Unit name | Care, Labour and Gender |
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Unit code | SOCIM0004 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Yamashita |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
The aim of this unit is to examine the inter-relationships between care, labour and gender, which form the foundation of socio-economic structure of societies. It will discuss how care can be considered as work, just as much as wage labour, but which exists both in the public and private spheres, and as paid and unpaid work. This unit also looks at how care work can be and is actually organized in different societies (particularly in Western Europe and East Asia), and how the organization of care influences the formation of the state, market, family and civil society. Womens dominant and universal roles in providing care are another question to be explored. This unit concludes with indentifying both strengths and weaknesses of state interventions (i.e. social policies) on care and how these vary among nations.
On successful completion of the unit students will be able to
1 hour lecture combined with 1 hour seminar. Key concepts and discussion on the weeks main topics will be introduced in each lecture. The following seminars, which include students presentations on the relevant topics, will provide students opportunities to develop and address their own argument and further develop independent critical understanding of the concepts of care, gender and labour.
Formative assessment: Each student will need to give one10 minute presentation that critically discusses an article /a book chapter listed for the weeks theme by the unit director. Formative assessment will thus allow development of critical understanding in relation to the key concepts covered on the unit as a unit outcome (see C7) with feedback from the unit director as an aid to student development.
Summative assessment (100%): Students will be required to write a 4,000 word essay on a choice of titles provided by the tutor. The titles set by the tutor will be specifically designed to assess the broad concerns of the unit identified in the learning outcomes (listed at C7): understanding of different approaches to this subject; critical understanding of key concepts; gender and welfare states; and application of key concepts/approaches to comparative cases.