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Course/Programme Details |
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Name of course/programme
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MA in International Social Policy and Organised Civil Society
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Institution offering the
course/programme |
University of Kent (at Canterbury)
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Awarding body if different from above |
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Name of course/programme leader |
Dr Jeremy Kendall
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E-mail of course/programme leader
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j.kendall@kent.ac.uk |
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Contact Information for Prospective
Students |
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Telephone number |
+44 (0)1227 459 891 |
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E-mail |
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Web address |
http://www.kent.ac.uk/sspssr/postgraduate/taught/new-mas.pdf |
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Description of course |
This programme, available from 2009/2010 onwards on a full time and
part
time basis, is available to graduates with a 2.1 or higher university
degree (GPA equivalent 3.25) in a social science discipline. (Applicants
must have excellent command of English.) The course provides students
with an advanced understanding of current debates, theories and concepts
relevant to both international social policy and organised civil
society, where the latter includes the 'third sector' situated between
the market and the state.
Students learn about both the common features of social policy
arrangements internationally, and the diversity and difference that
characterises welfare in different countries. Students became familiar
with the evidence and argument used to defend and contest existing
arrangements and reform proposals, in relation to organised civil
society; and are equipped to think critically about the development of
social welfare systems in a global age, attending carefully to the
evolving welfare mix including the state, the market and the third
sector.
Core modules include organised civil society and the third sector;
international social policy; design philosophy and ethics of social
enquiry; and a research dissertation. Optional modules include key
issues in comparative social policy; using qualitative and secondary
data; quantitative analysis; and techniques of data analysis ; social
and political movements, environmental politics, gender and family in a
global society; human rights in a world of states; international
migration issues and perspectives; urban sociology; making and
implementing health policies; and terrorism and modern society.
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Name of VSSN member providing the
information |
Jeremy Kendall |
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Role (if not course leader) |
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