MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

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Power, policy, patriarchy and the state

Proposed to be offered next in 1997

Synopsis The content of the subject is the presentation and evaluation of major sociological approaches to the study of power and the modern state, covering the Weberian and Marxist traditions, feminism, other structural theories, Foucault and post-structuralism. This involves looking at different theories, key concepts such as welfare, welfare state, inequality, gender, citizenship and social justice, and some particular policy issues and areas of current concern.

Assessment Two exercises (2000 words each): 20% each + Essay (5000 words): 60%

Recommended texts

• Beilharz P and others Arguing about the welfare state Allen and Unwin, 1992
• Bryson L Welfare and the state: Who benefits? Macmillan, 1992
• Davis G and others Public policy in Australia 2nd edn, Allen and Unwin, 1993
• Esping-Andersen G The three worlds of welfare capitalism Polity, 1990
• Graycar A and Jamrozik A How Australians live: Social policy in theory and practice Macmillan, 1989 or 1993
• Sassoon A S (ed.) Women and the state Unwin Hyman, 1987
• Taylor-Gooby P Social change, social welfare and social science Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1991
• Watson S (ed.) Playing the state Allen and Unwin, 1990