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

Area:	Department of Social Work and Social Policy
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0

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Seminar:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:	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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Field of Education:	90501 Social Work
Funding Cluster:	05 - Behavioural Science, Social Studies
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Not Online *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark
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