丁香园AV

Introduction to Power and Regulation of Self and Others (S) SA 210 (4)

Surveys the field of social and moral regulation of human subjects in both historical and contemporary contexts. It canvasses the wide range of ideas, policies and methods that have characterized state and civil projects aimed at imposing social order through systems of law, politics, education, health, welfare, labour, religion, family, media, and other key social institutions. Students will learn about the profound impact of civil and state regulation projects in their many forms on societies past and present, and about the rich diversity of institutional, cultural and human experience that these social ordering ideologies, policies and practices encompass. Prerequisite: SA 101 or 150 or 201W.