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SOCI610 Social Justice and Advocacy

10 cp
Prerequisites Nil
Teaching Organisation Lectures, workshops, directed reading, experiential learning in workshops, independent learning group strategies, and reflective practice on the part of participants.

This unit is designed to enable students to develop an advanced understanding of the nature of advocacy and social action. It is grounded in an exploration of the way in which ethical ideas and principles of social justice inform social advocacy. The first part of the unit focuses on key ethical ideas and principles of social justice. It then considers the theory and practice of social movements in the nineteenth century (including the suffrage and labour movements) and twentieth century (including. the peace, women's, green and civil rights movements). Some attention is paid to analysing the social, economic and political context of social movements and advocacy. Finally, the key features of practical social advocacy are identified. These include strategies, tactics and skills and the core principles of effective social movements. Attention will also be given to new forms of political space and advocacy (that is, political mobilisation through electronic space).

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