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SOCS206 Globalisation

10 cp
Prerequisites 10 cp from 100-level units in Sociology
Incompatible SOCI206 Globalisation and Social Movements
Teaching Organisation Lectures, tutorials and/or workshops.

This unit explores the processes of globalisation and its various effects on communities around the world. It will examine the sovereignty of national governments in relation to policies and actions of multinational corporations and international institutions such as the United Nations, IMF, World Bank, WTO. Taking a human rights perspective, this unit also explores a number of social movements which have tried to influence and change the direction of local and world events.

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