Sociology of Social Movements and Political Institutions

-Sociological definition and division of social movements, specificity of pre-political, modern (classical) and new social movements. Doctrine as constitutive element of movement.
- Social movements and doctrines in the 19th century: liberalism, conservatism, national movements, Marxism, anarchism, social democracy, feminist movement, Christian social movement.
- First World War and the social movement of working classes (reformed capitalism vs. communist revolution); doctrines until the break-up of WWII; liberalism, democracy, fascism, Nazism, Bolshevism, Stalinism, political Catholicism, popular front movements.
- Socio-political ideas of national liberation movements and anti-colonial revolution. Neoconservative political thought.
- Movements for democratization in European Stalinist states – breaking of political monism and transition (problems of pluralism, civil society and democracy).
- New social movements: student, neo-feminist, ecological, peace, anti-nuclear, youth alternative cultural movements etc. Communitarianism. Social movements and globalization.
Definition of basic concepts related to the state:
power, authority, control, bureaucracy, sovereignty, legitimacy, legality, democracy etc.
- Political power, social groups and individual; historical development of human rights regimes and freedoms; historical development of constitutionality and parliamentarism; emergence of modern state.
- Organizational image of the state. Forms of governance, political system, state authority and state regulations. Processes of decision-making; political parties and interest groups. Electoral systems. Civil society, rule of law and human rights.
- Citizen of the state in the 21st century: possibilities and responsibilities. Nation-state, integration, globalization.
- European Union (history of integrations; institutions and bodies). Policies of the EU. European model of society.
- Institutional solutions in constitutional system in Republic of Slovenia. Slovenia and the EU.
- Political culture.

Selected chapters from:
• Alatri, Paolo (1980): Oris zgodovine moderne politične misli. Ljubljana: Delavska enotnost. COBISS.SI-ID – 4741377
• Baradat, Leon P. (2012): Political Ideologies: Their Origins and Impact. Boston: Pearson Longman. COBISS.SI-ID – 45788258
• Della Porta, Donatella (2003): Temelji politične znanosti. Ljubljana: Založba Sophia. COBISS.SI-ID – 125297920
• Gentile, Emilio (2010): Fašizem. Zgodovina in interpretacije. Ljubljana: Založba Modrijan. COBISS.SI-ID – 252342784
• Hobsbawm, Eric (2000): Čas skrajnosti. Svetovna zgodovina 1914-1991. Ljubljana: ZPS. COBISS.SI-ID – 106693632
• Lešnik, Avgust (ur.) (1996): Kriza socialnih idej / The Crises of Social Ideas. Ljubljana: FF UL. COBISS.SI-ID – 57218048
• Dahrendorf, Ralf (ur.) (1992): Sodobni liberalizem (Zbornik). Ljubljana: Krt. COBISS.SI-ID – 32347136
• Thamer, Hans-Ulrich (2009): Nacionalsocializem. Ljubljana: Založba Modrijan. COBISS.SI-ID – 241604864
• Dahl, Robert (1997): Uvod v teorijo demokracije. Ljubljana: Krtina. COBISS.SI-ID – 71860480
• Heywood, Andrew (1997): Politics. Basingstoke ; London : Macmillan. COBISS.SI-ID – 17645405
• Lešnik, Avgust (2000): Od despotizma k demokraciji. Razvoj ustavnosti in parlamentarizma. Ljubljana: Založba Modrijan. COBISS.SI-ID – 107146240
• Lijphart, Arend (2012): Patterns of Democracy. Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries. London: Yale University Press. https://web.s.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=bd7d9134-4d8b…
• Siedentop, Larry (2003): Demokracija v Evropi. Ljubljana: Študentska založba. COBISS.SI-ID – 126403840

* Note: Literature of the seminar work will be provided at the beginning of each academic year