Sociology of Politics
Sociology of Youth
Faculty of Social Education, Department of Social Work and
Sociology
Lect. Gintautas Bužinskas
Instructor
Faculty of Social Education Department of Social Work and
Address
Sociology, room 223, e-mail: gintautas.buzinskas@leu.lt
English/Russian/Polish
Language of Instruction
---Required Prerequisites
Suggested Academic Cycle or Bachelor degree studies
Year of Studies
Spring
Semester
3
ECTS Credits
2
Contact Hours per Week
Compulsory
Compulsory/ Elective
Lecture, discussion, K. Ishikawa diagram, Students’ Delphi,
Methods of Teaching
expertise method, Case analysis, concept mapping,
Total examination mark (100% - 10 points): Active participation in
Form of Assessment
seminars – 10%, Research essay – 10%, (Group) project – 30%,
Examination – 50%.
Title of the Study Program
Title of the Module
Faculty, Department
Course Description
The course of Sociology of Youth introduces to youth sociology as a sub-discipline of sociology. It provides
with the knowledge about the possibilities of sociological analysis of youth as a social category. The course
emphasizes sociological prospects of the analysis of socialization in developing pre-service teachers’
abilities to explore processed incurred at school.
Main reading list
 Acus A., Kraniauskas L. Socialinio elgesio nukrypimų sociologija (Sociology of Social Behaviour
Deviations). Klaipėda, 2007
 Berns R. M. Vaiko socializacija (Socialization of a Child). Kaunas, 2009
 Matza D. Nusižengiamumo srovėje (Delinquency and Drift). Vilnius, 2004
 Grupės ir aplinkos (Groups and Environments). Kaunas, 2009 (No.1)
 National Programme on the Development of Youth Policy for 2011-2019 http://www3.lrs.lt
Supplementary reading list
 Clinard M. B, Meier R.F. Sociology of Deviant Behavior. Belmont (Calif.): Wadsworth/Thomson
Learning 2004.
 DJI Bulletin; DJI Impulse http://www.dji.de
 Dunn W. N. Viešosios politikos analizė. Vilnius, 2006
 Youth Strategy of European Union for 2009 http://www.europarl.europa.eu
 Europen Value Survey; http://www.europeanvaluesstudy.eu/
 Society and Lifestyles: towards Enhancing Social Harmonisation through Knowledge of Subcultural
Communities (SAL) Academic Reports. Kaunas, 2010 (No. 2)
 Jaunimas ir šiuolaikinis pasaulis: socialinių patirčių įžvalgos (Youth and Contemporary World:
Insights into Social Experiences). Vilnius, 2008
 Lithuanian Youth Council http://www.lijot.lt
 Pohl A., Stauber B. Walther A. Youth - Actor of Social Change. Tübingen : Institut für Regionale
Innovation und Sozialforschung 2007 http://www.pedocs.de/volltexte/2010/2802/
 Subscribed and tested data base: Oxford Journals Online
 Subscribed and tested data base: SocINDEX with Full Text
 World Values Survey http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/index_surveys