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Course Catalog 01/02


Business Adm and Social Science

IES634 Social Studies B 30.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
III + IV

LANGUAGE:Swedish

EXAMINER
Lisbeth Lindström Univ adj


PREREQUISITES
Knowledge equivalent to 20 p Social Studies A.

COURSE AIM
The aims of the course are that students acquire

- basic knowledge about private and public law
- knowledge about, and developing understanding for the multicutural society
- understanding environmental questions in a local and global perspective
- practice in planning, managing and presenting administrative projects.


CONTENTS
ITEM 1. The multicultural society.
Sweden and the surrounding world.
Swedish immigrant and refugee policy.
Ethnic groups and the situation of minorities.
Patterns of life and living conditions.

ITEM 2. Society and the environment.
Environmental planning from local and global perspectives.
Environmental law.
Life styles, the environment and values.

ITEM 3. The individual and the legal system.
Private and public law.
Consumer law.
Company law.
Environmental law.
International law.

ITEM 4. Administrative project
Project and leadership
Different models for analieses
Planning, managing and presenting a projekt


TEACHING
The teaching will consist of lessons, group practice, field studies
and seminars. In item4 are the students working with an own project in
cooperation with private och public administration.


EXAMINATION
Written and oral examination, individually and in groups.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: Fail, Pass, Distinction.
COURSE GRADE SCALE:

ITEMS/CREDITS

Reuired assignment 1.50ECTS
Project work 6.00ECTS
Required assignment 7.50ECTS
Required assignment 3.00ECTS
Written exam 4.50ECTS
Required assignment 4.50ECTS
Written report 3.00ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
Item 1
Kymlicka, Will (1998) Mångkulturellt medborgarskap. Nya Doxa ISBN 91-578-0031-6
Lundh, C & Ohlsson, R (1999, 2:a uppl) Från arbetskraftsimport till flyktninginvandring. Stockholm: SNS
Item 2
Eckerberg, Katarina (2000): Lokal Agenda 21 - en studie av 10 svenska kommuner. Stockholm: Miljödepartementet: Svenska kommunförbundet.
Lundmark, Carina (2001): "Svenska partiers syn på naturen" i Persson, Gunnar (red.): Människor, miljö, hälsa. Luleå: Luleå tekniska universitet.
Lundqvist, Lennart J. (1994): "Miljöpolitiken som ett genomförandeproblem" i Lundgren, Lars (red.): Livstil och miljö. Handlingsutrymme för förändring. Stockholm: Statens naturvårdsverk.
McCormick, John (2001): Environmental Policy in the European Union. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Stenmark, Mikael (2000), Miljöetik och miljövård. Miljöfrågornas värdemässiga dimenson. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
Ytterligare artiklar tillkommer.
Item 3
Litteratur och övningskompendium
i rättsvetenskap
Item 4
Nordberg, K. (2000), Projekthandboken - metod och process. Falköping: Förlags
AB Björnen. ISBN 91-88528-34-0.
Vedung Evert((1991), Utvärdering i politik och förvaltning. ISBN 91-44-34261-6.
Lund: Studentlitteratur.

Referenslitteratur
Bruchfeld, S & Jacobsson, J (1999) Kan man vara svart och svensk?. Texter om rasism, antisemitism och nazism. Stockholm: Natur och kultur. ISBN 91-27-50573-1
Hylland T, Eriksen(1993) Etnicitet och nationalism. ISBN 91-578-0012-X. Bokförlaget Nya Doxa.
Svanberg I, Tydén M (1999) I nationalismens bakvatten. Om minoritet, etnicitet och rasism. ISBN 91-44-00937-2. Studentlitteratur
Taylor C(1994). Det mångkulturella samhället och erkännandets politik. ISBN 91 7173108 3.
Bokförlaget Didalos AB.

Valid for the academic year 01/02.

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