Dynamics of International Social Policy (10)

Code

SOCI4085

School

Sociology and Social Policy

Level

4

Credits

10

Semesters

Spring UK

Summary

This module introduces students to contemporary processes, issues, debates and controversies in international and global social policy. Topics may include: 

• Globalisation and social policy.
• International institutions, norms, standards and goals with a focus on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals including the threats and challenges of climate change. 
• Welfare state typologies and cross-national comparisons.
• International labour mobility and migration, and the boundaries of social justice and the welfare state, including cross-national social protection policies.
• Challenges and opportunities for social policy in the Global South with a case study of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Africa.
• Discrimination in a multicultural world.
• Good governance and national and international corruption.
• International cooperation, policy learning and policy transfer with a case study of the European Union - China Social Security Cooperation Programme.

Target Students

Available to all PGT and PGR students including subsidiary students from outside the school. Also available to postgraduate Exchange students. SOCI4085 cannot be taken with SOCI4086 or if already taken SOCI2024.

Classes

This module is taught through a combination of lectures and seminars.

Assessment

• 100% Coursework: 2,000 words.

Assessed by end of spring semester

Educational Aims

Learning Outcomes

During this module students will develop :

Knowledge and Understanding of:

• Issues, debates and institutional arrangements in international and global social policy.
• Different social policies across a variety of countries.
• Methods of cross-country comparative analysis.

The ability to:

• Assess evidence and to evaluate different approaches to social policy.
• Conduct research with analytical skills on international issues.

Conveners

• Dr Simon Roberts