Dr. Amanda Sheely OLD 2.52

This course is available on the MSc in Criminal Justice Policy, MSc in Inequalities and Social Science, MSc in International Social and Public Policy, MSc in International Social and Public Policy (Development), MSc in International Social and Public Policy (LSE and Fudan), MSc in International Social and Public Policy (Migration), MSc in International Social and Public Policy (Non-Governmental Organisations), MSc in International Social and Public Policy (Research) and MSc in Social Research Methods. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

All Social Policy Courses are ‘Controlled Access’. Please see the link below for further details on the allocation process.

https://info.lse.ac.uk/current-students/services/course-choice/controlled-access-courses

Amongst non Social Policy students, priority for places is given to students on the MSc Inequalities and Social Science.

This course addresses the emergence, maintenance and dynamics of social advantage and disadvantage in different areas of life across different social groups. It explores inequalities in income, poverty & wealth, labour market position, family resources, education, crime, and life chances, with reference to social groups defined according to their gender, ethnicity, as well as citizenship and migration status. It pays specific attention to intersectional, cumulative and relational processes in the reproduction of inequalities. 

Courses in Social Policy will follow the Teaching Model which has been adopted by the Department of Social Policy during the period of the pandemic. This is outlined HERE

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This course will be taught through a combination of either a recorded lecture plus a follow-up Q and A session or a ‘live’ on-line lecture; and classes/seminars of 1-1.5 hours (with size and length of classes/seminars depending on social distancing requirements).



Further information will be provided by the Course Convenor in the first lecture of the course.

The course will be delivered in Lent term.

In LT, students will be required to write a 1,200 word formative essay answering a question from a prior year's exam.

The core text for the course is:

• H Dean & L Platt (eds) 2016.Social Advantage and Disadvantage. Oxford University Press.
• Other indicative background reading:
• Milanovic, B. 2016. Global Inequality, The Belknap Press.
• McCall, L. (2005). ‘The Complexity of Intersectionality’. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 30(3): 1771–800. 
• Atkinson, A.B. (2015). Inequality: What can be done? Harvard University Press.
• Faist, T. (2016) 'Cross-Border Migration and Social Inequalities'. Annual Review of Sociology, 42: 323-346.
• Payne, G. (ed.) 2013. Social Divisions. Third Edition. Palgrave Macmilla.

Online assessment (100%).

The summative assessment for this course comprises an online assessment. Students must answer two out of seven questions that will be given a week in advance of the due date. The maximum word limit for each question is 1,200 words. 

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