PUBM 579 - Comparative Social Policy

3 credit hours

The course considers different ways of organizing the state’s response to social problems. The Scandinavian Social Democratic model is compared with the liberal American model. The course examines the reasons that some states become welfare states and others evidence much less interest in developing public solutions to problems in social welfare. The course further considers how the welfare model may be affected by the European Union and the future of this model over the long term. Elective.