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| SPOL2003-1 | The Transformations of the Welfare State
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Credits/ECTS : |
| Advanced Master in Interdisciplinary Analysis of European Construction | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en administration publique, 1st year | | First semester | | 6 |
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| Master in European Studies, Professional focus, 2nd year | | First semester | | 6 |
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| Master in Political Sciences : International Relations, Professional focus, 2nd year | | First semester | | 6 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en politiques européennes, 1st year | | First semester | | 6 |
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| Master in Political Sciences : General, Professional focus , 2nd year | | First semester | | 6 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en politiques et société, 1st year | | First semester | | 6 |
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| Master in Public Administration, Professional focus, 2nd year | | First semester | | 6 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en relations internationales, 1st year | | First semester | | 6 |
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| Holder(s) : | Geoffroy Matagne |
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| Language : | English language |
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| Course contents : | The course 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. |
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| Course objective : | The course 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. |
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| Organization : | 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 debate, students will have to write a 10-pages long paper on their topic. |
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| Written notes : | Students will be informed of required thematic readings for each session at least one week in advance.
Recommended general readings :
In English:
ESPING-ANDERSEN, G. (1990), The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, Cambridge, Polity 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.
ZEITLIN, J. and POCHET, Ph. (eds)(2005), The Open Method of Co-ordination in Action. The European Employment and Social Inclusion Strategies, Bruxelles, P.I.E.-Peter Lang.HEIDENREICH Martin and Jonathan ZEITLIN (eds), Changing European Employment and Welfare Regimes. The Influence of the Open Method of Coordination on National Reforms, London, Routledge, 2009.
In French:
CASTEL, R. (1995), Les métamorphoses de la question sociale, Paris, Fayard.
DANIEL, C. and PALIER, B. (coord.) (2001), La protection sociale en Europe. Le temps des réformes, Paris, La documentation française.
ESPING-ANDERSEN, G. (1999), Les trois mondes de l'Etat-providence, Paris, PUF.
GUILLEMARD, A.-M. (coord.) (2002), L'Europe sociale en perspective, Revue française de sociologie, vol. 43, n° 2.
MERRIEN F.-X. (1997), L'Etat-providence, Paris, PUF, coll. « Que sais-je ? », n° 3249. |
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| Assessment : | First and second session : 2/3 written paper - 1/3 oral presentation and active participation during the sessions. |
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| Contacts : | Geoffroy Matagne
Maître de conférences
Département de sciences politiques
Phone: 04/366.30.38 - Fax: 04/366.45.57
E-mail: gmatagne@ulg.ac.be |
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