Economic and Social Theory for Historical Analysis (ES0067)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HCA-P-ESTHA

This core course is organised on the basis of nine 1.5-hour lecture/seminar sessions. Its primary aim is to introduce students to a range of important theoretical perspectives and issues from within both economic and social theory, and to some of the diversity of approaches employed in analysing economic and social phenomena within the social sciences. Eight seminar classes will review contrasting theoretical approaches to a number of specific topics, such as: demand and supply; consumer behaviour; economic growth and technological change; inflation; social class and social identity; power and political behaviour; anthropological approaches to material culture; the application of Malthusian ideas to historical demography. A final general session will review the various approaches of economic and social theory to the analysis of historical diversity and change.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of History and Classics), (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	16:10	18:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The course seeks to develop:
- An appreciation of the intellectual traditions which the inform the discipline of economic and social history
- An understanding of some of the wide range of theoretic approaches currently employed within economic and social history
- An ability to apply these theoretical approaches to specific historical contexts
- An ability to write a sustained piece of analysis which demonstrates this application of theory to context.