Course code

RIA6002.YK

old course code

RIA6002

Course title in Estonian

Heaoluriigi mudelid

Course title in English

Comparative Welfare State

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2021/2022  Autumn semester

Triin Lauri (language of instruction:Estonian)
Anna Broka (language of instruction:English)

lecturer of 2021/2022  Spring semester

lecturer not assigned

Course aims

The aim is to give an overview of the structure, development trends and the main models of a welfare state, to compare the results of policy-making process and public policies.

Brief description of the course

An overview of the development of welfare states. A welfare state as a social system. Typology of welfare states (Esping-Andersen, Deacon, Leibfried). How different models of welfare states cope with their main tasks. Interaction between the labour market and the welfare state. Models of family in a welfare state model. Main systems of social insurance. Health service regulation systems. Housing policy. Controlling poverty and the suppressed in the welfare state. Reformulating the welfare state in post communist states. Impact of the EU and globalisation on the welfare states. Postmodern welfare state.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- knows the basid structure, developmental trends and basic models of welfare states;
- knows the terminology and literature of welfare states.

Teacher

Triin Lauri

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