Re-theorising Community (P01559)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : EDU-P-RETHC

This course is built around the hypothesis that 'community' may be understood as an intermediate, or 'meso' level of social reality at which the dialectical relationship between structure and agency is, collectively, confronted in people's lived experience. The implications of this argument are examined with particular reference to current debates in social and cultural theory, the contemporary policy context, the process of globalisation, and the politics of citizenship and democracy. Particular attention is paid to the importance of the major social divisions of power in terms of class, gender and race.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Education, (The Moray House School of Education, Schedule C)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

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

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
08/01/2008	10:00	12:00

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	14:00	15:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

On completion participants will be able to:

Understand the relevance of current intellectual debates to the theoretical problem of community
Develop, deploy and evaluate different kinds of theoretical arguments
Locate the local and particular within the global and universal
Think in a constructively critical way about the contemporary politics of citizenship and democracy
Engage purposefully with the community in different settings