Understanding Social Change - Audio
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Change, diversity and uncertainty are unavoidable features of modern life. Collectively, we may be living through a major transformation in society and the traditions that hold it together. Individually, we may face increasing barriers to taking responsibility for our own destinies, exercising power and making our own decisions. The tracks on this album focus on these and other big issues in the contemporary world. The past and the future - the Welfare State through to Globalisation. The material forms part of the course DD100, An introduction to the social sciences: understanding social change.
The welfare state - what is it?
Post war UK: The welfare state, family and work, the balance of state and individual.
Welfare - who's responsible?
Controversy surrounding responsibility for welfare and the sections of society who contribute.
Work - who does what?
Shift in kinds of people working and work they do. Does ‘flexible’ employment mean more insecure employment? Consequences of opening up the market to ...
Promoting welfare - the government's role
Intention of the Labour government to counter social exclusion by promoting employment through enabling state. Considering family as area of continuit...
New Labour, new society?
Under New Labour, things have improved but only for some sections of society. Rising inequalities and uncertainties about issues such as pensions.
Globalisation - what is it?
Changing Definitions of Globalisation, the impact of culture, economics and politics. Globablisation undermining the nation state.
Globalist views
Positive and negative globalist views and consequences of free economic market through deregulation of control.
Internationalist views
The importance of nation states instead of an inseparable global market. Transformationalist perspective combines aspects of internationalist and glob...