PPA 510 Social Inequality and Social Change

This course adopts a social justice framework to examine historical and contemporary systems of inequality. Students will investigate how these systems are intertwined with power and privilege; how various institutions contribute to the creation and maintenance inequality; how these systems are embedded in ideology, policy, and public/private discourse; and how people resist and transform systems of inequality to systems of liberation. Students will learn how constructs such as race, class and gender are experienced differently and how these experiences inform understandings of civil society. Students will also examine their social locations and how they are positioned within various social institutions. Pre-requisite(s): PPA 500. Co-requisite(s): None. 3 semester hours

Credits

3