HS Dissertation Topics Proposal












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            The proposed topics of dissertations are presented in a general form. In individual disser

            these topics will be specified and transform into concrete form.

            - Theory of social change, its current forms and problems

            - Development and changes of modernization theory
            - Comparative analysis of modernization processes and their individual aspects
            - Contemporary capitalism, variants of its development and functioning

            - Comparative analysis of industrialism and post-industrialism
            - Historical development, forms and manifestations of rationality and rationalization

            - Comparative civilization analysis in terms of cultural and religious plurality
            - Genesis and development of civil society
            - Analysis of the processes of formation of the modern state and nation

            - Nationalism and its role in the creation of the state and nation
            - The formation of national identity, its components and role today and during the formati
            nation

            - Modern democracies and aspects of their development in terms of historical sociology
            - Totalitarianism, theory and concrete experience
            - Post-socialist transformation and its aspects

            - Forms and changes of social conflicts
            - Politics and power in historical-sociological point of view
            - Historical-sociological analysis of international relations

            - Globalization and the world system, development and perspectives
            - Historical comparative sociology of Europe
            - Arabian Spring and comparative historical sociology

            - Migration, refugees, diasporas and challenges for historical sociology
            - Culture and everyday life in historical-sociological perspective
            - Socio-historical development in the field of entertainment, sports and leisure

            - The question of the relationship between small and large histories
            - Issues of elites, leaders and great personalities in terms of historical sociology
            - Collective memory and historical consciousness