DSOC 25A00 - Comparative Social Policy: A multidisciplinary Outlook

The course provides a comprehensive outlook of comparative social policy across the OECD world. The twelve lectures aim to make students knowledgeable about the broad field of comparative social policy by analysing theory, welfare state change, and welfare state outcomes. At the end of the course, students will be able to understand the most important issues surrounding social protection from a comparative perspective and also get a sense of more practical issues, i.e. how much do countries diverge in protecting individuals from social risks? How much do countries diverge in supporting families and gender equality through cash benefits and service provisions? How much do countries diverge in the allocation of spending for different policies? How do different welfare states impact on people's real lives? How do welfare states enact redistribution?

Emanuele FERRAGINA

Séminaire

English

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Autumn 2021-2022

1. Class Participation (10%) 2. Summary and critique of readings (30% of grade): Each student will summarize and critique the readings for one or more selected weeks (the student is entirely free to choose the week/s of interest). The summary has to concern a minimum of 2 readings (each chapter is considered one reading) assigned for the selected week. The page limit is 4 1.5-spaced pages (use 12-point Times New Roman font). 3. Final exam (60% of the final grade) The final exam is a commentary of text. Students will be able to retrieve the text from Moodle on the XXth of December. The size should not exceed 800 words. The short text will refer to aspects of comparative social policy discussed during the course.