This module is not currently running in 2023 to 2024.
The module examines the global issues and processes confronting contemporary society and the social changes they engender and the interconnectedness of globalisation. It will analyse the social changes in society faced with globalisation.
Topics will include
• Environmental issues: pollution, over-population of some areas
• Critical analysis of the issues of social change and globalisation
• Evaluation of growing interconnectedness: culture, music, military and communication media
• Globalisation, feminisation of workforce, North/South divide with analysis of social changes
Total contact hours: 45
Private study hours: 105
Total study hours: 150
BA (Hons) Public Services Management
Main assessment methods
Essay (up to 2,500 words) – 25%
Presentation and report (up to 1500) – 25%
Examination (2 hrs) – 50%
Reassessment methods
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Baylis J, Smith S and Owens P, 2016, The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations, 7th Ed, Oxford UP, ISBN 0198739850
Cawthra G et al, 2003, Governing Insecurity: Democratic Control of Military and Security Establishments in Transitional Democracies, Zed Books Ltd, ISBN 1842771493
Cohen R et al, 2013, Global Sociology, 3rd Rev. Ed, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 1479800767
Giddens A and Sutton P, 2017, Sociology, 8th ed, Polity Press, ISBN 0745696686
Held D, 2004, A Globalizing World? Culture, Economics and Politics, 2nd ed, Routledge, ISBN 0415329744
Hinchliffe S et al, 2003, Understanding Environmental Issues, Wiley Blackwell, ISBN 0470849983
Malthus T R, Gilbert G, 2008, An Essay on the Principle of Population, Oxford Paperbacks ISBN 0199540454
O'Byrne D and Hensby A, 2011, Theorising Global Studies, Palgrave McMillan, ISBN 0230517323
Ritzer G, 2018, The McDonaldisation of Society: into the Digital Age, 9th Ed, Sage Publications, ISBN 1506348556
Rothenberg P, 2006, Beyond Borders: thinking critically about global issues, Worth Publishers, ISBN 0716773899
The intended subject specific learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1. Critically examine the issues confronting contemporary society, in relation to globalisation and social change
2. Examine and evaluate the growing forms of interconnectedness around the world
3. Identify and analyse social changes in the UK and the extent they are caused by globalisation
The intended generic learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to demonstrate:
1. Critical thinking skills;
2. The ability to work and study independently and utilise resources effectively;
3. Communication skills with an ability to work with people from a range of cultures;
4. The ability to scan and organise data, abstract meaning from information and share knowledge with others;
5. Self-reflection: self-analysis with an awareness and sensitivity to diversity in terms of people and cultures;
6. Effective self-management skills.
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