2011/12 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
SLSP2953 Urban Disorders, Social Divisions and Social Control
20 creditsClass Size: 102
Module manager: Rachael Dobson
Email: r.dobson@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2011/12
Pre-requisite qualifications
Normally 40 Credits taken within the Faculty of ESSL or related disciplines.This module is approved as an Elective
Module summary
This module will provide students with the opportunity to actually explore the relationship between the state policy and practice, particularly in relation to issues around urban renewal. It will explore concepts such as homelessness and anti-social behaviour and relate this to debates arund social disorder and social control.Objectives
- Using a series of contemporary debates to connect themes around social regulation, social divisions, and urban control.- Reflecting on the continuity of social regulation and engineering in policy and practice over time.
- Exploring responses to 'social problems' through analysis of perceived disorders (by government, institutions and 'gatekeepers') and their remedies.
- Thinking about the relationship between 'big' policy (with often popular appeal), and grassroots practice.
Learning outcomes
On completion of the module students should:
- understand the significance of Government and ideas of governance (organisations, individual practitioners) for analysing policy and practice.
- be familiar with the range of actors, institutions and discourses which make-up UK policy and practice.
- understand the flexibility and complexity of key concepts (e.g., 'homelessness' and 'anti-social behaviour') in relation to social and cultural contexts.
- be able to recognise the distinctive roles of 'discipline' and 'therapy' in multiple governance structures (e.g. policy, organisation missions, practitioner approaches, informal practices).
- be able to relate this knowledge to contemporary debates and issues of social disorder.
- identify the contribution of empirical research, academic debate and normative opinion for critical discussion.
Skills outcomes
On completion of the module students will have:
- an enhanced a range of general analytic, communication and oral skills.
- improved presentation skills and confidence in exploring academic research.
- improved skills when identifying findings and critical ideas within and across scholarly sources and online materials.
- substantive knowledge of UK policy and practice processes (with reference to contemporary debates).
- working with others and team-work skills.
Syllabus
1. Introduction lecture: teaching arrangements and coverage in the module
2. Anti-social behaviour [1] Regulation in neighbourhoods
3. Anti-social behaviour [2] Strengths and weaknesses of policies and practices
4. Responding to diversity, multi-culturalism, segregation and conflict
5. The management and containment of ‘social problems’; the example of homelessness
6. Review session
7. Urban renewal [1] Re-design and regeneration in historical perspective
8. Urban renewal [2] The management, containment or displacement of the poor and disadvantaged
9. The voluntary sectors, their roles and relationship to the state
10. The rise of monitoring in and of institutions, and of mechanisms for control and guidance
11. Review and feedback session
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Lecture | 11 | 1.00 | 11.00 |
| Tutorial | 11 | 1.00 | 11.00 |
| Private study hours | 178.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 22.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 | ||
Private study
- Reading for tutorials and consultations: 19 hours- Initial essay planning and design: 19 hours
- Surveying literature and sources: 40 hours
- Assessed essay preparation: 100 hours
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
By presentations, feedback opportunity in lecture, and individual consultations with tutor.Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Essay | 4,000 words | 70.00 |
| Literature Review | 1,000 words | 30.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 10/04/2013
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