Globalisation and Fragmentation - SOCA2103

   
   
 
Contact: Tazreiter,Claudia
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 36 units of credit; Excluded: INST2200
 
 
Session Offered: See Class Timetable
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 

Description


Examines the effects of globalisation on peoples' lives in different parts of the world. Explores the impact of transnational flows of culture, goods, technology and power and their impact on local worlds. Explores concepts such as: globalised culture, identity, frontiers, diaspora, de-territorialisation, virtual communities, the commodification of health and bodies, the formation of global multicultural cities, globalised religion, the experience of war and destablised states, risk and vulnerability, new forms of sociality, human rights as a global discourse and social futures.