European Social Policy (SP0042)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : SPS-P-SPESP

The emergence and development of European welfare states; types of social provision in Europe; is there a European social model?; globalisation and the current crisis of the welfare state; responses to the current crisis; the Social Dimension of the European Union; social protection/security in the European Union; poverty, regional policy and the Structural Funds; equal opportunities policies; the future of social policy in the EU.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of Social and Political Studies), (School of Social and Political Studies, Schedule J)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	16:10	18:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The course is organised in two sections. The first aims to provide an understanding of why welfare states emerged in Europe; the implications for social provision of the different ways in which services are organised and financed; and the challenges posed by globalisation for the welfare state and how different countries are responding to these. Focusing on the 'social dimension' of the European Union and the problems facing attempts to promote common social policies across its member states, the second section seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of particular initiatives in the social sphere and to consider the likely future of social policy in an enlarged EU.