Winners and Losers: Poverty and Welfare in Australia - ARTS3279
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
School: School of Humanities and Languages
Course Outline: School of Humanities & Languages
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: 48 UOC overall, including 6 UOC at level 1 and 6 UOC at level 2 in one of the following streams, Australian Studies or History
CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Subject Area: History
This course can also be studied in the following specialisation: Australian Studies
This course traces the complex ways in which Australian welfare, policy and philanthropy have evolved in a global context. It examines their intersections with the histories of gender, war, race, childhood, religion, medicine and volunteering. As well as analysing attempts to mitigate social inequality we consider how and why the image of egalitarianism has come to shape national identity. Topics covered include gender and philanthropy, the influence of eugenics and contagion on the social order, Indigenous humanitarianism, migrants and displacement and mutual obligation. Students will present a major project based on analysis of primary sources.