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 Academic Year:
| 2012/3 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department of Social & Policy Sciences |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
Semester 1 |
| Assessment:
| CW 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: To undertake advanced analysis of alternative perspectives on the nature of well-being, the political economies of welfare regimes, the impact of markets and the role of social policy, in the context of developed and developing societies. Learning Outcomes: A systematic and analytical understanding of: a) the distinctions between incomes, utility, needs, capabilities and functionings as goals of development; b) markets, states, supranational institutions and the social construction of wellbeing; c) the concept of welfare regimes, their political economies and its application to developed and developing countries, d) the impact of markets and the role of social policies in developed and developing countries and the role of national versus supra-national regulation. Skills: To think creatively and analytically; to communicate an argument; to critically evaluate and assess research and evidence as well as a variety of other information; to synthesise information from a number of sources in order to gain a coherent understanding. Content: Conceptualising, analysing and operationalising well-being; objective (needs and capabilities) versus subjective well-being; economic institutions and the satisfaction of needs; why some nations achieve higher levels of welfare than others; the political economies of welfare regimes and social development; social policies across the world. |
| Programme availability: |
SP50135 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Social & Policy Sciences
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