Prof Amanda Sheely

This course is available on the BSc in Environment and Development, BSc in Social Policy, BSc in Social Policy and Criminology, BSc in Social Policy and Economics, BSc in Social Policy and Sociology and BSc in Social Policy with Government. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.

The course will examine the definition, measurement and causes of poverty and social exclusion in general and analyse selected aspects drawn from the following: social and demographic change, gender and racial inequality, homelessness and housing deprivation, unemployment, worklessness, social security and poverty, area deprivation, educational inequality, crime and social exclusion.

10 hours of lectures and 10 hours of classes in the MT. 10 hours of lectures and 10 hours of classes in the LT. 1 hour of lectures in the ST.

A minimum of two written essays will be required from students and each student will be asked to make a short presentation for discussion in class at least once each term.

A detailed list will be provided at the start of the session. P Alcock, Understanding Poverty (3rd edition), Palgrave, 2006; D. Dorling, Injustice: Why social inequality matters, The Policy Press, 2010; J Hills, et al (Eds), Understanding Social Exclusion, OUP, 2002; R Lister, Poverty, Polity, 2004; G Payne (ed). Social Divisions (3rd edition), Palgrave Macmillian, 2013; P Townsend and D Gordon (Eds) World Poverty: New policies to defeat an old enemy, The Policy Press, 2002.

Exam (75%, duration: 3 hours) in the main exam period.
Essay (25%, 1500 words) in the ST.