Local and global Welfare Policies (5cr)
Code: LOG0005B16S-3002
General information
- Enrollment
- 02.07.2017 - 31.07.2017
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 14.08.2017 - 20.12.2017
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Campus
- Helsinki
- Teaching languages
- English
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Social Services
- Teachers
- Lauri Uljas
- Mika Alavaikko
- Course
- LOG0005B16S
Unfortunately, no reservations were found for the realization Local and global Welfare Policies LOG0005B16S-3002. It's possible that the reservations have not yet been published or that the realization is intended to be completed independently.
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