Holdet 2022 SAA/c - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2022/23 - 2024/25
Institution Rungsted Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Samfundsfag A
Lærer(e) Jeanna Kristina Alfsdotter, Simon Møllegaard Christensen
Hold 2022 SAA/c (1c SAA, 2c SAA, 3c SAA)
Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Identity in the post modern society
Titel 2 FF - Danish politics
Titel 3 Crime in the US
Titel 4 The Danish economy
Titel 5 The media, power and democracy
Titel 6 USA - democracy and polarization
Titel 7 The EU and the energy crisis
Titel 8 Gender inequality in the US
Titel 9 Dividing lines in Danish poltics
Titel 10 Power relations and war
Titel 11 Danish foreign policy
Titel 12 Africa and globalization
Titel 13 Challenges and possibilities in the post modern
Titel 14 The welfare state - how, why, for everyone?

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 Identity in the post modern society

Identity in the post modern society

Identity in the post modern society.

We look at de difference and development of the traditional, modern and post modern society.  Which factors make us the person we are today? We look at the importance of the primery and secondary socialisation. Positiv and negative social heritage. Norms and traditions, vs. "Anything goes".

Traditional soc.
Modern soc
Post modern soc
Socialization
Lifestyle
The Minerva model
Cultural code
Behaviour, attitudes, values
Decode - control
Attitudes
Values
Impressions - filter/ filtering mechanism - interpretation
Norms - formal/informal
Prejudices
Cultural blindness
Unconscious values
Socialisation
Primary, secondary, double socialisation
Sanctions - rewards and punishment→
Social control
Social deviants - negatively and positively
Status
Role - Goffman, front stage and back stage
Identity
Mead
• I = unsocialized infant
• Me = social self

Giddens
Aspects of modernity:
• Separation of time and space
• Social relations that are reconstructed across time and space.
• The reflective nature of modernity
• Abstract systems
• Detraditionalisation
• Identity formation
• Lifestyle
• Consumer style
• Trust
• Risk

Bourdieu
The three capitals:
• Economic capital
• Symbolic capital
• Cultural capital
• Habitus
• Field
• Lifestyle

Tönnis
• Gemeinschaft
• Gesellschaft

Honneth
Honneth points out that full recognition involves recognition at all three levels.                       
• Self-confidence    
• Self-respect    
• Self-esteem                         
Three spheres of recognition:
• The private sphere as we know it from family and friendships.
• The legal sphere.
• The sphere of solidarity covering cultural, political and work-related communities.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 13 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 2 FF - Danish politics

Flerfagligt forløb 1.

A collaboration with Danish about Danish politics. In social science we focus on the different ideologies and the Danish political parties and their main issues.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 2 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 3 Crime in the US

n this topic we will examine crime int he U.S. We will examine the reasons why someone becomes a criminal. We will look at different minorities in the US and their socioeconomic status compared to white people. We will also watch the documentary "13th" about the prison system in the US. In the end we will discuss if harder punishments will deter people from becoming criminals.

List of theory
Bourdieu
-Habitus
-Field
-Economic capital, social capital, cultural capital

Honneth – recognition
-Recognition in the private sphere
-The sphere of solidarity
-The legal sphere

Durkheim
Merton
Cohen
Functionalist theories
Interactionist theories – labelling
Conflict theories
Cultural code
Decode
Behaviour
Attitudes
Social perception - the cultural filter
Filter
Interpretation
Prejudices

Socialisation
Primary socialisation
Secondary socialisation
Double socialisation today

Cultural codes
Norms
Sanctions
Social deviant
Status and role
Role conflict

The welfare models:
• The Liberal/corporatist model
• The Social democratic/universal model
• The Conservative/residual model

Ideologies:
• Liberalism
• Socialism
• Conservatism
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 11 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 4 The Danish economy

Danish economy. We look at growth factors, factors of production, Okun's law, unemployment, equality - wealth, fiscal policy, monetary policy, the multiplier effect, inflation. We will look at a country in a crisis/boom and examen and discuss what can be done to controle/boost/cool down the economy. We will also talk about the welfare state and  discuss the challenges the Danish welfare state is facing.

Theory and vocabulary concerning economy

•The economic flow = det økonomiske kredsløb
•Supply/demand

•Fiscal policy - contractive/expansive
•Monetary policy - contractive/expansive
•Currency policy - devaluate/regulate
Income policy
Structural policy

•Fixed currency policy - the Euro. (fastkurspolitik over for euroen)

•Competition state
The welfare models
The challenges of the welfare state
Maslow's pyramid of needs
•Disposable income
•GDP
•Inflation
•Balance of payments

•Factors of growth
•Factors of production

•Transfer income
•Trade unit (fagforreninger)

•A deficit
•A surplus
•Foreign debt
•Public debt
•Demand-pull inflation" and "cost-push-inflation
•Cyclical fluctuations

The multiplier effect:
The consumption ratio (forbrugs kvote)
The savings ratio (opsparings kvote)
The import ratio( import kvote)
•The Acceleration effect


Different kinds of economies:
• Planned economy
• Market economy
• Mixed economy

•Participation effect: that a higher payment more people will offer their labour - depends on the difference between the income without being employed and the income at being employed.
  

•Deadweight loss = overall activity drops due to the tax - society has a prosperity loss.


•Ginni coefficient.
•Okun’s law
•The automatic stabilisers
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 23 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 5 The media, power and democracy

We will look into the role of the media and political communication. We will talk about the the media's importance and power in a democracy and what challenge the Danish democracy today.

Theory and keywords:  

Mediatisation: Simplifies, Concretises, Intensifies, Polarises, Personifies,
The five news criteria
Fake news
Social media
Spin doctors
Lobbyists
Jürgen Habermas: the democratic dialogue
Priming
Framing
The watchdog
The hunting dog
The herding dog,
The rescue dog

Democracy:
competitive democracy
participatory democracy
Hal Koch
Alf Ross
Representative democracy
Direct democracy
Political participation: a national and fellow citizen,

Power: Direct and indirect power

OBS: This topic can also be related with politics; voter and party behaviour, Molin's model etc.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 15 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 6 USA - democracy and polarization

We will look at democracy and polarization in the US in this topic. We will start with the new laws about arbortion and the storm of the capitol and see how these issues together with a rising poverty have weakened US democracy and strengthened polarization.

Theory topic "USA - democracy and polarization"
Polarization

Hofstede's onion model
• Symbols
• Heroes
• Rituals
• Values

McElroy's analysis of American beliefs
• Common cultural values - history based
• Immigration beliefs
• Frontier beliefs
• Religious and moral beliefs
• Social beliefs
• Political beliefs
• Beliefs on human nature beliefs
• Primary beliefs

Direct democracy
Representative democracy
Competitive democracy
Participatory democracy
Alf Ross
Hal Kock

Political participation
Empowerment
Authorisation
National
Fellow citizen
Anti-citizen
T. H. Marshall's concept of citizenship
Populism
Voter turnout
Party defectors
Trust
Political consumers
Everyday makers

Parliamentary system
Presidential system

Jürgen Habermas' democratic dialogue:
• Trustful communication
• Truth - we must talk about topics that we agree exist
• Rightness - we must openly present our standards and values
• Sincerity - we must mean what we say

• Digital bubbles
• Shit storms
• Echo chambers
• Fake news
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 19 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 7 The EU and the energy crisis

We will look into the current energy crisis in the EU and look at its background. We will examine Russian and American challenges for the EU's energy supply and climate policies.

Theory and key words
• High gas prices
• Geopolitics
• Inflation
• Interest rates
• Russian energy
• Subsidies
• Protectionism
• Interventionism
• Economic populism
• Globalization
• Biden's IRA (Inflation reduction act)
• Demographic problem
• Slowdown in economic growth
• Renewable energy sources
• New security reality
• CO2 emission per capita
• The Kuznets' environmental curve

• Externalities
• Negative externalities
• Positive Externalities
• Production externalities
• Consumption externalities

• Price elasticity
• Supply and demand
• Explain Engel's law.
• The EU: the Green Deal
• The UN
• Paris agreement
• The sustainable goals
• Competitiveness
• Structural competitiveness
• Institutional competitiveness
• Porters Diamond

• Organic economic theory
• A steady-state economy
• The Doughnut model - Kate Raworth


• EU institutions:
• The European Parliament (Brussels/Strasbourg/Luxembourg)
• The European Council (Brussels)
• The Council of the European Union (Brussels/Luxembourg)
• The European Commission (Brussels/Luxembourg/Representations across the EU)
• The Court of Justice of the European Union (Luxembourg)
• The European Central Bank (Frankfurt)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 12 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 8 Gender inequality in the US

SRO We will look into gender equality in the US and the topic will finish with your SRO. We will go in depth with four aspects of gener inequality in the US:
1. Abortion rights
2. Labor market representation
3. Women's representation in American politics.
We will use both qualitative and quantitative methods to examine the topic.


Simone Beauvoir (French philosopher, 1949)
-  Socialized
- Gender is a social construction
- Influence of women's and men's possibilities.

Gender as a social construction
- Creates an unequal power relation
- Unequal economic possibilities

Biological determinism
- A natural difference between the two sexes

The patriarchy
- Carole Pateman
- heterosexual relationship - important for the capitalistic production
- At home - the reproductive work is carried out by women - for free!
- A social system where women are subordinated men

Discursive gender
- Judith Butler
- The gender is culturally decided and it is the social accept that determines if it is correct or not
- Discourse
- Both the gender and the sex is socially constructed
- The gender process
Dividend actions challenge the norm - can change the discourse

The Intersectional perspective
- Kimberlee Crenshaw  and Patricia Hill Collins

The optional sex
- Henning Beck

Michael Kimmel

Hegemonic and marginalising masculinity

Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Climate discussion 03-01-2024
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 8 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 9 Dividing lines in Danish poltics

A topic about Danish politics with a focus on dividing lines within Danish Politics. We look at party behavior and vorter behavior and with issues the different parties fucus on. We will also look at redistribution policy and value based policy. We will also briefly look into the EU parliamentary election in the end of the topic.

Theory used:
Redistribution
Value based politics
Right wing - left wing
Parties, issues, ideologies
Party behavior
Voter behavior
Political landscape  
Statistical uncertainty
Median voter theory
Down's model
Vote maximization
Kaare Strøm's theory
Molin's model
Economic voting
Ego-tropic voting
Socio-tropic voting
Issue voting and class voting
Proximity model
Direction model
Issue-ownership
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Dividing lines in Danish politics 13-05-2024
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 7 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 10 Power relations and war

A topic in international politics. Focus on war, power and international relations. We look into the war in Ukraine, Israel - Palestine. We also look into terrorism, the war on terror and new vs. old wars and identity politics. We will also talk about the liberal world order and USA's role in international relations. The American election will also be connected to this topic.

Old and new wars
Civil war/interstate wars
Asymmetrical wars
Identity war
Insurgency
International law
Weak/strong state
Weak/strong power
Unipolarity, bipolarity, multipolarity
Human rights
Democracy
Realism
Liberalism
Sovereignty
Liberal democracies
The UN declaration of human rights
The new world order
Zones of turmoil
Why civil war - internal/external factors
Superpower
Hegemony
International law
Huntington
Fukuyama

Definition of terrorism
State terrorism
Asymmetrical warfare
Guerrilla warfare
New war vs. Old war
Insurrectionary terrorism
Loner or issue terrorism
Nationalist terrorism
Global terrorism
New terrorism /traditional terrorism

Power:
Hard power
Soft power
Capabilities of power
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
International politics part 1 15-09-2024
International politics part 2 23-09-2024
Rewrite the assignment 02-10-2024
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 23 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 11 Danish foreign policy

International politics with a focus on Danish foreign policy and the Arctic. We look at the development of Danish foreign policy for the past 50 years with a focus on today. We have examined the current governments view on Danish foreign policy together with the threats against Denmark. Terrorism, cyber crime, the environment,  Denmarks relation China and the US, and also to NATO, the EU. Trump wants to by Greenland - why?


• Danish foreign security policy:
Pragmatic and reactive → active internationalism
• Interstate conflicts = mellemstatslige konfligter
• Intergovernmental = mellem stater/regeringer
• Supranational authority = overstatslig
• The four cornerstones of Danish foreign policy during the Cold War:
1. Security policy = NATO
2. Economic cooperation = EU
3. Identity politics =Nordic Council
4. Value promotion = The UN (a platform for projecting Nordic and European interests and values on the global arena.
• The UN as a platform - The UN as an arena
• Geopolitical
• Sovereignty
• The Nordic Council
• Multidimensional security agenda
• Liberalism
• Realism
. Constructivism
• Danish euro-scepticism
• The four opt-outs
Different kinds of power
Indhold
Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
International politics 2 06-11-2024
Test Discussion IP 13-11-2024
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 10 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 12 Africa and globalization

Globalization with a special focus on Africa. Why do some countries stay poor and others develop into rich countries? We will look into the political, economic, and cultural development in some African countries together with thoughts and theories of globalization. Developing theories. International organizations, UN, World Bank, IMF, NATO etc. Looking into different countries we will also work with the comparative method and case studies.  

Globalization theory:
- The sceptics
- The hyperglobalists
- The Transformationalists
- Realism/liberalism
- Economic theory:
Absolute/relative advantages
Balance of payment
Inflation
Factor endowment theory
Gravitation model
- Competitiveness
Structural competitiveness
Institutional competitiveness
Porter's diamond
- Factors of production
- Growth factors
- Bretton Woods system
- Market oriented theories
- Rostow - Modernization theory
- Neo-liberalism
- Dependency theory and World system theories
- Built on Marx' theory: Capitalism will create a world of countries controlled and manipulated by more powerful countries - just as the capitalists exploit the workers.
- World system theories - influenced by independence theory
- Immanuel Wallerstein - The world system theory
- State oriented theories
- Theories of power
Corruption
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Danish foreign policy part 1 02-12-2024
Danish foreign policy part 2 09-12-2024
Linear regression task rewrite 17-12-2024
Africa group project 28-01-2025
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 18 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 13 Challenges and possibilities in the post modern

We will through sociology look at the challenges and possibilities in the post modern society. We will try to explain why illnesses as stress and depression are rising, at the same time as we get richer and richer. We will talk about structures in society and all the opportunities and challenges we have in the western world today.

Anthony Giddens
Detraditionalization
Ontological uncertainty
Disembedding of social relations
Reflexivity
Individualisation

Ulrich Beck
Risks
Expert systems
Institutionalised individualisation

Ziehe
Cultural liberation
Formability
Subjectivity
Ontologising
Potentiation

Honneth - Recognition

Bourdieu
Capitals
Habitus
Field

Niklas Luhmann - Systems
Hartmut Rosa
Sennett
Pierre Bourdieu
Thomas Ziehe,
Zygmunt Baumann
Ferdinan Tönnis
Maffesoli,
Manuel Castells,
Max Weber
Jürgen Habermas

Kernestof:
- identitetsdannelse og socialisering samt social differentiering og kulturelle mønstre i forskellige lande, herunder Danmark
- samfundsforandringer og forholdet mellem aktør og struktur.
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
3c SAA skr. prøve 06-02-2025
Work on your own 05-03-2025
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 14 The welfare state - how, why, for everyone?

This topic is repetition and sum up of Danish economy, welfare state and economy.
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Challenges and possibilities in the post modern 29-04-2025
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 10 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer