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Sociology of Youth

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:25:49
Study Course Information
Course Code:SUPK_029LQF level:Level 7
Credit Points:2.00ECTS:3.00
Branch of Science:Sociology; Social Politics and Organisation of Social WorkTarget Audience:Sociology
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Ritma Rungule
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:Faculty of Social Sciences
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Contacts:Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfatrsu[pnkts]lv
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)8Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures16
Classes (count)2Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes4
Total Contact Hours20
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Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Lectures2.00auditorium
2Lectures2.00auditorium
3Lectures2.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
4Lectures2.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
Assessment
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Final Examination (Full-Time):Exam
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Bibliography
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Required Reading
1Furlong, A., Cartmel, F. (2006) Young People and Social Change, McGraw: Open University Press, 199 pp.
2Furlong, A. Youth Studies:an Introduction. London; New York: Routledge, 2013.
3Gill, J. (2009) Youth, Cambridge:Polity,224 pp.
4Denstad, F. Youth Policy Manual: How to Develop a National Youth Strategy. Strasbourg: Council of Europe Publishing, 2009.
5Ruddock, A. Youth and Media. Sage Publications, 2013.
6Jaunatnes politika Latvijā: Eiropas Padomes komisijas secinājumi, veicot starptautisko izvērtējumu (2008) http://www.jaunatneslietas.lv/upload/jaunatnes_politika_lat…
7Rungule, R., Koroļeva, I., Trapenciere, I., Kārkliņa, I., Goldmanis, M., Mieriņa, I., Sniķere, S. u.c. (2009) Latvijas jaunatnes portrets: integrācija sabiedrībā un marginalizācijas riski, Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 362 lpp.
Additional Reading
1France, A. Understanding Youth in Late Modernity, Maidenhead: Open University Press.
2Müller, W., Gangl, M. (2003) Transitions from Education to Work in Europe:the Integration of Youth into EU Labour Markets. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 335 pp.
3Rungule, R., Sniķere, S., Koroļeva, I., Trapenciere, I., Kārkliņa, I. u.c. (2007) Bezdarba un sociālās atstumtības iemesli un ilgums. Rīga: LU FSI, BICEPS, Socioloģisko pētījumu institūts.
4Roche, J., (et al) (2004) Youthin Society: Contemporary Theory, Policy and Practice, London: Sage Publ: Open University, 263 pp.
5Youthof the XXI Century: Realities and Perspectives. (2004) New York;Geneva:United Nations, 314 pp. http://www.unece.org/operact/pubyouth.pdf