Understanding Social Change - Audio
By The Open University
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Description
Change, diversity and uncertainty are unavoidable features of modern life. Collectively, we may be living through a major transformation in society and the traditions that hold it together. Individually, we may face increasing barriers to taking responsibility for our own destinies, exercising power and making our own decisions. The tracks on this album focus on these and other big issues in the contemporary world. The past and the future - the Welfare State through to Globalisation. The material forms part of the course DD100, An introduction to the social sciences: understanding social change.
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Understanding Social Change | A short introduction to this album. | 10 2 2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Understanding Social Change | Transcript -- A short introduction to this album. | 10 2 2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The welfare state - what is it? | Post war UK: The welfare state, family and work, the balance of state and individual. | 10 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- The welfare state - what is it? | Transcript -- Post war UK: The welfare state, family and work, the balance of state and individual. | 10 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Welfare - who's responsible? | Controversy surrounding responsibility for welfare and the sections of society who contribute. | 10 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Welfare - who's responsible? | Transcript -- Controversy surrounding responsibility for welfare and the sections of society who contribute. | 10 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Work - who does what? | Shift in kinds of people working and work they do. Does ‘flexible’ employment mean more insecure employment? Consequences of opening up the market to global competition. | 10 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Work - who does what? | Transcript -- Shift in kinds of people working and work they do. Does ‘flexible’ employment mean more insecure employment? Consequences of opening up the market to global competition. | 10 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Promoting welfare - the government's role | Intention of the Labour government to counter social exclusion by promoting employment through enabling state. Considering family as area of continuity but forms of family are more varied. Has the welfare system caught up with this change in family str | 10 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Promoting welfare - the government's role | Transcript -- Intention of the Labour government to counter social exclusion by promoting employment through enabling state. Considering family as area of continuity but forms of family are more varied. Has the welfare system caught up with this change | 10 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Divided Society | Divides between rich and poor, spatial and rural/urban divides. | 10 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Divided Society | Transcript -- Divides between rich and poor, spatial and rural/urban divides. | 10 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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New Labour, new society? | Under New Labour, things have improved but only for some sections of society. Rising inequalities and uncertainties about issues such as pensions. | 10 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- New Labour, new society? | Transcript -- Under New Labour, things have improved but only for some sections of society. Rising inequalities and uncertainties about issues such as pensions. | 10 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Globalisation - what is it? | Changing Definitions of Globalisation, the impact of culture, economics and politics. Globablisation undermining the nation state. | 10 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Globalisation - what is it? | Transcript -- Changing Definitions of Globalisation, the impact of culture, economics and politics. Globablisation undermining the nation state. | 10 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Globalist views | Positive and negative globalist views and consequences of free economic market through deregulation of control. | 10 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Globalist views | Transcript -- Positive and negative globalist views and consequences of free economic market through deregulation of control. | 10 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Internationalist views | The importance of nation states instead of an inseparable global market. Transformationalist perspective combines aspects of internationalist and globalist approaches. | 10 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Internationalist views | Transcript -- The importance of nation states instead of an inseparable global market. Transformationalist perspective combines aspects of internationalist and globalist approaches. | 10 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Globalisation - winners and losers | Who benefits and loses from globalisation. | 10 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Globalisation - winners and losers | Transcript -- Who benefits and loses from globalisation. | 10 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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