Power, Structures and Inequality, 5 cr

The lecture course provides social scientific perspectives on consumption from the fields of economic sociology, sociology and social psychology. The course is intended for both MA and PhD level students at the Tampere University.

The course consists of the following lectures:

Pekka Räsänen (UTU): Consumption from the perspective of economic sociology

Taru Lindblom (UTU): Food consumption, status struggle and economic inequality

Atte Oksanen (UTA): Debt problems and life-course transitions

Mette Ranta (JYU): Towards youth financial independence: Psychological and societal factors

Minna Autio (HU): Sustainability in consumption: goods, services and innovations

Semi Purhonen (UTA): Cultural stratification: Starting points and recent debates

Terhi-Anna Wilska (JYU): Consumption, necessities and excess

Turo-Kimmo Lehtonen & Olli Pyyhtinen (UTA): Consumption and waste

In addition, thematic readings will be suggested for each lecture. All the lecture videos and course readings are available for students in the Moodle platform. All the course materials are in English, but the course assignments can be written in English or Finnish.