Content (Syllabus outline):

• The subject of contemporary political sociology.
• The main directions of political-sociological thought in modern political sociology.
• Methods of sociological study of political phenomena and processes.
• The specifics of the participation of macro-social groups in the contemporary political process.
• Sociological analysis of political actors in the contemporary political process.
• Socio-political identity in the modern world. Sociological analysis of the political-cultural field.
• The role of political communication in the contemporary political process.