30205
Graduate Course
SoSe 19: Changing Welfare States in Europe
Katharina Bluhm
Comments
The existence of large welfare states as a result of industrialization and class struggle is an outstanding feature of Europe until today. A variety of regime types has emerged that created path dependency and are related to different versions of market economy. In spite of European integration, social policy remains a core task of the national states and plays a crucial role in legitimizing democracy. The seminar explores the drivers of the welfare state development variety within Europe and major triggers of change. We will begin with the typology suggested by Esping-Andersen, its critics, adaptations and expansions (e.g. the role of religion, family and reproduction policy, and the debate about a South-European model). Afterwards we will investigate major changes and their conceptualization and discuss their application concerning Central and Eastern Europe, which turned towards capitalism after 1990, and explore selective outcomes of the ongoing European crisis on social policies in Europe. close
Suggested reading
Esping-Andersen, G. (1990): The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Kaufmann, X. (2013): European Foundations of the Welfare State. Oxford: Berghahn Books.
Cerami, A.; Vanhuysee, P. (eds.) (2009): Post-Communist Welfare Pathways. Theorizing Social Policy Transformation in Central and Eastern Europe. Houndmills: Palgrave. close
Kaufmann, X. (2013): European Foundations of the Welfare State. Oxford: Berghahn Books.
Cerami, A.; Vanhuysee, P. (eds.) (2009): Post-Communist Welfare Pathways. Theorizing Social Policy Transformation in Central and Eastern Europe. Houndmills: Palgrave. close
14 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Tue, 2019-04-09 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2019-04-16 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2019-04-23 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2019-04-30 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2019-05-07 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2019-05-14 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2019-05-21 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2019-05-28 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2019-06-04 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2019-06-11 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2019-06-18 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2019-06-25 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2019-07-02 10:00 - 12:00
Tue, 2019-07-09 10:00 - 12:00