Emphasis is on interactional processes between social worker and client. This course examines and analyzes the transformation of post colonial societies through capitalist, socialist or other forms of development in a political economy context. Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Pareto, Homans and Parsons among others. Substantive theories of social organization. The relationship of law and society is studied through the history, philosophy and evolution of the law and legal institutions.
Emphasis is on the introduction of programs to deter patterns of substance abuse.
Sociology of Health and Illness Social and cultural factors associated with the definition, occurrence, and experience of health and illness. An examination of the social determinants that affect the etiology and distribution of illness and the social organization of the medical profession and the hospital. The role of institutions in socializing persons toward death. Changes in attitudes toward death over the life cycle. Examination of the dying process, funeral, bereavement, living will, euthanasia and views on life after death.