Policy and Social Theory - SRAP3000
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: SRAP2002 or SLSP2002
CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Subject Area: Social Research and Policy
This course introduces some the key social theories / theorists in the social sciences and illustrates how they can be used to obtain a better understanding of the impact of modernity, the workings of contemporary society and the development and implementation of policy. The first part of the course focuses on the three key classical social theorists, Karl Marx, Max Weber and Emile Durkheim, and the remainder of the course on modern social theory.
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