SOWK 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Human Resources
14 Aug 2018
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Academic discipline that is combined political theory with economic theory. Politics (study of power) + economics (stud of scarcity/resources) Ex who cooks meals in household, who budgets. Studies production and consumption and how they are organized. How are resources given out: natural, capital: machinery, money, infrastructure, property, human resources: skills, education, barriers and exploitations, knowledge, social capital/capital: daycare, churches, personal networks, communities. White, males, middle class/ migrants, women, low income. Analyze the structures which are society is built upon, in order to create positive change and better influence the climate which surrounds systems of change and support. Quality of well being of people, communities and societies. How organization of economy affects the welfare of people.
