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Feminist Social Policy (SOCI90021)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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Semester 1
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Subtitle: Families and Citizenship Through an Intersectional Lens
Feminist Social Policy takes a comparative and critical approach to understanding and evaluating social policy and policy-making at a national and international level. This subject aims to critically explore normative assumptions about what constitutes the family, parenthood, youth, marriage, disability, child and elder care. Students in this subject will be encouraged to broaden and deepen their understanding of how social policy is organised and impacted by these social, cultural, economic and political normativities by drawing on contemporary theories of intersectionality and citizenship. Taking a feminist perspective, this subject will outline key shifts in women’s employment trends, de/familization, blended and chosen families, global fertility rates, disability rights, and welfare provision. Students will have the opportunity to explore themes of intersectionality and citizenship throughout their engagement with the subject, as well as articulate a comparative analysis of social policy from across the world.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject students should:
- Understand theories of intersectionality and citizenship as they apply to social policy issues in employment, health, education, culture, housing and community care
- Demonstrate competence in critical thinking and comparative analysis through essay and report writing, seminar discussion and presentations
- Communicate feminist principles, research and knowledge effectively using written formats
- Demonstrate proficiency in the application of policy analysis skills to empirical problems at local and global levels
- Demonstrate an ability to develop arguments by using evidence, evaluating competing explanations, and drawing conclusions in oral and written contexts.
Generic skills
- Research skills, through the competent use of library and other information sources, and the definition of areas of inquiry and methods of research
- The capacity to think in theoretical terms, through class requirements and engagement with theories and methods of the social sciences
- Comparative policy analysis, through a sound rationale and deployment of the use of comparative perspectives
- Written and oral skills, through the presentation of complex ideas using persuasive arguments effectively and articulately.
Last updated: 31 January 2024