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306338 (v.1) Social Work 521- The Global Environment



 

Area:

Department of Social Work and Social Policy

Contact Hours:

3.0

Credits:

25.0

Seminar:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Dimensions and consequences of globalisation, transformations in capital and labour, dominance of the market, diminishing role of the nation state, threat to welfarism, the role and impact of international organisations in the national social agenda. Changes in corporate governance and civil society in the Asia Pacific, implications of structural adjustment policies and international constraints in the national economy, the effect of economic policies in cultural and social fabric, ethnic polarisation and political instability, religious revival and fundamentalism, and civil alliances and people movements.


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