Global inequality - trends and tendencies in a sociological perspective
Course content
The course focuses on presenting theories and empirical data regarding global social inequality. Are fewer and fewer people owning more and more of the global wealth? Has global inequality grown in the last 20 years or has it diminished? Does globalization create more or less global inequality? These are some of the questions that are raised on the course and which we analyze on the basis of different theories about what creates differences in 'wealth' between individuals and between different regions in the world (eg North / South, Asia / Africa / Europe) and what creates differences within the regions. Central topics are inequality in relation to gender, ethnicity, elites, power, health, social mobility, economy, and the like. Different sociological and social science theories of inequality are used.
Bachelor elective course
From Autumn 2022 the course is also offered to students at:
- Bachelor Programmes in Anthropology
- Master Programmes in Global Development
- Bachelor Programmes in Economics
Enrolled students can register the course directly through the
Selfservice without a preaproval. Please contact the study
administration at each programme for questions regarding
registration.
On successful completion of the course, the student is able to:
Knowledge:
- Account for wide range of sociological theories of inequality.
- Describe empirical characteristics regarding inequality patterns in a global perspective.
Skills:
- To combine theoretical issues with empirical observations within the field of global inequality.
Competences:
- Apply theories of inequality to an empirical field.
- Evaluate advantages and disadvantages between applying different theories to different empirical material.
Lectures and different types of exercises.
Compendium will be used.
The course can also be followed by BA-students from other social science areas and by students with an overall knowledge and interest in global inequality.
Registration deadline for courses is June 1st for
Autumn semester and December 1st for Spring semester.
When registered you will be signed up for exam.
International exchange students must sign up by filling in an
application
form:
course registration.
Credit students: klik her
- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
-
Portfolio, -
- Type of assessment details
- Individual or group. A portfolio assignment is defined as a series of short assignments during the course that address one or more set questions and feedback is offered during the course. All of the assignments are submitted together for assessment at the end of the course. The portfolio assignments must be no longer than 10 pages. For group assignments, an extra 5 pages is added per additional student. Further details for this exam form can be found in the Curriculum and in the General Guide to Examinations at KUnet.
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
Criteria for exam assessment
Please see the learning outcome.
- Category
- Hours
- Class Instruction
- 42
- Preparation
- 80
- Project work
- 55
- Exam Preparation
- 29
- English
- 206
Kursusinformation
- Language
- English
- Course number
- ASOB16200U
- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Programme level
- Bachelor
Bachelor choice
- Duration
-
1 semester
- Placement
- Autumn
- Schedulegroup
-
See timetable
- Capacity
- Vejl 46 personer.
- Studyboard
- Department of Sociology, Study Council
Contracting department
- Department of Sociology
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Economics
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Social Sciences
Course Coordinator
- Carsten Strøby Jensen (3-66766d43767266316e7831676e)
Teacher
Carsten Strøby Jensen, e-mail: csj@soc.ku.dk
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