Local and global Welfare Policies (5cr)
Code: LOG0005B16S-3003
General information
- Enrollment
- 01.03.2019 - 18.03.2019
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 30.09.2019 - 25.10.2019
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 4 cr
- Virtual portion
- 1 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Unit
- EDUCATION
- Campus
- Helsinki
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 0 - 100
- 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-3003. 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
Location and time
Helsinki
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
iterature exam on re-exam date. Exam material to be confirmed at the beginning of the study module.
Completion alternatives
Literature exam on re-exam date. Exam material to be confirmed at the beginning of the study module.
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
1-5
Further information
It is possible to get RPL/AHOT if the student has got both theoretical studies about the contents of PGR and has practiced group supervision after the theoretical studies