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POLITICS 316 : Capitalism and its Critics
Undergraduate courseProject description
This is a normative political theory course that draws on political economy. It is topic-based rather than based on any particular writers. The rough division of the topics is as follows: 1. What capitalism is and how it works. Private property, markets, competition, public goods, growth i.e. very basic political economy. 2. Consumption. Whether what capitalism delivers is worth it. E.g. Consumerism versus other values, such as leisure and economic democracy 3. Work. Alienation, exploitation, democracy and cooperatives, unemployment, labour regulation, Unconditional Basic Income and employment subsidies 4. Capitalism and humanity�s social side. Human nature, community. 5. Capitalism and normative political theory: justice, equality, freedom.
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Project outcome
1. Understand and explain variants of capitalism (Capability 1.1) 2. Analyse and apply political concepts relevant to capitalism (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 4.1) 3. Critically evaluate capitalist systems (Capability 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 4.1 and 4.2) 4. Identify and critically evaluate supposed problems and solutions in capitalism (Capability 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2 and 4.1)
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