Modiwl SXU-2002:
Contemporary Social and Political Debates

Ffeithiau’r Modiwl

Rhedir gan School of History, Law and Social Sciences

20.000 Credyd neu 10.000 Credyd ECTS

Semester 2

Trefnydd: Dr Corinna Patterson

Amcanion cyffredinol

There will be no set curriculum - rather this will emerge each time the module is taught depending on staff and student interests. The approach adopted will be to devote the first workshop to identifying themes and issues to be addressed, and to draw up the curriculum for that academic session in collaboration between staff and students. The workshop style of teaching and learning will allow emerging issues and contemporary debates to be addressed.

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There will be no set curriculum - rather this will emerge each time the module is taught depending on staff and student interests. The approach adopted will be to devote the first workshop to identifying themes and issues to be addressed, and to draw up the curriculum for that academic session in collaboration between staff and students. The workshop style of teaching and learning will allow emerging issues and contemporary debates to be addressed.

Possible topics to be covered:

• The refugee crisis • The reasons behind and the consequences of Brexit. • Should drugs be legalised? • Social control and the media • Thinking critically about criminology • Should there be a sociology of the environment? • Exploring disaster capitalism • Girls will be girls and boys will be boys – debunking the myth of gender. • Exploring the relationship between inequality and capitalism • Radicalisation, immigration, identity and racism. • Freedom of speech: universal rights and/or cultures of difference • Media representations of conflict and suffering • Thinking beyond the norm – the rationalization of ‘them’ and ‘us’ • Debating morality • Fake news • Brant Trump • Plastics fantastics and the Blue Planet Effect • Debating body shaming, prostitution and gender • The rise of far right ideology today. • Analysing the power of New Social Movements (#metoo, Black Lives Matter…)

Meini Prawf

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Describe some of the recent conceptual and empirical issues which are of concern to the social sciences, with some reference to one or more key themes; to present written work in a comprehensible way and with some accuracy; to show a basic ability to engage in social debates, both orally and in writing; to be able to summarise some of the arguments for and against a particular proposition.

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Explain with accuracy the conceptual and empirical issues that are of concern within the social sciences; evaluate relevant material and present arguments in a coherent way; communicate with fluency in both oral and written communication; to be able to summarise and evaluate some of the arguments for and against a particular proposition.

ardderchog

Examine and critically evaluate key themes within the social sciences, taking account of conflicting ideas; demonstrate insight in presenting relevant materials which draw on a wide range of academic and other sources; present arguments logically and coherently, both orally and in writing; show a good understanding of the social and political parameters of contemporary social debates.

Canlyniad dysgu

  1. Identify and appreciate some recently emerging debates and questions within the social sciences.

  2. Understand the emergent agendas within the social sciences with reference to appropriate case studies

  3. Appraise the types and uses of evidence or research methods used in the fields of study, with some knowledge of their limitations.

  4. Understand the value of comparative enquiry and analysis.

  5. Reflect on the learning process within the module.

Dulliau asesu

Math Enw Disgrifiad Pwysau
Reflective Diary 4,000 words (s2) 100.00

Strategaeth addysgu a dysgu

Oriau
Private study 176
Workshop

Weekly workshops of 2-hours duration

Teaching and Learning and Assessment: a. Students should have access to a range of resources, including texts, monographs and journals, both text and electronic; and computing resources including hardware, software and learning environments such as Blackboard (Benchmark 5.1). b. Students should have a flexible learning environment, both to accommodate students from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines, and to reflect the evolving and often contentious nature of social science disciplines (Benchmark 5.2.2). c. Students will be exposed to a variety of teaching and learning formats, including lectures, seminars and workshops, independent study and flexible learning via Blackboard (Benchmark 5.3.). d. Students will be encouraged to adopt active learning during lectures, and to develop skills in listening, note-taking and reflection (Benchmark 5.3.). e. Seminars and workshops will provide the opportunity for student-centred and interactive learning (Benchmark 5.3.). f. Assessment is designed to motivate learning, monitor student progress and provide feedback to students (Benchmark 5.5.)

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Sgiliau Trosglwyddadwy

  • Llythrennedd - Medrusrwydd mewn darllen ac ysgrifennu drwy amrywiaeth o gyfryngau
  • Rhifedd - Medrusrwydd wrth ddefnyddio rhifau ar lefelau priodol o gywirdeb
  • Defnyddio cyfrifiaduron - Medrusrwydd wrth ddefnyddio ystod o feddalwedd cyfrifiadurol
  • Hunanreolaeth - Gallu gweithio mewn ffordd effeithlon, prydlon a threfnus. Gallu edrych ar ganlyniadau tasgau a digwyddiadau, a barnu lefelau o ansawdd a phwysigrwydd
  • Archwilio - Gallu ymchwilio ac ystyried dewisiadau eraill
  • Adalw gwybodaeth - Gallu mynd at wahanol ac amrywiol ffynonellau gwybodaeth
  • Sgiliau Rhyngbersonol - Gallu gofyn cwestiynau, gwrando'n astud ar atebion a'u harchwilio
  • Dadansoddi Beirniadol & Datrys Problem - Gallu dadelfennu a dadansoddi problemau neu sefyllfaoedd cymhleth. Gallu canfod atebion i broblemau drwy ddadansoddiadau ac archwilio posibiliadau
  • Ymwybyddiaeth o ddiogelwch - Bod yn ymwybodol o'ch amgylchedd a hyder o ran cadw at reoliadau iechyd a diogelwch
  • Cyflwyniad - Gallu cyflwyno gwybodaeth ac esboniadau yn glir i gynulleidfa. Trwy gyfryngau ysgrifenedig neu ar lafar yn glir a hyderus.
  • Gwaith Tîm - Gallu cydweithio'n adeiladol ag eraill ar dasg gyffredin, ac/neu fod yn rhan o dîm gweithio o ddydd i ddydd
  • Mentora - Gallu cefnogi, helpu, arwain, ysbrydoli ac/neu hyfforddi eraill
  • Gofalu - Dangos consyrn am eraill; gofalu am blant, pobl ag anableddau ac/neu'r henoed
  • Rheloaeth - Gallu defnyddio, cydlynu a rheoli adnoddau (dynol, ffisegol ac/neu ariannol)
  • Dadl - Gallu cyflwyno, trafod a chyfiawnhau barn neu lwybr gweithredu, naill ai gydag unigolyn neu mewn grwˆp ehangach
  • Hunanymwybyddiaeth & Ystyried - Bod yn ymwybodol o'ch cryfderau, gwendidau, nodau ac amcanion eich hun. Gallu adolygu ,cloriannu a myfyrio'n rheolaidd ar eich perfformiad eich hun ac eraill.
  • Arweinyddiaeth - Gallu arwain a rheoli, datblygu cynlluniau gweithredu ac amcanion, cynnig arweiniad a chyfarwyddyd i eraill, ac ymdopi â'r pwysau sy'n gysylltiedig ag awdurdod o'r fath

Sgiliau pwnc penodol

  • Critically evaluate the mixed economy of welfare and the interrelationships between health and social care and between the agencies, practitioners and individuals involved in their provision;
  • Capacity to identify and describe the causes and consequences of social order and change in specific contexts.
  • Ability to formulate and investigate sociologically informed questions.
  • Appreciate a range of research designs and strategies and how they may be applied to sociological investigations.
  • Be able to recognize how social data and sociological knowledge apply to questions of public policy.
  • Use the theories and concepts of social policy and other social sciences to analyse policy problems and issues
  • Undertake either on their own, or in collaboration with others, investigations of social questions, issues and problems, using statistical and other data derived from research publications.
  • The ability to identify criminological problems, formulate questions and investigate them
  • Competence in using criminological theory and concepts to understand crime, victimisation, responses to crime and deviance; and representations of crime, victimisation, and responses to these, as presented in the traditional and new media and official reports
  • The ability to recognise a range of ethical problems associated with research and to take action in accordance with the guidelines of ethical practice developed by the British Society of Criminology and cognate professional bodies
  • the ability to formulate and investigate sociologically informed questions
  • competence in using major theoretical perspectives and concepts in sociology, and their application to social life
  • the capacity to analyse, assess and communicate empirical sociological information
  • the ability to conduct sociological research
  • the ability to undertake and present scholarly work
  • the ability to understand the ethical implications of sociological enquiry
  • the ability to recognise the relevance of sociological knowledge to social, public and civic policy.

Adnoddau

Goblygiadau o ran adnoddau ar gyfer myfyrwyr

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Rhestr ddarllen

Adnoddau / Rhestr Ddarllen / Resources/Reading List :

Bauman. Zygmunt (1995) Modernity and the Holocaust. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Bauman, Zigmunt (2002) Society Under Siege. Polity Press: Cambridge.

Bennett, W. Lance (2008) When the Press Failed: Political Power and the News Media from Iraq to Katrina. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Bourdieu, Pierre (1984) Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste. Harvard University Press

Chomsky, Noam (1991) Necessary Illusions. Cambridge: Pluto Press.

Chomsky, Noam (1999) Profit Over People: Neoliberalism and Global order. London: Seven Stories Press.

Christie, Nils (1994) Crime Control as Industry. London: Routledge.

Cohen, Stanley (1994) Visions of Social Control. Cambridge: Policy Press

Coleman, Janet (1995) Against the State: studies in sedition and rebellion. Middlesex: Penguine.

Curran, James and Seaton. James (2003) Power without responsibility: the press, broadcasting, and new media in Britain (6th edition). London: Routledge.

Fine Cornelia (2011) Delusions of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences. London: Icon Books. Giddens, Anthony (2007) Beyond Left and Right. Cambridge: Polity Press

Guidini El (1999) The Veil; Modesty, privacy and Resistance. London: Berg

Hall, Stuart (1978) Policing the Crisis: mugging, the state, and law and order. London : Macmillan

Harrison, Ross (1995) Democracy. London: Routledge,

Harvey, David (2008) ‘The Right to the City’, New Left Review

Heindenson, Frances (1999) Crime and Society. London: Macmillan.

Heins, Colin (2000) Localization: a Global Manifesto. London: Earthscan.

Hurts, Noreena (2004) IOU: A Debt Threat. New York: Harper Collins.

Goldsmith, Edward and Mander, Jerry (Eds) (2001) The case against the global economy: and for a turn towards localization. London: Earthscan.

Jones, Owen (2011) Chavs: the demonization of the working class 2nd edition: (introductory chapter)

Klein, Naomi (2017) No Is Not Enough. London: Allen Lane Penguin Books.

Klein, Naoni (2009) No Logo. London: Flamingo.

Klein, Naomi (2008) The Shock Doctrine. London: Penguin Books.

Klein, Naomi (2002) Faces and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate .London: Flamingo.

Lloyd, John (2017) The Power and The Story. London: Atlantic Books.

Lee, J. Martyn (2000) The consumer society reader. Oxford: Blackwell.

Marx, Karl and Engels, Fredrick (1848) The Communist Manifesto. Bedford: St Martin’s.

Massey, Doreen (1995). A Place in the World?: Places, Cultures, and Globalization (The Shape of the World: Explorations in Human Geography.) Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Nulifer, Gole (2006) The Forbidden Modern: civilisation and veiling. University of Michigan. University of Michigan Press

Orbach, Susie (2009) Bodies. London: Macmillan.

Peterson. Jordan (2018) 12 rules for life an antidote to chaos. Penguin: Canada

Putnam, Robert D. (2016) Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis. New York, Simon & Schuster

Putnam, Robert, D. (2001) Bowling Alone: New York, Simon & Schuster

Rattansi, Ali (2017) Bauman and Contemporary Sociology: A Critical Analysis. Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Richardson, Kay. (2013) Political Culture and the Media Genre: Beyond the News. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Ritzer, George (2019) The McDonaldization of Society: Into the Digital Age. Sage: London.

Ritzer, George (2007) The Globalization of Nothing 2. Pine Forge Press: London.

Schumpeter, Joseph A (2010) Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy. Hoboken: Taylor & Francis.

Seabrook, Jeremy, (1990) The myth of the market: promises & illusions Bideford : Green.

Seabrook, Jeremy (2006) Cities. London: Pluto Press

Stoetzler, Marcel (2017) Beginning Classical Social Theory. Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Stokes, Jane C . (2003) How to do media & cultural studies. London: Sage.

Wilkinson, Richard and Pickett, Kate (2009) The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone. London: Penguin.

Yates, Roger (2004) The Social Construction of Human Beings and Other Animals in Human-Nonhuman Relations. Welfarism and Rights: A Contemporary Sociological Analysis. (Accessed 10 Sept 2016): http://roger.rbgi.net/Us%20and%20Them%20Categories.html

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