SOCIOL 707
Special Topic: Governing Population and Society
Please note: this is archived course information from 2023 for SOCIOL 707.
Description
Explores the relationship between population, state and society with a particular emphasis on the settler colonial and post colonial context of Aotearoa New Zealand and the South Pacific. Social theories of biopolitics, gender, racism and technology are examined in order to develop critical insights into population ‘problems’ of migration, borders, fertility/mortality, citizenship and diversity.
Availability 2023
Semester 2
Lecturer(s)
Lecturer(s) Francis Collins
Points
SOCIOL 707: 30 points