| Detailed information |
| Original study plan |
Master's programme Comparative Social Policy and Welfare 2025W |
| Learning Outcomes |
Competences |
- Students will be able to critically evaluate competing theoretical perspectives on the origins, evolution, and politics of welfare states.
- They will develop the ability to apply theoretical frameworks to analyse specific social policies, challenges, or reforms in different contexts.
- They will be able to contribute to scholarly and policy debates by integrating theoretical insights with empirical evidence to address contemporary social policy issues.
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| Skills |
Knowledge |
- Analyse and compare different theoretical arguments about the emergence and development of welfare states (k4).
- Apply theoretical insights to specific social policy challenges, programmes, or historical events (k3).
- Synthesize complex theoretical debates to produce coherent and innovative policy recommendations (k6).
- Use AI text-generating tools responsibly and ethically for academic purposes (k3)
- Develop presentations that explore real-world applications of welfare state theories (k5).
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- Major theoretical perspectives explaining the emergence and transformation of welfare states.
- Institutional principles organising different welfare states, with a focus on their socio-economic and political implications.
- Strengths, limitations, and current debates surrounding welfare state theorising in comparative social policy.
- The role of historical and institutional contexts in shaping welfare state policies and reforms.
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| Criteria for evaluation |
Active participation during the Intensive Program and, depending on the teaching methods, a combination of individual written assignments and/or exams and teamwork and/or interactive tasks.
In the retake-option evaluation is based on a written or oral exam.
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| Methods |
Presentations by the instructor and class discussion during the Intensive Program at the beginning of the semester. During the semester a combination of independent study of the literature and collaborative descriptive and explanatory projects, in which the conceptual knowledge is applied to specific examples.
The retake option consists of an independent study of a reading list provided by the instructor.
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| Language |
English |
| Study material |
Readings and Assignments are provided by the instructor.
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| Changing subject? |
No |
| Further information |
Students who have received a failing grade, or who wish to retake the course to improve their grade, must declare their intention to retake the course before the next semester so that a retake opportunity can be offered. They will then repeat the course through independent study, studying the literature independently from a specially prepared reading list, and demonstrating their competence in a written or oral examination at the end of the semester. The retake option is not a substitute for the regular course. It is only offered to students who have received a grade in the regular course.
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| Earlier variants |
They also cover the requirements of the curriculum (from - to)
929TAPSWSTK14: KS Welfare State Theories (2014W-2020S)
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