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LOGA18HKI Local and global Welfare Policies (5cr)

Code: LOG0005B16S-3001

General information

Enrollment: 01.03.2018 - 18.03.2018; Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 24.09.2018 - 19.10.2018; Implementation has ended.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 5 cr

Local portion: 5 cr

Mode of delivery: Contact learning

Campus: Helsinki

Teaching languages: English

Teachers: Lauri Uljas; Mika Alavaikko

Course: LOG0005B16S

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Objective

The students will be able to
- understand different definitions and theories of welfare
- understand different definitions and values of social policy
- know different welfare regimes and understand their relation to different social, political and economic structures in a global context
- know the history of social policy
- understand future challenges to social policy

Content

- definitions and theories of welfare values underlying social policy
- impact of social, political and economic structures on everyday life and social policy
- different welfare regimes
- history and future of social policy
- globalisation and welfare
- European Union and social policy

Location and time

24.9-19.10.2018
Blended Learning
Contact teaching weeks 39 and 42
Independent and group work weeks 40 and 41

Materials

Deacon, Bob 2007. Global Social Policy & Governance. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (print copies and e-book)
Garcés, Jordi, Monsonís Payá, Irene 2013. Sustainability and Transformation in European Social Policy. Oxford: Peter Lang AG.
Spicker, Paul 2008.Social Policy.Themes and approaches. Bristol: The Policy Press. (print copies in the library)
The Millennium Development Goals Report 2015 UNITED NATIONS.
Powell, Martin & Barrientos, Armando 2004. Welfare regimes and the welfare mix. European Journal of Political Research
Kettunen, P. (2001). The Nordic Welfare State in Finland. Scandinavian Journal of History, 26(3), pp. 225-247.

Teaching methods

Blended Learning
Contact teaching weeks 39 and 42
Independent and group work weeks 40 and 41

Exam schedules

Literature exam on re-exam date. Exam material to be confirmed at the beginning of the study module.

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