The course is divided into two parts. In the first part, students are introduced to the basic concepts and to the subject of the sociology science of (E.g. society, etc). A reference to the leaders and the followers of Sociology is conducted as well as the basic theoretical approaches are mentioned. In the second part is given the opportunity to the students to indulge in one of the disciplines of sociology which is called Sociology of Health (subject of study, theoretical approaches, social health inequalities). Subsequently, extensive reference is made in the recent field of Health Sociology which is called Sociology of the Body. The course is fulfilled by the students as soon as they work with the following concepts: The experience of chronic disease and the relationship between patient and physician.
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Social Philosophy
Grigoris Karafillis - Undergraduate -
(A-)
Department of Primary School Education, University of Ioannina
The course deals with the following study items
The concept and objectives of social philosophy
The role of the operator in the structure of society
The concepts of evolution and progress
Socialist conceptions of the organization of society
Authority and personality in history and modern societies
Social exclusion
Racism and Altruism
Moral tendency of society - Ethics and Religion
Technology and ethical dilemmas
Ethics and education in society
Language and Media
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Georgia Gouga - Undergraduate -
(A-)
Department of Social Work, TEI of Athens
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Helen Kontogianni - Undergraduate -
(A-)
Department of Social Work, TEI of Athens
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Upon successful completion of this course, the student will acquire knowledge and skills thus given the opportunity to:
1. Understand the role and importance of the use of Market Research.
2. Recognizes the methodology required for the construction of an appropriate questionnaire.
3. Configure the required questionnaire and conduct a comprehensive market research
4. Advances in the analysis and interpretation of research results.
5. Writes a correct reference to the method and the results of research.
6. Perform a literature search to a specific theme and orientation.
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Organizational Behavior
Panagiotis Serdaris - Undergraduate -
(A-)
Department of Business Administration ( Kozani ), TEI of Western Macedonia
The Organizational Behavior is multidimensional and dynamic evolving concept. The business size, the complexity of the problems, the complexity of human relations create new requirements, which are pushing for the investigation of the behavior of knowledge in the field of organizations. There is a need to solve more complex problems in modern business organization with systematized ideas and knowledge that can solve the various issues they face.
Organizational behavior is the most important piece for a modern company and organization as well as sets the guidelines and objectives to which it will move. In this course, students come into contact with the concept of organizational behavior and its importance for a business - organization.
Our interest will be focused on organizing the business process but also in prestige ways used by the company. Finally we mention in modern organizational behavior issues such as motivation, with the help of examples and case studies (case studies).
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During the seminar a theoretical and empirical approach of the multiple ways in which sociological inquiry can intrude the practical everyday life will be explored. Thus, the focus will be upon the inter-subjective meaning and the ways in which social subjects “perform” and “do” the routines of everyday day life common activities (eating, sleeping, loving, socializing, etc). This historically and socially intermediated meaning will be grounded upon its historical and cultural roots as a privileged field of qualitative applied social research. The needs and requirements of “a right here and now” social reality seem to demand a stock of knowledge that is connected to the grammar and syntax of certain social lifeworlds. These are interrelated to institutional, structural and situational aspects of both practical knowledge and scientific research, as a political and active project of understanding and interpreting social truth.
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The Maastricht Treaty stipulated that every person holding the nationality of a Member State is considered as a citizen of the Union. The establishment of European citizenship is intended to strengthen and promote the European identity by greater involvement of citizens in the integration process. Thanks to the development of the single market, citizens enjoy certain general rights in various areas such as free movement of goods and services, consumer protection and public health, equal opportunities and treatment, access to employment and social protection. Furthermore, the European Union citizenship includes provisions and special rights gathered in four categories:
• freedom of movement and residence within the Union,
• right to vote and stand in municipal elections in the Member State of residence,
• diplomatic and consular protection of any Member State in third countries, which is not represented by the Member State of which a citizen is a national,
• right of petition to the European Parliament and access to the Ombudsman.
Although the exercise of these rights is subject to certain restrictions laid down in the Treaties or in secondary legislation as in possession of European citizenship, the right of access to the Ombudsman and to petition the European Parliament applies to all natural and legal persons residing in the territory of EU Member States. Similarly, human rights apply to every person residing in the European Union.
The Amsterdam Treaty completes the list of the rights of Union citizens and clarifies the link between national citizenship and European citizenship.
Where no specific provisions on fundamental rights in the founding treaties, the European Court has progressively drawn up an effective system for safeguarding fundamental rights at Union level.
Two key elements facilitated the action of the Court:
- Article 220 (ex Article 164) of the Treaty establishing the European Community, which provides that the Court ensures respect for the law in the interpretation and application of the Treaty,
- The political dimension of Community integration which is based on a European social model that guarantees recognized by the Member States fundamental rights.
In view of fundamental rights, the drafters of the Treaty of Amsterdam officially confirmed respect for human rights. The new Treaty provides in particular:
- Amending Article 6 (ex Article F) of the Treaty on European Union in order to consolidate the principle of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms,
- Establish a procedure to be followed in case of breach by a Member State of the principles on which the Union is founded,
- Effectively combating discrimination not only those based on ethnicity, but also any form of discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation,
- The inclusion of new provisions on equality between men and women in the Treaty establishing the European Community,
- Enhanced protection of individuals with regard to the processing and disclosure of personal data,
- The incorporation in the Final Act the declarations for the abolition of the death penalty, respect for the status of churches and non-confessional organizations as well as the needs of people with disabilities.
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The purpose of the seminar is to study the attitude towards the European Integration of the different political and ideological trends. This will help students and students to better understand the political and ideological conflicts which accompanied and accompany the path towards a united Europe. Moreover, they will allow them to move towards the European Integration as a complex and necessarily controversial social and political process.
The process of European Integration has never been a single, linear process. The different political currents and ideologies that developed in European space influenced the development of European integration, marked the major political conflicts that the penetrated, and in turn determined by the process of consolidation and the direction it took. Therefore, the joint study of major questions raised by the process of European Integration and the differing political ideologies and attitudes allows better studying and interpreting the path towards a united Europe. Because European unification has never been simply a case of technocrats, not only concerned transnational debates on issues such as the liberalization of markets. Entailed and conflicts around issues of social justice, solidarity, environmental protection, democratic functioning and legitimacy.
In particular through the seminar will examine questions such as:
The study of European integration as a complex and contradictory process that formed under the influence of different political currents and ideologies.
The study of the different political and ideological currents that influenced European politics after the Second World War: Christian Democracy, Social Democracy, Liberalism, Conservatism, Communism.
The different political and ideological positions on the process of European integration: federalism, democratic federalism, social Europe, Euroscepticism of the right and left.
The study of how the different political and ideological trends affecting the integration process and simultaneously affected by it.
This approach conflicts around the democratic constitution of the EEC and the EU, the "democratic deficit" in the form of solidarity, the priority of social cohesion, the extent of redistribution.
The study of European integration as an open political project.
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