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Unit of Study SOCI1002 - Understanding Community (2025)

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Introduces students to concepts of community from historical and sociological perspectives. Students engage with theoretical perspectives and case studies in community and will evaluate the various ways in which communities are characterised by both social cohesion and social inequality.

Unit content

Module 1. What is ‘community’?

Module 2. Is community in decline?

Module 3. The dark side of community

Module 4. Community and social stratification

Module 5. Communities of dissent: social power and political action

Module 6. Localisation and community resilience

 

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On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

explain the social dimensions of community

analyse the changing nature of community and its role in society

explain how the issues of class, status, gender, ethnicity, race and religion manifest within the context of both ‘traditional’ and ‘modern’ communities

critically explore and reflect upon community issues from varying theoretical standpoints.

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