Living Conditions and Social Problems, 15 hp
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Behörighetskrav
Univ: The general requirement for admission is the completion of three years of university level education in Social Work, Sociology, Political science, Human geography, Education, Education, Ecinomics or related sciences. The students must document a good command of English.
Litteratur
Giltig från: 2010 vecka 3
Course Literature
This course requires that the students read a broad variety of material from textbooks to reports to online material. Independent literature search are expected. The assigned books and articles are:
Books:
Social exclusion
Byrne David
2. ed. :
Maidenhead :
Open University Press :
2005 :
xii, 202 s. :
ISBN: 0-335-21595-5 (hbk.)
Se Umeå UB:s söktjänst
Poverty and inequality[Elektronisk resurs]c edited by David B. Grusky and Ravi Kanbur ; essays by Amartya Sen ... [et al.].
Grusky David B., Kanbur S. M. Ravi., Sen Amartya K.
Stanford, Calif. :
Stanford University Press :
2006. :
xii, 185 p. :
http://miman.bib.bth.se/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/bthbib/Doc?id=10130877z Online access for BTH
The sociology of social problems
: theoretical perspectives and methods of intervention
Jamrozik Adam, Nocella Luisa
Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press :
1998 :
241 s. :
ISBN: 0-521-59070-1
Se Umeå UB:s söktjänst
The impact of inequality
: how to make sick societies healthier
Wilkinson Richard G.
New York :
New Press :
2005 :
x, 355 s. :
ISBN: 1-56584-925-6 (hbk.)
Se Umeå UB:s söktjänst
Articles:
An Index of Child Well-Being in the European Union.
Bradshaw J., Hoelscher P., Richardson D.
Ingår i:
Social Indicators Research
[S.l.] :
Kluwer Journals Online :
133-77 sid.
Rethinkning the Sociological Measurement of Poverty
Brady D
Ingår i:
Social forces
Chapel Hill, NC :
University of North Carolina Press :
2001- :
715-52 sid.
Unemployment, Poverty and Social Exclusion: Is there a Vicious Circle of Social Exclusion?
Gallie D, Jacobs S
Ingår i:
European societies[Elektronisk resurs].
London :
Taylor & Francis :
2002- :
1-32 sid.
Relative Deprivation - A Comparative Analysis of Britain, Finland and Sweden
Halleröd Björn. et al.
Ingår i:
Journal of European social policy.
London :
Sage :
1999- :
328-45 sid.
What I need and what the Poor Deserves:
: Analysing the Gap between the Minimum Income Needed for Oneself and the View on an Adequate Nor for Social Assistance.
Halleröd Björn
Ingår i:
Social forces
Chapel Hill, NC :
University of North Carolina Press :
2001- :
35-59 sid.
New Politics and Class Politics in the Context of Austerity and Globalization:
: Welfare States Regress in 18 Countries 1975-1995
Korpi W., Palme J.
Ingår i:
The American political science review
[Washington, D.C., etc.] :
American Political Science Association. :
425-46 sid.
Moving in and out of Poverty - The Impacts of Welfare Regimes on Poverty Dynamics in the EU.
Layte R., Whelan C.T.
Ingår i:
European societies[Elektronisk resurs].
London :
Taylor & Francis :
2002- :
167-91 sid.
Poverty or Preference: What du "Consensual Depriavtion Indicators really measure?"
McKay S.
Ingår i:
Fiscal Studies
Institute for Fiscal Studies :
2001-223 sid.
Social Structure and Anomie.
Merton R.K.
Ingår i:
American sociological review
New York,c 1936- :
1936- :
672-682 sid.
"Life-course influences on mortality at older ages: evidence from the Oslo Mortality Study
Naess O, Hernes F. H., Blane D
Ingår i:
Social science & medicine.
Oxford,c 1982- :
1982- :
329-336 sid.
Poor,relatively speaking
Sen A.
Ingår i:
Oxford economic papers.
Oxford :
Clarendon P. :
1938- :
153-69 sid.
The Poor.
Simmel G.
Ingår i:
Social problems
Buffalo, N.Y.,c 1953- :
1953- :
118-39 sid.
Understanding the Mismatch between Income Poverty and Deprivation: A Dynamic Comparative Analysis.
Whelan C.T., Layte R., Maitre B.
Ingår i:
European sociological review
Oxford :
Oxford University Press :
2000- :
287-302 sid.
Additional texts to be announced.