- Department: Sociology
- Module co-ordinator: Dr. Tom O'Brien
- Credit value: 10 credits
- Credit level: I
- Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
- See module specification for other years: 2021-22
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Autumn Term 2022-23 |
B | Spring Term 2022-23 |
This module provides an introduction to contemporary theories and debates about changing social relations of power and their influence upon citizenship, globalization, nation states, and democracy.
By the end of the module students will have acquired:
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Visiting Student Assessment Essay |
N/A | 100 |
None
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Visiting Student Assessment Essay |
N/A | 100 |
Written Feedback
Parekh, Bhikhu (2008) A New Politics of Identity, Basingstoke:Palgrave
Burgess, Jean & Green, Joshua (2009) YouTube: online video and participatory culture,Cambrideg:Polity Press.
Castells, Manual (2012) Networks of Outrage and Hope, Cambridge: Polity
Della Porta, Donatella (ed) (2009) Social Movements in a Globalizing World, Basingstoke: Palgrave
Fraser, Nancy, (2008) Scales of Justice: reimagining political space in a globalizing world. Cambridge: Polity
Hirst, Paul., Thompson, Graeme & Bromley, Simon (3rd Edn) (2009) Globalization in Question, Cambridge: Polity
Hoffman, Beyond the State: an introductory critique, Cambridge: Polity Press.
Lukes, S. (2005) Power: a radical view (2nd edn) Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan
Lievrouw, Leah (2009) Alternative and Activist New Media, Cambridge: Polity
Lyon, David (2009) Identifying Citizens: ID cards as surveillance, Cambridge: Polity
Mann, Michael. The Sources of Social Power Volume 1.
Mattelart, Armanf (2009) The Globalization of Surveillance, Cambridge: Polity
Nash, Kate (2010) Contemporary Political Sociology: Globalization, Politics and Power, Wiley-Blackwell
Negrine, Ralph (2008) The Transformation of Political Communication, Basingstoke: Palgrave
Outhwaite, William (2008) European Society, Cambridge: Polity
Taylor, Graham (2010) The New Political Sociology, Basingstoke: Palgrave.