SOCIO-POLITICAL STUDIES Educational and methodical manual

The educational and methodical complex of discipline "Socio-political studies" is developed based on normative documents of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, programs of courses of leading educational establishments of pedagogical direction. The textbook includes an educational program, reference lecture notes, plan of seminars, themes of tests, glossary, etc. From the standpoint of modern methodological approaches, the textbook highlights the main issues of socio-political science, reveals the essence of political and social relations, the structure of the modern society, trends in social transformation, the content and functions of political institutions, and various factors of the political process. The study of the course contributes to the formation of the political culture of learners, their ability to analyze social reality, to navigate in modern political processes.