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SOCI2040 - Economic Life, Inequality and Society

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Project description

We engage in economic activities on a daily basis. We work to earn money, buy groceries, pay rent or mortgages, save for a holiday. In often invisible ways, these everyday activities of production and consumption are underpinned by social structures, cultures and ideologies. You will learn about the workings of the economy, labour markets and finance, and how economic activity is embedded in social relationships. You will be able to understand and address important issues of our time, such as the increasing gap between the rich and the poor, and unequal access to power and resources based on intersecting questions of gender, race and class.

Year 2022

Location Australia

Organization Macquarie University

Project aims

Project outcome

1. demonstrate an understanding of key concepts in economic sociology and political economy 2. Identify important historical developments in the interplay of civil society, the economy and politics 3. Communicate ideas through effective listening and speaking, constructive debates with peers and personal reflection. 4. Write coherently, logically and succinctly, while following appropriate academic and stylistic conventions. 5. Recognise and contribute to sociological and economic arguments used in public and civic debates