Online Courses Handbook 2003

9840 (v.6) Sociology 311 - Social Change, Globalisation and Uneven Development

Area:	School of Social Sciences
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	50.0
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s):	7945 (v.6) Sociology 211 - Social Change, Globalisation and Uneven Development
Social change and uneven development. Theories of social change, modernisation, development and underdevelopment, dependency and imperialism. Nationalism, the nation state, and revolutionary change. Capitalist, socialist and mixed models of development. Social structure and development. Aid, finance and development. Agrarian change. Women, production and development. Famine, health and welfare. Culture, communications and development. Case studies, plus a major research paper.