University of Manchester

This course considers the social nature of music, the distinction between popular and other forms of music, and the methods of investigation that a sociological analysis of music uses. It examines three theoretical approaches to the analysis of the consumption of music: Bourdieu's approach, Adorno's approach, and the Birmingham School's approach. The course focuses on the production and performance of music and the position different social groups (chiefly women and ethnic minorities) have enjoyed in relation to different musical worlds. Students examine how these groups have used music to variously explore and challenge their often marginal position in wider society.

Topics in this course include the origins and growth of tourism; the demand for tourism in various countries; tourism supply and demand, effects of supply/demand on volume/profit; the impacts of tourism on economy and environment; the structure of the industry; and how to properly construct a tourism economy.

This course introduces students to the sociology of racism and ethnicity, using the UK experience as a case study. It explores the origins and development of racism within Britain, examining how it has shaped, and continues to shape the nature of British society. Students explore the role of “race thinking” in the production of inequalities and exclusions, as well as how it informs notions of national identity and citizenship. The course engages with contemporary debates and theoretical advances, particularly in relation to multiculturalism, critical whiteness studies, and “post-race” society.

This course covers the formation of contracts and the content of contracts, as well as the inequality of bargaining power and exclusion and limitation clauses. It discusses the restrictions on contractual freedom (misrepresentation, and duress and undue influence) and reviews frustration and breach and remedies.

This course examines some of the most important social thinkers of the 20th and 21st centuries, and encourages students to critically engage with key debates and issues in contemporary social thought. The course focuses on debates around ‘modernity' vs ‘post-modernity', and ‘structure' vs ‘agency'. The first part of the course considers critical developments of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim's theories of modernity, and the problems that they have raised. Questions explored include: what role does culture play in freedom and domination? How is social order achieved? How can individual behavior be understood? Can social theories account for the experience of women as well as men? The course then moves on to explore two of the ways in which social theorists have responded to the challenges present in modern social thought: firstly, students look at those who see the problems as so fundamental that they develop ‘postmodern' ways of thinking; and secondly, look at contemporary thinkers who seek to redeem modern social thought (to some extent at least) by providing new perspectives on modernity's key themes, from social class to freedom and democracy.

This course familiarizes students with the history and structure of core agencies of the English criminal justice system (CJS). Students study the branches of English law, the structure of the criminal justice system, the police, and the court and probation system.

In this course, students learn how contemporary management theory and practice has developed, with particular focus on the management of people and change; understand the relationship between shifting management paradigms and economic, social, and organizational change in the 20th and 21st centuries; and develop the critical and analytical skills necessary to judge the value of emerging organizational and managerial strategies.

This course provides students with a detailed understanding of how operations management practices can be used to improve an organization's performance. It demonstrates how the major elements concerned with the production of products and services are shaped by leading organizations through effective operations management practices. Topics include operations strategy, quality management, process analysis, capacity planning, inventory management, enterprise resource planning, systems lean production system, theory of constraints, and service operations management, supply chain management, and value stream mapping.

This course covers a variety of topics relating to Mental health law. This includes theories of mental disorder, such as what a mental disorder is, as well as professional discretion models, public protection models, anti psychiatry perspectives and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Students explore the history of civil commitment legislation, asking what should be the goals of civil commitment: risk avoidance? justice? promotion of future autonomy? They also examine what is involved when someone is sectioned, as well as the role of health and social care professionals. The course also covers links with the criminal justice system. Students consider when someone with mental disorder is not responsible for their crime. Students also examine medically treating those lacking mental capacity and treating Mental Disorder under the Mental Health Act 1983, as well as community-based supervision and control, access to justice and access to mental health care.