School Of Social Sciences And PsychologyPower, Deviance and SocietyWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101631.2
Discipline: SOCIOLOGY
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 2
Credit Points: 10
Equivalent Units
400674 Sociology of Power and Deviance
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Successful completion of 40 credit points.
About this Unit
The focus of the unit is on the ways social order is produced, maintained, reproduced, and transformed. Constructions of normality and deviance are framed within the structured power relations of social class, ethnicity, religion, gender and age. The aim is to provide a critical understanding of hegemonic ideologies; of practices of ethnic, youth and religious (e.g. 'cults') groups; and of the language of control. This unit also addresses issues of social control and deviance within popular culture and the information society. The units ends with an assessment of the validity of deviance theories in postmodernity and consumer culture.
Courses| 1667.2 | Bachelor of Social Science | CONTINUING |
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