Courses :: Module, POWER AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION

	Overview
	To equip students with theoretical frameworks and practical case studies to explore the political processes, social practices and lived experience of creating and governing social transformation, a triple transition of climate sustainability, equality, and digitalisation. In four sections of this module students will examine societal attitudes towards social transformation in our contemporary world. The module will first introduce key concepts including theories of change, power, democracy, the sustainable state, and transformation. The module then turns to the process of creating demand for social transformation, a process that focuses on the importance of social power �from below� including intersectional approaches to power and transformation. The module then explores challenges of decision making and implementation, and interrogates supply side politics and challenges of legitimacy for elite power �from above�. The module ends by re-examining theories of change and social transformation asking how we can imagine balancing strong sustainable states with strong democratic societies.

Overview

To equip students with theoretical frameworks and practical case studies to explore the political processes, social practices and lived experience of creating and governing social transformation, a triple transition of climate sustainability, equality, and digitalisation.

In four sections of this module students will examine societal attitudes towards social transformation in our contemporary world. The module will first introduce key concepts including theories of change, power, democracy, the sustainable state, and transformation. The module then turns to the process of creating demand for social transformation, a process that focuses on the importance of social power �from below� including intersectional approaches to power and transformation. The module then explores challenges of decision making and implementation, and interrogates supply side politics and challenges of legitimacy for elite power �from above�. The module ends by re-examining theories of change and social transformation asking how we can imagine balancing strong sustainable states with strong democratic societies.

	Learning Outcomes
	On successful completion of the module, students should be able to: 1. Engage with debates on theories of change and transformation, power and society 2. Appreciate the role of the emerging sustainable state in decision making and implementation of policy relevant to triple transition 3. Evaluate the role of democracy and whether or how it may transform to enhance inclusive forms of societal power 4. Understand and debate about potential multilevel governance scenarios and their impacts on democracy and society.

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	Autumn Supplementals/Resits
	Are supplemental/resit registrations permitted? Yes Where applicable, Autumn resit students may submit continuous assessment work by a date before the Autumn examination, which will be specified by the department. Students are responsible for familiarising themselves with this deadline. No continuous assessment work will be accepted after this date. If students do not submit by the deadline, the existing continuous assessment mark will be carried forward to the Autumn.

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