ASOK05324U Sociology of the Welfare State: Comparative Perspective
BA-undergraduates from foreign countries can sign up for this course.
Course plan and schedule
1. Introduction. The Welfare State: the Bishop of
Canterbury and the Second World War
Literature: Asa Briggs: “The Welfare State in Historical
Perspective.Ӡ pp. 16-29.
Thomas H. Marshall: “Citizenship and Social Class.”† pp.
30-39.
2. Origin and Development of the Welfare
State
Literature: Ch. Pierson: “Chpt. 4.” pp. 105-142.
3. Industrialism, Modernization and Social
Democracy
Literature: Ch. Pierson: “Chpt. 1.” pp. 9-40.
4. Political Economy and the Welfare State
Literature: Ch. Pierson: “Chpt. 2.” pp. 41-65.
5. New Social Movements and the Welfare
State
Literature: Ch. Pierson: “Chpt. 3.” pp. 66-102.
6. Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism or
Four?
Literature: Gøsta Esping-Andersen: “Three Worlds of Welfare
Capitalism.Ӡ pp. 160-174.
Walter Korpi: “Welfare state Regimes in Western Europe.” † pp.
246-268.
7. The Welfare Modelling Business
Literature: Will Arts & John Gelissen.”Three worlds of welfare
capitalism, or more?Ӡ pp. 175-198.
8. The Legacy of Richard M. Titmuss
Literature: Richard M. Titmuss: “Universalism Versus Selection;”†
pp. 40-47.
9. Germanic Understandings of the Social
State
Literature: Claus Offe: “Some Contradictions of the Modern Welfare
State.Ӡ pp. 66-75.
Fritz Scharpf: “Negative integration: States and the Loss of
boundary Control.Ӡ pp. 223-225.
10. Understanding Welfare with Respect to Gender: A
Feminist Approach
Literature: Mary McIntosh: “Feminism and Social Policy.”† pp.
120-133.
Carol Pateman: “The Patriarchal Welfare state.” † pp.134-151.
11. After the Golden Age
Literature: Ch. Pierson: “Chpt. 5 pp. 143-170.
12. Economic Challenges to the Welfare State
Literature: Francis Castles: ”A Race to the Bottom?”† pp.
226-244.
13. Beyond the Welfare State
Literature: Ch. Pierson: “Chpt. 6.” pp. 171-198.
14. Postmodernism and Welfare
Literature: Giuliano Bonoli: “The Politics of the New Social
PoliciesӠ pp. 389-407.
Anthony Giddens: “Positive welfare.”† pp. 378-388.
Formålet med undervisningen er mere generelt, at den studerende opøver mere dybtgående færdigheder i at anlægge sociologiske perspektiver på samfundsmæssige fænomener.
Sociologiske Temafag omfatter således en præsentation af, hvorledes samfundsmæssige institutioner, sektorer og problemområder fremstår i et sociologisk perspektiv. Dette gælder eksempelvis organisationer, familie, uddannelse, arbejdsliv, medier og sociale problemer. Der lægges her specielt vægt på, hvad det sociologiske perspektiv tilbyder frem for andre perspektiver såsom det politologiske, retslige eller økonomiske.
Nærmere bestemt skal den studerende kunne:
· formulere en afgrænset og præcis problemstilling med udgangspunkt i det udbudte fags genstandsfelt/ problematik
· strukturere og argumentere overbevisende i behandlingen af den præciserede problemstilling
· inddrage relevant litteratur vedrørende teori, begreber og analyser af det pågældende genstandsfelt/problematik
· gøre den behandlede litteratur til genstand for selvstændig bearbejdning og kritisk stillingtagen
· udfolde teoretiske betragtninger stillet over for det pågældende genstandsfelt/problematik
Students must buy Christopher Pierson & Francis G. Castles (eds.) The Welfare State Reader. Second Edition. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2006 (†), and Christopher Pierson Beyond the Welfare State? The New Political Economy of Welfare, Third Edition. Cambridge: Polity Press 2006.
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.
Kurset fungerer samtidig som linjefag i specialiseringsretningen: Politisk sociologi
- Category
- Hours
- Class Instruction
- 28
- Exam
- 123,5
- Preparation
- 123,5
- Total
- 275,0
Attention: the deadline for signing up for courses is
June 1st for the fall semester. When signing up
you are automatically signed up for exam.
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- Credit
- 10 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written assignmentAssesment: 7-point scale
Individual or group
Examiner: External 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 - Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
Internal examiner
- Exam period
- Handing in of papers: 12.00 o’clock in the secretariat (16.1.34) Submission dates will be available on Absalon.
Criteria for exam assesment
See course aims
- Credit
- 10 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Oral examinationAssesment: 7-point scale
Individual
Examiner: Internal examiner
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 - Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
Internal examiner
- Exam period
- Handing in of papers: 12.00 o’clock in the secretariat (16.1.34) Submission dates will be available on Absalon.
Criteria for exam assesment
See course aims
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- ASOK05324U
- Credit
- 10 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Autumn
- Schedule
- See schedule
- Continuing and further education
- Price
- Study board
- Department of Sociology, Study Council
Contracting department
- Department of Sociology
Course responsibles
- Signe Pedersen (4-78667369457866726b33707a336970)
Lecturers
Peter Abrahamson, E-mail: pa@soc.ku.dk