Courses Handbook 2010

312600 (v.1) Social Inequality: Possibilities for Change 212


Area: School of Social Sciences and Asian Languages
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Syllabus (HB) - C2010: This unit examines the changing patterns and structures of social inequality in Australia and the Asian Region. Key themes include: what is meant by social inequality; social inequality in modern and non-modern societies; the nature of inequality in contemporary capitalist societies; gender, ethnicity, race and class; the politics of inequality; poverty, economic development and social inequality; inequality, justice and the good society. The unit will have a comparative focus with case studies from Australia and selected Asian countries.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 090303 Anthropology
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Supplemental
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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