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SOCS240 Sociology of Poverty

10 cp
Prerequisites 10 cp from 100-level units in Sociology
Incompatible SOCI240 Sociology of Poverty
Teaching Organisation Lectures, tutorials and/or workshops.

This unit looks at poverty, wealth and inequality in relation to international trends and Australian society. It will explore a number of socio-economic developments that have led to absolute poverty in developing nations, and to relative poverty in the developed world, including Australia. The unit will also look at how people are affected by poverty and the possibility for social and structural change.

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