OAFP 9510 - Age and Public Policies
OAFP 9510 · Spring semester 2025-2026
- Language of tuition
- English
- Course type
- Cours séminaire
- Number of hours
- 24
- Credits
- 4
Information
Description
This class aims at bringing the issue of age back into public policy analysis. Age plays a crucial role in shaping people’s needs, opportunities, and challenges, and public policies must adapt to these differences. As a result, governments design policies for children, adults, and older populations, globally structuring their life course trajectory. We will examine why and how age matters for public policies and how demographic and generational changes actually influence policy making. The course also highlights key debates, such as pension reforms, young people’s entry into adulthood, and early childhood education and care. By studying international case studies, students will understand how different societies respond to aging populations or youth-related challenges. We will discuss how policies can promote fairness between generations and support people across the life course.
Prerequisites
No requirement needed.
Assessment
- 1 paper 80%
- Student engagement during the semester (participation in class discussions during and outside of class, ability to ask questions, and class citizenship etc.) (20%)
Readings
Main readings 5
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Busemeyer, Marius R. 2015. Skills and Inequality. Partisan Politics and the Political Economy of Education Reforms in Western Welfare States. Cambridge University Press.
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Chevalier, Tom. 2016. “Varieties of Youth Welfare Citizenship. Towards a Two-Dimension Typology.” Journal of European Social Policy, no. 26: 3–19.
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Kostelka, Filip, and André Blais. 2021. “The Generational and Institutional Sources of the Global Decline in Voter Turnout.” World Politics, 1–39.
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Lynch, Julia. 2006. Age in the Welfare State: The Origins of Social Spending on Pensioners, Workers, and Children. Cambridge University Press
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Tepe, Markus, and Pieter Vanhuysse. 2010. “Elderly Bias, New Social Risks and Social Spending: Change and Timing in Eight Programmes across Four Worlds of Welfare, 1980-2003.” Journal of European Social Policy 20 (3): 217–34.
Teaching units
| Unit no. | Unit type | Teaching units | Teachers | Number of hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58890 | Cours séminaire | Age and Public Policies | Tom CHEVALIER | 24 | 4 |
Teachers
- Tom CHEVALIER
In the curricula
- Double master avec HEC - Cours électifs - Semestre 4 (2025-2026)ÉCOLE D'AFFAIRES PUBLIQUES (EAP)
- MASTER IN EUROPEAN AFFAIRS, POLICY STREAM POLITCS AND PUBLIC POLICY, SEMESTER 2 : 2025-2026ÉCOLE D'AFFAIRES PUBLIQUES (EAP)
- MASTER IN PUBLIC POLICY, POLICY STREAM POLITCS AND PUBLIC POLICY, SEMESTER 2 : 2025-2026ÉCOLE D'AFFAIRES PUBLIQUES (EAP)
Contacts and resources
- Contact
- SCHITTONE Delphine