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| Quellcurriculum |
Masterstudium Joint Master's Degree Programme in Comparative Social Policy and Welfare 2023W |
| Ziele |
(*)Students will review the major theoretical conceptualizations and analytical approaches to the study of social protection systems and in doing so develop an understanding of the historical development, different institutional forms and normative underpinnings of welfare production in the modern welfare state.
After successfully completing the course, students will be able to
- … recognize and compare the major approaches of conceptualizing the welfare state and explaining welfare state development,
- … identify and analyze the major empirical challenges and normative concerns that characterize specific problems that social policy seeks to address,
- … critically assess, based on their conceptual knowledge, both political and policy dimensions of different welfare state designs or programs,
- … spot potential problem areas or social policy intervention and develop policy solutions, and
- … they show how their own arguments about welfare state development draw on state-of-the-art information sources and AI tools and demonstrate awareness of using these resources responsibly and in an ethically acceptable manner.
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| Lehrinhalte |
(*)The course conveys the theoretical background knowledge that allows students to identify and understand different institutional regimes of welfare production, different explanatory theories of welfare state development, and different historical trajectories in the development of social protection systems in their varied social, political, and ideological contexts. It also gives first insights in the principal methodological approaches for studying welfare state development.
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| Beurteilungskriterien |
(*)Final exam (oral or written)
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| Lehrmethoden |
(*)This is an independent study class. Students will autonomously engage with readings provided for them and demonstrate their insights in a final examination.
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| Abhaltungssprache |
Englisch |
| Literatur |
(*)Readings and assignments are provided by the instructor.
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| Lehrinhalte wechselnd? |
Nein |
| Sonstige Informationen |
(*)Students who wish to repeat this class in order to improve their results must declare this so that a retake option can be offered.
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