Module overview
This module is concerned with the development of modern societies and the nature of 'modernity'. It will draw on the writings of contemporary sociologists in order to consider what the most important processes of social change taking place are and how these have come about.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Synthesise and summarise information from a variety of sources.
- Employ historical, comparative and intersectional approaches in the analysis of social phenomena.
- Reflecting critically on the long lasting impact of colonialism on processes of social change.
- Describing and assessing key concepts and theoretical perspectives used in the analysis of the development of modern societies and the nature of modernity.
- Identifying the distinctive contribution made by historical, comparative and intersectional perspective to sociological analysis.
- Evaluating competing models and explanations of the development of different types of modern society.
- Draw on different types of evidence in the development of an argument.
Syllabus
The module examines the emergence and transformation of racial capitalism, socialism, and fascism. Employing historical, comparative, and intersectional perspectives, this module will critically examone the meanings of ‘development’, ‘industrialisation’, ‘democratisation’ and ‘globalisation’. In addition, proceses and actors contributing to social change will be discussed
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
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| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Independent Study | 128 |
| Teaching | 22 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Julian Go (2016). Postcolonial Thought and Social Theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Lange, Matthew (2013). Comparative-Historical Methods. Sage.
Roberts & Hite (eds) (2000). From Modernizaton to Globalization. Perspectives on Development and Social Change.. Blackwell.
Mahoney & Ruschemeyer (eds) (2003). Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences. Cambridge.
Julian Go, George Lawson (Eds.) (2017). Global Historical Sociology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Bhambra, Gurminder (2014). Connected Sociologies. London: Bloomsbury.
Adams, Clemens and Orloff (eds) (2005). Remaking Modernity. Politics, History and Sociology. Duke.
Steinmetz (ed) (2013). Sociology and Empire. The Imperial Entanglement of a Discipline. Duke.
Anca Parvulescu, Manuela Boatcă (2021). Creolizing the Modern: Transylvania across Empires. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
Ali Meghji (2021). Decolonizing Sociology. Cambridge: Policy.
Monika Krause (2021). Model Cases: On Canonical Research Objects and Sites. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Analytical essay | 70% |
| Assessed written tasks | 30% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Assessed written tasks | 30% |
| Analytical essay | 70% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Analytical essay | 70% |
| Assessed written tasks | 30% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External