- Docente: Rosa Mulè
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SPS/04
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International relations and diplomatic affairs (cod. 8050)
Course contents
Textbooks
Castles, F and C. Pierson, The welfare state reader, Polity Press, 2000 (and some chapters in 2nd edition 2006).
Castles, F., Leibfried, S., Lewis, J., Obinger,H., Pierson,C. (eds). The Oxford Handbook of the welfare state, Oxford University Press, 2010.
1. Philosophical foundations
Hayek, F.A. von, The meaning of the welfare state, in Reader, 2000 (and 2006).
Nozick, R. Anarchy, State and Utopia, Oxford, Blackwell, 1974, Chaps. 2-3.
Rawls, J. A Theory of Justice: Revised Edition, Harvard University Press, 1999, chp 2.
Sen, A. Equality of What? in Sen, A. Choice, welfare and measurement, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1982.
2. The origins of the welfare state
Briggs, A. The Welfare State in Historical Perspective, in Reader, 2006.
Kuhnle, S. and Sander, A. The emergence of the western welfare state, in Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State, Oxford University Press, 2010, chp 5.
Nullmeier, F. and Kaufmann,F-X, Post-war welfare state development, OHWS, chp 6.
3.Comparing welfare states I
Sartori, G. Compare Why and How. Comparing, miscomparing and the comparative method, in Dogan,M. K e Kazancigil, A. (eds.) Comparing nations: concepts, strategies and substance, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1994.
Arts W.A. and Gelissen, J. Models of the Welfare State, in OHWS, chp 39.
Esping-Andersen, G. Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, in Reader.
4. Comparing welfare states II
Kautto, M. The nordic countries, in OHWS, chp 40
Palier, B. Continental western Europe, OHWS, chp 41
Ferrera, M. The South European Countries, OHWS, chp 42
Castles, F. The English Speaking Countries, OHWS, chp 43
5. INPUTS AND ACTORS I
Iversen, T. Democracy and capitalism, OHWS chp12
Ebbinghaus, B. Unions and Employers, OHWS chp 13
Schmidt, M. Parties, OHWS, Chp. 14
Immergut, H. Political Institutions, OHWS, chp 15.
6.INPUTS AND ACTORS II
Orloff, A.S. Gender, in OHWS, chp 17
Trifiletti,R. Southern European Welfare Regimes and the Worsening Position of Women, in Social Policy, 1998.
Castles, S. and Schierup, C-U, Migration and Etnic minorities, OHWS, chp. 19.
7. Welfare state in Europe
Falkner, G. European Union, in OHWS, chp.20.
Teague, P. Deliberative Governance and EU social policy, in Reader 2006
8-9. Political challenges to the welfare state
8) Hay, C. Globalization, Economic Change and the Welfare State: the Vexatious Inquisition of Taxation , in Reader 2006.
Scharpf, F. Negative integration: States and the loss of boundary control, in Reader 2006.
Swank, D. Globalization, in OHWS,22.
9) Pierson, P.The New Politics of the Welfare State, in Reader, 2000
Clayton e Pontusson, Welfare State Retrenchment Revisited, in Reader, 2000.
10. Economic challenges to the welfare state
Sjöberg,O., Palme,J., Carroll,E. Unemployment Insurance, in OHWS, chp.29.
Atkinson, A. The economic consequences of rolling back the welfare state, MIT, 2000 chps 1, 2,5.
Readings/Bibliography
Textbooks
Castles, F and C. Pierson, The welfare state reader, Polity Press, 2000 (and some chapters in 2nd edition 2006).
Castles, F., Leibfried, S., Lewis, J., Obinger,H., Pierson,C. (eds). The Oxford Handbook of the welfare state, Oxford University Press, 2010.
1. Philosophical foundations
Hayek, F.A. von, The meaning of the welfare state, in Reader, 2000 (and 2006).
Nozick, R. Anarchy, State and Utopia, Oxford, Blackwell, 1974, Chaps. 2-3.
Rawls, J. A Theory of Justice: Revised Edition, Harvard University Press, 1999, chp 2.
Sen, A. Equality of What? in Sen, A. Choice, welfare and measurement, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1982.
2. The origins of the welfare state
Briggs, A. The Welfare State in Historical Perspective, in Reader, 2006.
Kuhnle, S. and Sander, A. The emergence of the western welfare state, in Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State, Oxford University Press, 2010, chp 5.
Nullmeier, F. and Kaufmann,F-X, Post-war welfare state development, OHWS, chp 6.
3. Comparing welfare states I
Sartori, G. Compare Why and How. Comparing, miscomparing and the comparative method, in Dogan,M. K e Kazancigil, A. (eds.) Comparing nations: concepts, strategies and substance, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1994.
Arts W.A. and Gelissen, J. Models of the Welfare State, in OHWS, chp 39.
Esping-Andersen, G. Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, in Reader.
4. Comparing welfare states II
Kautto, M. The nordic countries, in OHWS, chp 40
Palier, B. Continental western Europe, OHWS, chp 41
Ferrera, M. The South European Countries, OHWS, chp 42
Castles, F. The English Speaking Countries, OHWS, chp 43
5. INPUTS AND ACTORS I
Iversen, T. Democracy and capitalism, OHWS chp12
Ebbinghaus, B. Unions and Employers, OHWS chp 13
Schmidt, M. Parties, OHWS, Chp. 14
Immergut, H. Political Institutions, OHWS, chp 15.
6. INPUTS AND ACTORS II
Orloff, A.S. Gender, in OHWS, chp 17
Trifiletti,R. Southern European Welfare Regimes and the Worsening Position of Women, in Social Policy, 1998.
Castles, S. and Schierup, C-U, Migration and Etnic minorities, OHWS, chp. 19.
7. Welfare state in Europe
Falkner, G. European Union, in OHWS, chp.20.
Teague, P. Deliberative Governance and EU social policy, in Reader 2006
8-9. Political challenges to the welfare state
8) Hay, C. Globalization, Economic Change and the Welfare State: the Vexatious Inquisition of Taxation, in Reader 2006.
Scharpf, F. Negative integration: States and the loss of boundary control, in Reader 2006.
Swank, D. Globalization, in OHWS,22.
9) Pierson, P.The New Politics of the Welfare State, in Reader, 2000
Clayton e Pontusson, Welfare State Retrenchment Revisited, in Reader, 2000.
10. Economic challenges to the welfare state
Sjöberg,O., Palme,J., Carroll,E. Unemployment Insurance, in OHWS, chp.29.
Atkinson, A. The economic consequences of rolling back the welfare state, MIT, 2000 chps 1, 2,5.
Assessment methods
Final exam 100% of mark
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