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Module Title	LI Poverty, Wealth and Inequality
School	School of Social Policy
Department	Soc Policy, Sociology & Crimin
Module Code	08 26868
Module Lead	Lee Gregory
Level	Intermediate Level
Credits	20
Semester	Full Term
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Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-20 hours Seminar-20 hours Tutorial-2 hours Guided independent study-158 hours Total: 200 hours
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Description	Poverty and inequality rest at the very core of social policy, underpinning a range of social problems. Exploring poverty, its definition, its extent and its impacts have been the primary focus of endeavours to improve welfare at local, national and global scale. This module will introduce students to definitions and measurements of poverty, and related issues of wealth and inequality. It will explore the impact of poverty and inequality in the UK and the policy responses developed seeking to ameliorate their consequences. This module will set the “poverty” context exploring definitions, measurements and the political debates around income, wealth and their distribution. It will then explore the historical development of UK social security and income maintenance policies but also explore policy in the contemporary context in relation to high risk groups. Examining issues around poverty, inequality and wealth also requires looking beyond the activities of the state to consider non-state activities tied to community self-help and alternative policies to social security (such as a citizen’s income) to facilitate a critical analysis of UK social security and its effectiveness in tackling poverty.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Identify and differentiate between various definitions and measurements of poverty; Demonstrate a critical knowledge and understanding of key policies relating to income and wealth; Understand critically how the needs of different “client groups” are tackled and how fare they are met by social security policies; Critically analyse the impact and consequences of income and wealth policies in the UK; Critically evaluate alternative policy approaches to addressing income and wealth inequalities in the UK. Demonstrate the ability to fulfil a predefined group role required to produce a collaborative writing project
Assessment	26868-01 : Summative 3,000 word essay : Coursework (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessments: 60% Collaborative Writing project 20% Peer assessment of collaborative writing project 20% consultation paper response (individual) Within the collaborative project students contribute 2,000 words consisting of jointly written and individually written pieces as outlined in the assessment brief. The word limit for the consultation response will be 1,500. This is in line with the 3,000 word limit for Level I work in the school with a little additional wordage to reflect that some of the work is collaborative. The peer review does not have a word limit but a template form will be provided for students to complete with guidance on how to write feedback. Reassessment: resubmission of failed components
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