Learning outcomes

To provide theoretical and conceptual tools as well as methods in comparing welfare states and social policy systems in post-industrial countries. The module sheds light on different comparative approaches used in current welfare state research.

Contents

Different approaches to comparative welfare state studies covering a wide range of social policy systems; theoretical and empirical modeling of welfare states.

Evaluation

Numeric 1-5.

Study materials

 

Anttonen, Baldock & Sipilä (eds.): The Young, the Old and The State. Social Care Systems in Five Industrial Nations. Edward Elgar 2003.

Esping-Andersen: Social Foundations of Postindustrial Economies. Oxford University Press 1999.

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