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LOGMS23HKI Local and Global Welfare Policiesh (5 cr)

Code: LOG0005B20S-3004

General information


Enrollment

01.03.2023 - 19.03.2023

Timing

18.09.2023 - 27.10.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

80 % Contact teaching, 20 % Distance learning

Unit

Sosionomitutkinnot

Campus

Helsinki

Teaching languages

  • English

Seats

0 - 111

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Social Services

Teachers

  • Katja Päällysaho

Groups

  • HKI-S23dss

Objective

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

Content

Contents:
• 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 and welfare regimes
• Basis of public administration in Finland
• Globalisation and welfare
• European Union and social policy

Evaluation scale

0-5