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SP52117: Social and environmental justice

[Page last updated: 15 August 2024]

Academic Year: 2024/25
Owning Department/School: Department of Social & Policy Sciences
Credits: 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 200
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Semester 1
Assessment Summary: CWES 75%, CWVG 25%
Assessment Detail:
  • Group presentation (CWVG 25%)
  • Essay (CWES 75%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: By the end of the unit, students should be able:
  • To identify and systematise the main socioeconomic aspects and contexts related to social and environmental justice.
  • To identify and critically assess mainstream, critical and alternative perspectives and theories to social and environmental justice.
  • To identify actors, arenas and conflicts in the process of mobilising for and pursuing social and environmental justice.
  • To critically reflect on the significance and implications of their own values and perspectives to social and environmental justice.



Synopsis: Explore key contemporary research, theories and empirical examples of the social and economic dynamics and practices surrounding social and environmental justice. Study mainstream and alternative theories and approaches to social and environmental justice, such as: - liberal theories (Rawls) - social choice-based approaches (Sen) - new Marxist approaches - decolonial/post-colonial theory and the coloniality of power and cognitive justice - social reproduction approach - feminist critiques

Content: This unit will explore key contemporary research, theories and empirical examples of the social and economic dynamics and practices surrounding social and environmental justice. The unit will cover mainstream and alternative theories and approaches to social and environmental justice such as liberal theories of justice (Rawls), social choice based approached to justice (Sen), new Marxist approaches to social justice; Decolonial/post-colonial theory; the coloniality of power and cognitive justice; social reproduction approach and feminist critiques.

Course availability:

SP52117 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:

Department of Social & Policy Sciences
  • THSP-AFM42 : MSc International Development, Social Justice and Sustainability
  • THSP-AWM42 : MSc International Development, Social Justice and Sustainability

SP52117 is Optional on the following courses:

Department of Social & Policy Sciences

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
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