Social Inequalities
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Why is the gap in social, behavioural, and financial outcomes between individuals from higher and lower social strata increasing over time? Why are family ties becoming more important in order to be successful in life? How can welfare policies help to reduce social inequality in a given society? If you are keen to answer these questions, this Master’s programme is the right choice for you. At the local, national and global level, an intense period of social transformation and fragmentation can be observed. Catchphrases such as detraditionalisation, globalisation, neoliberalization and automation involve real transformations of work and family life, of cities and states, and of citizen’s entitlements and international mobilities. Certainties in work are increasingly being replaced by uncertainties in the course of flexibilisation. Migration has changed the face and structure of both cities and families whereas new technologies transform both work and urban government. These social transformations have led to growing social inequalities across countries in the world. Within this context, scientists, politicians and policymakers realise that it is vital to gain a better understanding of social inequalities as it enables them to address these issues.To do so, scholars have stressed the need to look beyond individual characteristics and take into account the interdependencies in people’s lives. Life chances and well-being are not solely structured and determined by individual cultural and human capital, but increasingly by partner relationships, parenthood, care and work obligations, and intergenerational transmissions of e.g. knowledge or skills between family members as well. Furthermore, organisational, legal and policy contexts create conditions that mitigate or strengthen these social (gender, class and generational) inequalities. In order to understand the complex interplay between social structure, family environment, and individual behaviour, it is important to bridge divisions between disciplines to provide a detailed understanding of the ways in which social inequality manifests itself across diverse communities and contexts at the national and international level.
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Depending on the specialization you wish to apply for, you are eligible for admission to the master’s program Sociology if you have obtained a relevant Bachelor’s or undergraduate degree from a research university that includes at least 7.5 EC in social science research methods and techniques.
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Rotterdam
Netherlands
3062 PA
Netherlands
- 1 year
- Full Time
- On Campus Learning
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