Undergraduate Course: Politics of the Welfare State (SCPL08005)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Social and Political Science |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 08 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Social Policy |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
http://www.ed.ac.uk/social_policy/ |
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| Course description |
This half course, complementing Social Policy and Society, explores the politics and institutions of the welfare state. It begins with a look at the different aims of welfare, a brief history of the British welfare state, the policy process, and comparatively, at different models of welfare states. This is followed by a closer look at changing welfare agendas in employment and social security and health. We then focus on who pays for welfare, who provides it and who benefits from it. The course concludes with an examination of different ideologies of welfare. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | 12:10 - 13:00 | | | | | | Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | 12:10 - 13:00 | | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
Plus tutorials. |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Politics of the Welfare State has the following main objectives:
1. to enable students to analyse the institutional and political factors which have shaped the development of the welfare state (in the UK and in other countries) in the past and are shaping it in the present;
2. to enable students to understand how the welfare state works, how it is delivered, how it is paid for and who benefits from it;
3. to enable students to identify the political arguments for and against recent developments in key policy areas (such as health policy, employment and social security policy, housing policy and criminal justice policy);
4. to facilitate the development of study skills appropriate to the subject matter, including interpretation of data. |
Assessment Information
| 1 exercise of 500 words, and 1 essay of 1500 words; exercise = 10%, essay = 30%, degree exam = 60%; resit as for first sitting - if taken as second sitting overall mark will be capped at 50%. |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Mr Richard Parry
Tel: (0131 6)50 3918
Email: Richard.Parry@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mr Ewen Miller
Tel: (0131 6)50 3925
Email: Ewen.Miller@ed.ac.uk |
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