SOC 4218 - G Power Surveillance & Control

Institution:

University of New Orleans

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Description:

Prerequisite: SOC 1051 or consent of department. An examination of formal and informal mechanisms of social control, types of social power, and surveillance techniques. Students are introduced to social theories which offer contrary positions on the questions of whether control is necessary to protect individuals in a society from the harmful actions of others, or whether control is means by which the powerful protect their privilege. Other topics covered include the distribution of power resources and the implication of this for different groups' ability to influence social policy, the nature of propaganda, subtle forms of control acheived through the manipulation of physical space, and the increasingly sophisticated nature of surveillance technology.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.uno.edu

Phone Number:

(504) 280-6000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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