ASOK05310U Social Differences in the Enlarged Europe: Challenging the Social Dimension
Social Differences in the Enlarged Europe: Challenging the Social Dimension
BA-undergraduates from foreign countries can sign up for this course.
After having introduced issues of delimitating and defining what
could be understood as Europe the distribution of employment,
incomes and wealth are described in some detail. The particular
role of trade unions is discussed in comparative perspective and
conditions and processes of poverty and social exclusion are
debated. European welfare states are then discussed within the
framework of welfare regime types, followed by a discussion of
reconciliation of work and family life in Europe. Next the various
European Union institutions are discussed in order to establish the
matrix of European governance leading on to a presentation of the
so-called social dimension of European cooperation. Further a focus
on health care in international perspective, urban differentiation
and the important role of gender and ethnicity are discussed.
Course plan:
1. Introduction
2. Defining and delineating Europe
Literature:
Ifversen, Jan (2002). ‘ Europe and European culture: a conceptual
analysis.’ European Societies 4(1): 1-26. Soysal, Yasmin (2002).
‘Locating Europe.’ European Societies 4(3): 265-84.
3. Economic development and spatial differentiation:
employment, incomes and wealth
Literature:
Heidenreich, (2003). ‘Regional inequalities in the enlarged
Europe.’ Journal of European Social Policy 13(4):13-33.
Martin, Ron (2001). ‘EMU versus the regions? Regional convergence
or divergence in Euroland.’ Journal of Economic Geography 1(1):
51-80.
4. Comparing European trade unions to the US and
Asia (guest lecturer: Carsten Strøby Jensen)
Literature:
Strøby Jensen, Carsten (2006). ‘Trade Unionism: differences and
similarities – a Comparative view on Europe, US and Asia.’ Journal
of Industrial Relations 48(1): 59-81.
Visser, Jelle (2004). ‘Patterns and variation in European
Industrial Relations.’ European Commission Industrial Relations in
Europe. Luxembourg.
5. Poverty and social exclusion
Literature:
Stwart, Kitty (2003). ‘Monitoring social inclusion in Europe´s
regions.’ Journal of European Social Policy 13(3): 335-356.
Tsakloglou, Pans and Fotis Papadopoulos (2002). ‘Aggregate level
and determining factors of social exclusion in twelve European
countries.’ Journal of European Social Policy 13(3): 211-225.
6. Different social Europes: the welfare modeling
business
Literature:
Abrahamson, Peter (1999). ‘The welfare modelling business.’ Social
Policy and Administration 33(4): 394-415.
Arts, Wil and John Gelissen (2002). ‘Three worlds of welfare
capitalism or more? A state-of-the-art report.’ Journal of European
Social Policy 13(2): 137-58.
7. Reconciliation of work and family life in
Europe
Literature:
Abrahamson, Peter (1999). ‘Reconciliation of work and family life
in Europe: a case study of Denmark, France, Germany and the United
Kingdom.’ Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and
Practice 9(2): 193-209.
Duncan, Simon (2002). ‘Policy discourses on ‘reconciling work and
family life’ in the EU.’ Social Policy & Society 1(4):
305-14.
Lewis, Jane (2006). ‘Work/family reconciliation, equal
opportunities and social policies: the interpretation of policy
trajectories at the EU level and the meaning of gender equality.’
Journal of European Public Policy 13(3): 420-37.
8. European governance: introducing the role of political
institutions and actors
Literature:
Commission of the European Communities (2001). European Governance:
a white Paper. Brussels COM(2001) 428 final.
9. The social dimension of the European
Union
Literature:
Abrahamson, Peter (2008). ‘The Social dimension of the European
Union.’ Peter Abrahamson and Christian Aspalter (eds.)
Understanding Social Policy in Europe. Taipei: Casa Verde
Publishing, pp 33-55. Threlfall (2007). ‘The social dimension of
the European Union: Innovative methods for advancing integration.’
Global Social Policy 7(3): 271–293.
10. Health care in Europe in international
comparison
Literature:
Eikemo, Terje et al. (2008) ‘Welfare state regimes and
self-perceived health in Europe: a multilevel analysis.’ Social
Science and Medicine 66(): 2281-2295.
Navarro, Vicente, Margaret Whitehead, Tim Doran, Bo Burström, Uwe
Helmert, Giuseppe Costa, and Carme Borrell (2003). ‘Summary and
Conclusions of the Study.’ International Journal of Health Services
33(4): 743-749.
11. Migration, refugees and the ethnic composition of
Europe
Literature:
Crul, Maurice and Hans Vermeulen (2003). ‘The second generation in
Europe.’ International Migration Review 37(4): 965-86.
Jackson, James et al. (2001). ‘Contemporary immigration policy
orientations among dominant-group members in Western Europe.’
Journal of Social Issues 57 (3): 431-56.
12. The important role of gender in European
developments(guest lecturer: Hilda Rømer
Christensen)
Literature
Mark A. Pollack, and Emilie Hafner-Burton. (2004) ‘Mainstreaming
Gender in the European Union.’ In Journal of European Public
Policy. 73. Special Issue 432-56.
Mieke Verloo (2006). ‘Multiple Inequalities. Intersectionality and
the European Union. In European Journal of Women’s Studies 13 (3):
211-228.
Judith Squires: (2004): Gender Quotas in Britain: A fast Track to
Equality. Working Paper Series 2004: 1. The Research Program on
Gender Quotas.
13. Urban differentiation (guest lecturer:
Hans Skifter Andersen)
Literature:
Hans Skifter Andersen (2002). ‘Can Deprived Housing Areas be
Revitalised? Efforts against Segregation and Neighbourhood Decay in
Denmark and Europe.’ Urban Studies 39(4): 767-790. Andersen, Hans
Skifer Andersen; Hans Thor Andersen and Thorkild Ærø (2000).
‘Social polarisation in a segmented housing market. Segregation in
greater Copenhagen.’ Geografisk Tidsskrift no. 100: 71-81.
14. Conclusion
The aim of this course is to enable students to critically learn about and understand current European experiences regarding social and spatial differentiations
Not for undergraduates from our own Department of Sociology
Not for undergraduates from other danish departments
BA-Undergraduates from foreign countries can sign up for this course.
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- Point
- 10 ECTS
- Prøveform
- Mundtlig prøveAssessment: 7-point scale
Individual
Size: A synopsis of maximum 3 pages of 2400 characters. The synopsis may be handed in as a group. However, the oral exam is on individual basis. The synopsis itself is meant as a discussion paper and does not enter into the assessment - Bedømmelsesform
- 7-trins skala
- Censurform
- Ingen ekstern censur
Internal examiners
- Eksamensperiode
- Handing in of papers: 12.00 o’clock in the secretariat (16.1.34) Submission dates will be available on Absalon.
Kriterier for bedømmelse
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- Point
- 10 ECTS
- Prøveform
- Skriftlig afleveringAssessment: 7-point scale
Individual or group
Internal examiner
Size: A Free written take-home essay of maximum 15 pages of 2400 characters each page (incl. spaces). If written by a group, the essay may be 50 % of 2400 characters each page longer per additional student.
Attention: When handing in as a group, the contribution of each student must be pointed out - Bedømmelsesform
- 7-trins skala
- Censurform
- Ingen ekstern censur
Internal examiners
- Eksamensperiode
- Handing in of papers: 12.00 o’clock in the secretariat (16.1.34) Submission dates will be available on Absalon.
Kriterier for bedømmelse
See course aims
Kursusinformation
- Sprog
- Dansk
- Kursuskode
- ASOK05310U
- Point
- 10 ECTS
- Niveau
- Kandidat
- Varighed
- 1 semester
- Placering
- Efterår
- Skemagruppe
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- Sociologisk studienævn
Udbydende institut
- Sociologisk Institut
Kursusansvarlige
- Signe Pedersen (4-7a68756b477a68746d35727c356b72)
Undervisere
Peter Abrahamson, e-mail: pa@soc.ku.dk