A Qualitative Study of the Perceptions of Politics of the Sociology and Theology Students at the University of Zadar

U ovom se završnom radu iznose rezultati kvalitativnog istraživanja provedenog na uzorku od šest studenata/ica Sveučilišta u Zadru koji su pohađali preddiplomske kolegije Sociologija politike ili kolegij Teologija politike. Cilj istraživanja bio je dobiti uvid u percepcije politike studenata/ica koji/e su pohađali jedan od navedenih kolegija, istražiti motive i razloge upisa takvog kolegija te saznati kakva je percepcija o politici bila prije, a kakva nakon njihova pohađanja. Istraživanje je provedeno kvalitativnom metodologijom, i to polu-strukturiranim intervjuima. Iz rezultata se može dobiti uvid u mišljenja sugovornika/ca o tome kako je pohađanje kolegija Sociologija politike ili kolegij Teologija politike utjecao na njihovo shvaćanje politike, o tome što smatraju da ponajviše utječe na njihovu percepciju politike, na koji način vide ulogu medija u hrvatskom društvu, što misle o ulozi Crkve u politici, te kako opisuju današnje stanje u hrvatskoj politici. Iz istraživanja je vidljivo u kojim aspektima se sugovornici/ce koji su pohađali kolegij Teologija politike razlikuju, a u kojima slažu sa sugovornicama koje su pohađale kolegij Sociologija politike.This B.A. thesis presents the results of the qualitative research conducted on a sample of six students of the University of Zadar who attended the undergraduate courses Sociology of Politics and Theology of Politics. The aim of the research was to gain an insight into the perceptions of politics of the students who have attended one of these courses and explore the motives and the reasons for enrolling, as well as what changed after they took the courses. tics on the University of Zadar. The research was conducted by means of qualitative methods, more precisely by means of semi-structured interviews. The obtained results enable an insight into the interviewees’ views on how attending the course Sociology of Politics or Theology of Politics influenced their understanding of politics, how they see the role of the media in Croatian society, what they think about the role of the church in politics, and how they describe the present situation in Croatian politics. The research makes it possible to see in which aspects the interviewees who attended the course Theology of Politics differ, and in which they agree with the interviewees who attended the course Sociology of Politics