Es ist eine neuere Version 2020W dieses Fachs/Moduls im Curriculum Master's programme Comparative Social Policy and Welfare 2024W vorhanden.
Workload
Mode of examination
Education level
Study areas
Responsible person
Coordinating university
15 ECTS
Accumulative subject examination
M1 - Master's programme 1. year
Social Science
Margitta Mätzke
JKU Linz / MRU
Detailed information
Original study plan
Master's programme Joint Master's Programme in Comparative Social Policy and Welfare 2017W
Objectives
The courses in this section lay the theoretical and conceptual groundwork for comparative welfare state studies. They give a first overview over important debates in the field of comparative welfare state research and introduce the relevant theoretical conceptualizations and empirical techniques of internationally comparative social research. The courses qualify students to critically reflect on theoretical and empirical arguments and enhance their practical skills in working independently with empirical materials and theoretical conceptualizations, analyzing different countries' social protection systems, understanding current trends and controversies in those different regimes, and putting this information in internationally and historically comparative perspective.
Subject
Please refer to the course content of the individual seminars.
Further information
The course "Theories of Welfare States and Comparative Social Policy: An Introduction" is an independent study class with a book examination. The courses "Welfare State Theories" and "Comparative Research in Social Policy" combine interactive classroom sessions during the intensive phase of the program with independent study during the semester and a number of smaller written assignments.
