The Politics of the Welfare State

Dozent/in	Dr. Elie Michel
Veranstaltungsart	Masterseminar
Code	HS201366
Semester	Herbstsemester 2020
Durchführender Fachbereich	Politikwissenschaft
Studienstufe	Bachelor Master
Termin/e	wöchentlich (Mo), ab 14.09.2020, 12:15 - 14:00 Uhr, 4.B54
Umfang	2 Semesterwochenstunden
Turnus	wöchentlich
Inhalt	The welfare state is one of the major social and political achievements of the 20th century in Europe. Not only has the welfare state protected most citizens from major economic risks (income loss, poverty, sickness, old age, unemployment…), but it has also supported the democratic stability of European democracies. This seminar deals with the politics of the welfare state: it covers the political/philosophical roots of welfare, comparative analysis of welfare state developments and reforms, and the politicization of the welfare state. The course aims to provide students with an advanced knowledge of welfare institutions, and skills in comparative cross-national political analysis.
Sprache	Englisch
Anmeldung	Limited number of participants with preference for students from 3rd semester onwar.
Abschlussform / Credits	active participation (25%), short response papers (25%), presentation (50%) / 4 Credits
Hinweise	Studienschwerpukt: Politische Kommunikation/Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
Hörer-/innen	Nein
Kontakt	elie.michel@unilu.ch
Material	Pflichtlektüre und Seminarmaterialien zugänglich auf Online-Plattform OLAT
Literatur	- Esping-Andersen, Gøsta. 1990. The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism. Cambridge: Polity Press. - Häusermann, Silja. 2010. The Politics of Welfare State Reform in Continental Europe: Modernization in Hard Times. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. - Svallfors, Stefan. 2012. Contested Welfare States: Welfare Attitudes in Europe and Beyond. Stanford: Stanford University Press.