Huvudområden och successiv fördjupning:
Sociologi: Avancerad nivå, har endast kurs/er på grundnivå som förkunskapskrav
Betygsskala: Väl godkänd, godkänd, underkänd
Ansvarig institution: Sociologiska institutionen
Beslutad av: Department of Sociology, 2008-12-18
Reviderad av: The department of Sociology, 2009-10-20
Behörighetskrav
Univ: The general requirement for admission is the completion of three years of university level education in Social Work, Sociology, Political science, Human geography, Education, Education, Ecinomics or related sciences. The students must document a good command of English.
Litteratur
Giltig från:
2010 vecka 3
Course Literature
This course requires that the students read a broad variety of material from textbooks to reports to online material. Independent literature search are expected. The assigned books and articles are:
Books:
Byrne David Social exclusion 2. ed. : Maidenhead : Open University Press : 2005 : xii, 202 s. : ISBN: 0-335-21595-5 (hbk.) Se Umeå UB:s söktjänst
The sociology of social problems : theoretical perspectives and methods of intervention Jamrozik Adam, Nocella Luisa Cambridge : Cambridge University Press : 1998 : 241 s. : ISBN: 0-521-59070-1 Se Umeå UB:s söktjänst
Wilkinson Richard G. The impact of inequality : how to make sick societies healthier New York : New Press : 2005 : x, 355 s. : ISBN: 1-56584-925-6 (hbk.) Se Umeå UB:s söktjänst
Articles:
An Index of Child Well-Being in the European Union. Bradshaw J., Hoelscher P., Richardson D. Ingår i: Social Indicators Research [S.l.] : Kluwer Journals Online : sid. 133-77 :
Brady D Rethinkning the Sociological Measurement of Poverty Ingår i: Social forces Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press : 2001- : sid. 715-52 :
Unemployment, Poverty and Social Exclusion: Is there a Vicious Circle of Social Exclusion? Gallie D, Jacobs S Ingår i: European societies[Elektronisk resurs]. London : Taylor & Francis : 2002- : sid. 1-32 :
Halleröd Björn. et al. Relative Deprivation - A Comparative Analysis of Britain, Finland and Sweden Ingår i: Journal of European social policy. London : Sage : 1999- : sid. 328-45 :
Halleröd Björn What I need and what the Poor Deserves: : Analysing the Gap between the Minimum Income Needed for Oneself and the View on an Adequate Nor for Social Assistance. Ingår i: Social forces Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press : 2001- : sid. 35-59 :
New Politics and Class Politics in the Context of Austerity and Globalization: : Welfare States Regress in 18 Countries 1975-1995 Korpi W., Palme J. Ingår i: The American political science review [Washington, D.C., etc.] : American Political Science Association. : sid. 425-46 :
Moving in and out of Poverty - The Impacts of Welfare Regimes on Poverty Dynamics in the EU. Layte R., Whelan C.T. Ingår i: European societies[Elektronisk resurs]. London : Taylor & Francis : 2002- : sid. 167-91 :
McKay S. Poverty or Preference: What du "Consensual Depriavtion Indicators really measure?" Ingår i: Fiscal Studies Institute for Fiscal Studies : sid. 2001-223 :
Merton R.K. Social Structure and Anomie. Ingår i: American sociological review New York,c 1936- : 1936- : sid. 672-682 :
"Life-course influences on mortality at older ages: evidence from the Oslo Mortality Study Naess O, Hernes F. H., Blane D Ingår i: Social science & medicine. Oxford,c 1982- : 1982- : sid. 329-336 :
Sen A. Poor,relatively speaking Ingår i: Oxford economic papers. Oxford : Clarendon P. : 1938- : sid. 153-69 :
Simmel G. The Poor. Ingår i: Social problems Buffalo, N.Y.,c 1953- : 1953- : sid. 118-39 :
Understanding the Mismatch between Income Poverty and Deprivation: A Dynamic Comparative Analysis. Whelan C.T., Layte R., Maitre B. Ingår i: European sociological review Oxford : Oxford University Press : 2000- : sid. 287-302 :
