Global Citizens, Justice and Civil Society - ARTS2870
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
School: School of Social Sciences
Course Outline: School of Social Sciences
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: 30 units of credit at Level 1
CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
Available for General Education: Yes (more info)
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Description
Subject Area: Sociology and Anthropology
This course can also be studied in the following specialisations: Australian Studies, Development Studies, Globalisation Studies, Women's and Gender Studies
This course examines citizenship and forms of engagement in civil society from theoretical perspectives and through empirical case studies. Citizenship is explored as a tool for social exclusion; for setting policy; and as a model of political participation. Beginning with the concept of citizenship as establishing the boundary of a political community, the course characterizes new understandings of rights and obligations attached to citizenship; transnational, gendered, cosmopolitan. Students are introduced to the concept of civil society through historical case studies. The course explores the debates on the decline of civic participation and solidarity and the emergence of global civil society.