ASOK15103U Welfare, Inequality and Mobility

Volume 2015/2016
Education

MA Sociology 2015 - Compulsory course package subject

Sociology students must be enrolled under MSc Curriculum 2015 to take this exam.

BA-Undergraduates from foreign countries (exchange students) can sign up for this course

Content

This is a compulsory course for the course package "Welfare inequality and Mobility"

This specialization provides knowledge of the Danish welfare model and policy, including knowledge of this model's distinctive features in comparison with other models, and the challenges of increased globalization and individualization. Emphasis is placed on the distribution of welfare in relation to, inter alia, income, education, labor market attachment, health and consumption. Specialization provides knowledge about welfare at the individual level, across generations (eg social and economic mobility) and at the macro level (eg social cohesion). Specialization focuses on welfare distribution in relation to, inter alia, class, gender, age and ethnicity, as it deals with the consequences of failure welfare in different parts of the population. Specialization discusses relations between welfare and labour market models in Denmark and in other countries. Specialization focuses on analyzing conditions and living conditions of both the so-called standard population and for vulnerable groups such as the poor, long-term unemployed and socially marginalized families and individuals. The teaching focuses on understanding how social factors affect communities and individuals' welfare , and how individual circumstances and choices can affect the situation of each person or group is in. The specialization offers insights into how specific welfare policies affect people's living conditions, and how the ' system' meets public/users in various forms of welfare provision.

 

Learning Outcome

Upon finishing the course, the student will have gained a broadly based overview of the core sociological research literature within the thematic field of Welfare, Inequality and Mobility. This will give them the ability to thoroughly compare and contrast key theoretical perspectives that are central to the wider MA specialization in Welfare, Inequality and Mobility, as well as identifying significant historical and contemporary developments in the field. In particular the students will attain advanced knowledge about the Danish welfare system, including the labour market, welfare institutions, educational systems, mobility patterns and other central areas within the welfare area.

Moreover, the students will be able to identify and distinguish between different types of welfare models and make comparative analyses with reference to different societies, including labour markets, social stratification, welfare state models, types of social benefit systems, institutions etc.. Based on the work with papers during the course, the students will train and demonstrate abilities to apply central concepts from the literature in order to make theoretical and comparative embedded inquiries into issues within the thematic field of Welfare, Inequality and Mobility.

 

A Readear plus material posted via Absalon. The curriculum will contain around 1400 pages.

 

Teaching will be organised as lectures combined with different types of studentpresentation. Students are expected to work on minor assigments during the course. A high level of studentinvolvement is expected.
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Exam Preparation
  • 72
  • Exercises
  • 14
  • Lectures
  • 56
  • Preparation
  • 140
  • Theory exercises
  • 131
  • Total
  • 413
Credit
15 ECTS
Type of assessment
Portfolio, -
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Der gives én karakter på bagrund af en samlet vurdering af porteføljeopgaven og det mundtlige forsvar. De skriftlige porteføljeopgaver kan udarbejdes i mindre grupper (max 4 studerende) og det mundtlige forsvar foregår herefter som gruppeprøve med individuel bedømmelse.

De samlede porteføljeopgaver må maximalt fylde 30 sider. Ved gruppebesvarelser tillægges 15 sider pr. ekstra studerende.
Exam registration requirements

No specific registration requirements.

Aid
All aids allowed
Marking scale
7-point grading scale
Censorship form
External censorship
Criteria for exam assesment

See learning outcome