Comparative Social Policy

COURSE OUTLINE 21

GENERAL

SCHOOL	SOCIAL POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT	SOCIAL POLICY
LEVEL OF STUDIES	LEVEL 6
COURSE CODE	21	SEMESTER		4^th
COURSE TITLE	Comparative Social Policy
TEACHING ACTIVITIES If the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to the whole course, then please indicate the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.			TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK		ECTS CREDITS
			3		6


Please, add lines if necessary. Teaching methods and organization of the course are described in section 4.
COURSE TYPE Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development	Scientific Area
PREREQUISITES:	No
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE:	Greek
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS:	No
COURSE URL:	https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/438167/

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning Outcomes
Please describe the learning outcomes of the course: Knowledge, skills and abilities acquired after the successful completion of the course.
The aim of this course is to introduce students into the comparative analysis f different social protection systems and into the exploration of their changes through time. The concept of regimes of welfare capitalism (Esping-Andersen) is used for the comparative exploration of welfare states. In particular, alternative typologies of welfare states are presented as well as approaches focusing on the gender perspective in order to assess diverse welfare mixes. The transformations of the welfare state are examined through the perspective of social change, new social risks and the effects of the European integration and globalization. In addition, the explanatory power and the validity of various approaches is assessed based on empirical data in specific fields of social policy (social security, employment policy, health and social assistance). Special focus is placed on the particular traits of social protection systems in the South of Europe (belated development of the welfare state in relation to the countries of North-Western Europe, the role of EU in the formulation of social policy). Finally, we examine the consequences of the crisis on the social reform of the European space, the future of Social Europe and the potential for the further reinvigoration of values and principles of the European Social Model. Upon the successful completion of the course, students will be in the position to: · Understand the basic concepts and terms of comparative analysis in social policy and welfare states. · Delve into the various theoretical approaches for understanding welfare states. · Develop the appropriate theoretical and methodological tools for the analysis and synthesis of various theoretical approaches in social policy and welfare state theory.
General Skills
Name the desirable general skills upon successful completion of the module
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, ICT Use Adaptation to new situations Decision making Autonomous work Teamwork Working in an international environment Working in an interdisciplinary environment Production of new research ideas	Project design and management Equity and Inclusion Respect for the natural environment Sustainability Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues Critical thinking Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, ICT Use Autonomous work Teamwork Working in an interdisciplinary environment Equity and Inclusion Sustainability Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues Critical thinking Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning

COURSE CONTENT

The aim of this course is to introduce students into the comparative analysis f different social protection systems and into the exploration of their changes through time. The concept of regimes of welfare capitalism (Esping-Andersen) is used for the comparative exploration of welfare states.

In the first part, we define the content of comparative social policy. In the following, we summarize the main theoretical approaches for the emergence of the welfare state in order to highlight the contribution by Esping-Andersen. Finally, we define fundamental concepts in comparative social policy and in particular the concept of decommodificatios and analyze the welfare state as a system of social stratification.

In the second part, we present the typology by Esping-Andersen, we highlight the main aspects of each regime and provide explanations for their emergence.

In the third part, we present studies which criticize the typology by Esping-Andersen from the gender perspective as well as through comparison on neglected by Esping-Andersen policy fields. Finally, we examine the debate over the existence of a South-European model of welfare as well as the welfare trajectories of other geographical areas outside Europe.

Course outline:

· Introduction to comparative social policy

· Theoretical approaches for the emergence of the welfare state

· The concept of decommodification

· The welfare state as a system of social stratification

· The three worlds of welfare capitalism: main aspects of regimes

· The three worlds of welfare capitalism: the explanation behind the emergence of three regimes

· The three worlds of welfare capitalism in the post-industrial era

· Esping-Andersen’s typology and the gender perspective

· Esping-Andersen’s typology in other field of social policy

· The debate on the South-European welfare model

· Emerging welfare states: Latin America

· Emerging welfare states: East Asia

LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION

TEACHING METHOD Face to face, Distance learning, etc.	Face to face
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT) Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students	Use of databases, audio-visual material and ppt presentations. The platform eclass is used for the upload of announcements and educational material as well as for communication with students.
TEACHING ORGANIZATION The ways and methods of teaching are described in detail. Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographic research & analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc. The supervised and unsupervised workload per activity is indicated here, so that total workload per semester complies to ECTS standards.	*Activity Workload/semester* Lectures 30 Interactive teaching 9 Preparation of oral presentations 31 Independent work towards written exams 80 Course total 150
Student Evaluation Description of the evaluation process Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Presentation in audience, Laboratory Report,Clinical examination of a patient,Artistic interpretation, Other/Others Please indicate all relevant information about the course assessment and how students are informed	Formative Preparation of oral presentations Essay development questions

SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

· Esping-Andersen, C. (2014). The three worlds of welfare capitalism, trans. Golemi, Α., Topos (Motivo), Athens (in Greek).

· Notes and ppts of the course.

· Lalioti, V. (2018). Aspects of comparative social policy, Topos (Motivo), Athens (in Greek).

Course: Comparative Social Policy

Course Number: 21

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Credits: 6

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