This course uses sociological perspectives to examine major processes, practices, and institutions shaping the social world. Social stratification, inequalities, identities, and justice, and the social world as structured by class, gender, sexuality, race, disability and poverty, are explored. Institutions, dimensions, and practices shaping social life are explored, such as nationalism, social movements, the state; the family, education, the media; work and labour, health and illness, crime, sport, urbanization and environment. Students also consider forms of public sociology and engagement.
This course uses sociological perspectives to examine major processes, practices, and institutions shaping the social world. Social stratification, inequalities, identities, and justice, and the social world as structured by class, gender, sexuality, race, disability and poverty, are explored. Institutions, dimensions, and practices shaping social life are explored, such as nationalism, social movements, the state; the family, education, the media; work and labour, health and illness, crime, sport, urbanization and environment. Students also consider forms of public sociology and engagement.
