SOCIAL DISRUPTION
SOC3SDS
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This subject examines contemporary social processes that rupture the fabric of society in dramatic and typically unpredictable ways. Processes of social disruption generate complex effects that are progressive and regressive as well as unevenly experienced. In this subject, you will evaluate the causes and effects of socially disruptive change, such as those associated with new technologies, big data, work, urbanisation, social isolation, political activism, identity issues, and transnational flows of people and capital. In addition, the subject addresses the relationship between the discipline of sociology and the study of social change. You will be asked to think critically about when and why specific forms of social change are labelled disruptive and what the sociological interest in disruption suggests about the contemporary moment.
School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Wendy Mee
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: N/A
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: 60 credit points of subjects at Level 2
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
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Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
Entire subject or partial subject: N/A
Total hours/days required: N/A
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