Sustainable International Social Policy

This course introduces students to comparative analyses of different welfare state models and approaches to social policy; institutions, issues and debates in international social policy; and methods of cross-country comparative analysis. Topics include: Perspectives of international social and public policy; The origins and development of international social rights and standards; Welfare state typologies and cross-national comparisons; International institutions; The European Union; Globalization and welfare; Social Policy in less developed countries; International migration and the boundaries of welfare; Discrimination in a multicultural world; International cooperation, policy learning and policy transfer; The Millennium and Sustainable Development Goals; Comparative research methods.