Module Title
Social Class And Social Division
Keywords
Class, Inequality, Class Schemes, Culture, De-industrialization, Underclass. |
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Prerequisites for Module
None.
Corequisite Modules
None.
Precluded Modules
None.
Aims of Module
To assess the historical and contemporary relevance of class as a key social division within society.
Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
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Understand the significance of class as a key sociological concept.
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Apply the major sociologcial approaches to class analysis.
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Analyse how the nature and understanding of social class has changed within society.
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Indicative Module Content
Conceptualizing class inequality
Sociological theories of class: Functionalism, Marxism and Weberian perspectives.
The sociological class schemes: Goldthorpe and Wright
Occupational and class change
The 'death of class'
Class, taste and culture
The underclass
Social exclusion
| Indicative Student Workload
Contact Hours
| Full Time | Assessment
| 10 | Lectures
| 12 | Online Discussion
| 6 | Seminars
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Directed Study
| | Directed Study
| 48 |
Private Study
| | Private Study
| 68 |
Mode of Delivery
This module is based on lectures and supporting seminars. It requires students to work both individually and in small groups and to participate in seminar and online discussions.
Assessment Plan
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Learning Outcomes Assessed
| | Component 1 | 1,2,3
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Component 1 will be assessed by Exam
Indicative Bibliography
| 1. | CROMPTON, R., 2008. Class and stratification. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Polity.
| | 2. | DEVINE, F., et al., 2004. Rethinking class: Cultures, identities and lifestyles. London: Palgrave.
| | 3. | ROBERTS, K., 2001. Class in modern Britain. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
| | 4. | SAVAGE, M., 2000. Class analysis and social transformation. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.
| | 5. | SKEGGS, B., 2003. Class, self, culture. London: Routledge.
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