Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The seminar is divided in two parts. First, introductory sessions will be devoted to lectures on key topics: - The history of social protection systems in Europe : the incremental construction of distinct «worlds of welfare», based upon distinct principles and institutions; - Economic, socio-demographic and political pressures on social protection systems; - The different contemporary reform dynamics; - The impact of the European Union on national social protection systems. During the following sessions, students will present case studies of recent social protection systems reforms.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The seminar aims at giving students : - knowledge of the key features of social protection systems, in a comparative perspective; - analytical tools for analyzing the initial development and contemporary transformations of the systems. Students will apply these analytical tools to a recent case of reform and will present their research results.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
The seminar takes place in the first semester. Introductory sessions will be devoted to the discussion of key issues and theoretical tools. During the following sessions, students will make presentations on specific social protection systems reforms. A debate with the audience will follow each presentation. Informed by the discussion, students will have to write a 10-pages long paper on their topic.
Recommended or required readings
Students will be informed of required thematic readings for each session at least one week in advance.
Recommended general readings :
BONOLI, G. and NATALI, D. (2012), The Politics of the New Welfare State, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
ESPING-ANDERSEN, G. (1990), The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, Cambridge, Polity Press.
HEIDENREICH Martin and Jonathan ZEITLIN (eds)(2009), Changing European Employment and Welfare Regimes. The Influence of the Open Method of Coordination on National Reforms, London, Routledge.
HINRICHS, K. and JESSOULA, M. (2012), Labour Market Flexibility and Pension Reforms. Flexible Today, Secure Tomorrow?, Houndmills, Palgrave.
MANOW Philip, PALIER Bruno and Schwander Hanna (2019), Welfare Democracies and Party Politics: Explaining Electoral Dynamics in Times of Changing Welfare Capitalism, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
MOREL, N. et al. (ed.)(2012), Towards a Social Investment Welfare State? Ideas, Policies and Challenges, Bristol, The Policy Press.
PIERSON, P. (ed.)(2001), The New Politics of the Welfare State, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
SCHARPF, F. and SCHMIDT, V. (eds)(2000), Welfare and Work in the Open Economy, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
STARKE, P. et al. (2013), The Welfare State as Crisis Manager. Explaining the Diversity of Policy Responses to Economic Crisis, Houndmills, Palgrave.
TAYLOR-GOOBY, P. et al. (2017), After Austerity: Welfare State Transformation in Europe after the Great Recession, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Written work / report
Additional information:
First session: 2/3 written paper - 1/3 oral presentation and active participation during the sessions. Second session: written paper.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Geoffroy Matagne Maître de conférences Département de sciences politiques Phone: 04/366.30.38 E-mail: gmatagne(a)uliege.be