature of work and working

　　4. Job insecurity, unemployment and the social significance of work

　　5. Conclusion: the ‘corrosion of character’?

　　n Focus In:Informal economy, work vs. occupation, division of labor, mass production, Taylorism, Fordism

　　n Difficulties:What counts as work? Career trajctories

　　n Reflection Questions:

　　1. What counts as work?

　　2. Could modern societies operate without a division of labor?

　　3. What are managers for?

　　4. It is often said that women face a ‘glass ceiling’ in their careers. What does this expression mean and how true would you day it is?

　　5. For whom is ‘flexible’ work flexible?

　　6. To what extent does a career represent a ‘project of the self’?

　　三、学时分配表（包括讲课、实验、参观、看录像和自学等学时分配）

　　1

　　Chapter 1: What is Sociology?

　　9

　　9

　　2

　　Chapter 2: Theories and Perspectives in Sociology

　　9

　　9

　　3

　　Chapter 3: Health, Illness and Disability

　　9

　　9

　　4

　　Chapter 4: Poverty, Social Exclusion and Welfare

　　9

　　9

　　5

　　Chapter 5: Work and Economic Life

　　9

　　9

　　考试

　　3

　　3

　　合计

　　45

　　3

　　48

　　四、选定教材

　　《社会学（第6版）》(英文版)，英文书名：Sociology 6thEdition安东尼?吉登斯 (Anthony Giddens)，北京大学出版社，2010年1月第1版。（宋体五号）

　　五、参考书目及教学参考资料

　　1. David Popenoe,Sociology,Eleventh Edition

　　2. Anthony Giddens, Philip W. Sutton，Sociology，Polity Press，2013年3月第七版

　　3. 阎明，《社会学在中国》，清华大学出版社，2004

　　4. 郑杭生、刘少杰，《马克思主义社会学史》，高等教育出版社，2006

　　5. 郑杭生，《转型中的中国社会和中国社会的转型》，首都师范大学出版社，1996

　　6. （德）韦伯，《新教伦理与资本主义精神》，四川人民出版社，1986

　　大纲执笔人：杨东东

　　大纲审定人：白凤峥

　　开课学院、部门(单位)：公共管理学院