| Module Code: SOC2009 |
Module Title: WORK AND FAMILY |
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Module Provider: Sociology
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Short Name: SOC220
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Level: HE2
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Module Co-ordinator: WILLIAMS MJ Mr (Sociology)
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Number of credits: 20
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Number of ECTS credits: 10
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Components of Assessment
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Percentage Weighting
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Essays
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2 essays of approximately 2000 words
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25% each
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Examination
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Examination
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50%
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| Module Overview |
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The module will consider how family life is mediated by gender, class, ethnicity, and sexuality, and use contemporary, historical and cross-cultural material to highlight processes of change and development in contemporary family life.
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| Module Aims |
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| Learning Outcomes |
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By the end of the module students should:
1) Be able to critically evaluate a wide range of theoretical perspectives which seek to explain the social organisation of work and of the family.
2) Have a thorough understanding of the contemporary experience of work and the contemporary experience of family life.
3) Be able to identify and analyse a range of empirical approaches to work and to the family and to critically appraise these approaches.
4) Be aware of key debates and emergent trends in the sociology of work and family life.
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| Module Content |
This module, through the analysis of empirical data and theoretical debate, will consider a range of substantive issues relating to work and family. The first semester focuses on work as paid employment (the dominant conception since the Industrial Revolution) while the second semester looks at unpaid labour in the domestic setting and other aspects of family life. One of the most important effects of industrialisation has been to create this distinction between work and home.
The first part will begin with a critical analysis of a wide range of theoretical perspectives on the social organisation of work. Building on this theoretical understanding, the remainder of this semester will focus on the contemporary experience of work. Areas covered will include technology and organisations; post-fordism and flexible specialisation; new forms of employment; transnational corporations and globalisation.
In the second semester, the emphasis will shift from the public to the private sphere. A range of empirical data and theoretical perspectives on the family will be drawn upon to explore topics such as work-family balance, marriage and partnerships, housework, birth and reproduction, parenting, ageing and the life course, divorce, family diversity, the family and the State, and family violence. The module will consider how family life is mediated by gender, class, ethnicity, and sexuality, and use contemporary, historical and cross-cultural material to highlight processes of change and development in contemporary family life.
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
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Beck-Gernsheim, E. (2002) Reinventing the Family: In Search of Lifestyles. Polity Press.
Cheal, D. (2002) The Sociology of Family Life. Palgrave Macmillan.
Cohen, R. & Kennedy, P., (2000) Global Sociology, Macmillan.
Grint, K. (1997) The Sociology of Work, Polity (2nd edition).
Scott, J. et al. (eds.) (2007) The Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families. Wiley Blackwell.
Smart, C. (2007) Personal Life: New Directions in Sociological Thinking. Polity Press.
Thompson, P. & McHugh, D. (2002) Work Organisations, Macmillan (3rd edition).
Watson, T. J. (2004) Sociology, Work and Industry, Routledge (4th edition).
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| Last Updated |
September 2010 |
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