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agriculture, local time-honoured businesses, local independent and small businesses, street
entrepreneurs and informal economy, and corporate community involvement. The advantages
and disadvantages of different types of community economy are examined in this course.

SOC 310 Social Enterprise in Asia
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course aims to explore a variety of ideas and practices of social enterprise in Asian
countries and regions. Alongside the fast growth of social enterprise in Western societies, many
Asian countries and regions also manage to incorporate social enterprise into their own
socioeconomic development strategies. This course uses a comparative perspective to
demonstrate different national and regional versions of social enterprise. A particular focus is
placed on the localization and integration processes of social enterprise into specific social,
cultural, economic and political contexts. To this end, social enterprises in Asian countries or
regions, including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Singapore,
Vietnam and Malaysia, will be chosen for case studies.

SOC 311 Sustainable and Innovative Cities in the Contemporary World
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course examines the different forms of modern cities such as consumption city,
gentrified city, heritage city, sustainable city, and smart city. It will demonstrate how they are
intricately interconnected and what the dialogues among the past, the present and the future
in city development are. It then demonstrates the urgency of inheriting, reimaging, and
innovating our culture to contend with the disruptive forces of globalization. By comparing Hong
Kong with other global cities, students will make use of local and global cases to research how
urban space and culture are constructed and the dialectical relationship in between them.

SOC 312 Popular Culture in Asia
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course explores the making of popular culture in the Asian contexts. In particular,
this course examines the divergence and interconnectedness of popular culture in Asia through
discussing issues and concepts like cultural imperialism, postcolonialism, soft power, cultural
supermarket, glocalization, power dynamics of regional flows, orientalism, and cross-cultural
reception and appropriation. Students will be equipped with a critical sociological reflection
upon the Asian popular culture they are already enjoying from this course.

SOC 313 Sociology of Education
1 Term; 3 Credits
Education plays a central role in most societies throughout the world. It is a key element
of our lives as social beings. Thus, to understand contemporary society more comprehensively,
we need to examine the impact of education. This course provides students with an opportunity
to explore the key debates within the sociology of education, such as sources of educational
change, organizational context of schooling, impact of schooling on social stratification, social

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