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Details about the Social Justice & Community Action programme’s courses, dissertation and applied research project. Compulsory courses Students completing the full MSc will be required to take all of the following compulsory courses. Students taking the Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma will be required to take some of the following compulsory courses. Please visit our Structure page for more information: Theories and Politics of Social Justice (20 credits) Social justice is a deeply contested concept and this course will explore the competing ways in which it is defined, theorised and operationalised in local, national and international contexts. Students will be encouraged to think critically and expansively about the nature of social justice by considering its foundational claims and the historical and contemporary disputes that have shaped the development of this idea. Community Action and Social Justice (20 credits) Because of the contested natures of both ‘social justice’ and ‘community’, grassroots activists and practitioners face significant dilemmas in the application of social justice principles to real world contexts. This course aims to introduce students to some of the key theoretical frameworks, models and methods for applying social justice ideas and principles to activism and practice in community-based settings around the globe. Through this course, students will have the opportunity to consider and critique the viability, sustainability and ethics of particular approaches to community action. Policy Analysis for Social Justice (20 credits) This course focuses on the challenges of enacting social justice ideas, principles and practices in policy-making processes. Because scholars, activists and practitioners for social justice are particularly interested in disputes about the fair allocation of resources and the experiences of marginalised groups.



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