Syllabus

Title
5048 Concentration Area - Globalization and Social Policy I
Instructors
Univ.Prof. Dr. Ulrike Schneider
Contact details
ulrike.schneider@wu.ac.at
Type
PI
Weekly hours
2
Language of instruction
Englisch
Registration
02/15/17 to 03/03/17
Registration via LPIS
Notes to the course
Subject(s) Master Programs
Course I - Globalisation and Social Policy
Dates
Day Date Time Room
Monday 03/06/17 09:30 AM - 11:30 AM D4.0.039
Monday 03/13/17 09:30 AM - 11:30 AM D4.0.039
Monday 03/20/17 09:30 AM - 11:30 AM D4.0.039
Monday 03/27/17 09:30 AM - 11:30 AM D4.0.039
Monday 04/03/17 09:30 AM - 11:30 AM D4.0.039
Thursday 05/04/17 08:30 AM - 10:00 AM D4.0.039
Monday 05/08/17 09:30 AM - 11:30 AM D4.0.039
Monday 05/15/17 09:30 AM - 11:30 AM D4.0.039
Thursday 05/18/17 08:30 AM - 10:00 AM D4.0.039
Monday 05/22/17 09:30 AM - 11:30 AM D4.0.039
Monday 05/29/17 09:30 AM - 11:30 AM D4.0.039
Thursday 06/01/17 08:30 AM - 10:00 AM D4.0.019

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Contents

The “social policy” area of concentration addresses global and international dimensions of social policy and social administration. It also covers regional and local social policies and their relationship with international economic and societal developments. It deals with institutional and governance issues, such as economic integration and social welfare, as well as with specific topical areas, such as poverty and social exclusion, health and long-term care or work and income.

The course “Globalisation and Social Policy I”

(a) introduces/refreshes basic economic concepts in the design and implementation of social policy,

(b)  touches on the history, concept and measurement of globalisation and

(c) discusses the association between globalization and social policy.

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Learning outcomes

The aim of “Globalisation and Social Policy (part 1)” is to  improve the understanding of key concepts and theories of social policy and social policy analysis, including institutional, economic and cultural context of social policy, principles of welfare systems and social policies and alternative theoretical approaches to the analysis and the explanation of social problems and of social policies. A specific aim is to examine how globalization can be linked to national and sub-national social policy.

After attending this course, students will be able to

  • describe and analyse key concepts of social policy,
  • know and understand main theories of welfare systems and social policies,
  • outline the institutional context for social policies and social policy development,
  • develop an awareness of the broader context for global social challenges,
  • know key dimensions and concepts of globalization,
  • articulate and compare alternative approaches to social policy analysis, and
  • apply alternative theories and concepts to specific problem sets.
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Teaching/learning method(s)

Didactic lectures will be combined with interactive lectures. Class discussion and group work will provide further opportunities to engage in class participation.

Students will be expected to produce seminar papers, prepare brief presentations based on reading assignments, and take a written exam on the course contents.

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Assessment

Grading:

  • Active participation in plenary discussions (10%)
  • written exam (40%)
  • individual 30-minute presentation in class (20%)
  • individual term paper (academic paper grounded in the research literature on the chosen subject), 2.500 words (30%)

Please send me  an outline for the paper and the preliminary list of references  (no later than 11. May).

Deadline for submission of the term paper: 12 June 2017, noon

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Availability of lecturer(s)

I will answer shorter questions right after the class.

For scheduling an appointment please send an Email to:

ulrike.schneider@wu.ac.at

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Unit details
Unit Date Contents
1 06.03. & 13.03.2017 The Economics of Social Policy 1: Efficiency Issues

Barr, N. (2001). TheWelfare State as Piggy Bank. Information, Risk, Uncertainty, and the Role ofthe State. Oxford, New York, Oxford University Press, Chapter 1 and 2.  ***

De Beer, P. and F. Koster(2009). Sticking Together or Falling Apart? Solidarity in an Era of Individualization and Globalization. Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press,Ch.3.
2 20.03.2017

Guest lecture (Simone Ghislandi)

Global Health (Introduction)

3 27.03.2017

The Economics of Social Policy 2: Equity Issues

LeGrand, J., Propper, C. & S.Smith (2008): TheEconomics of Social Problems. Basingstoke, UK, PalgraveMacmillan. Chapter 9:Poverty and Welfare, pp.157-177.  ***

Globalisation: History, concept,measurement

Beer, P. and Koster, F. (eds.): A borderlessworld?Developments in globalization, 1970-2005. In: Sticking Together orFallingApart? Solidarity in an Era of individualization and Globalization.Amsterdam,Amsterdam University Press. Ch.6., pp.101-123 ***

O’Rourke, K. H. and J. G. Williamson(2002):"When did globalisation begin?" European Review of EconomicHistory 6:23-50.

Flynn, D. O. and A. Giráldez (2004)."Pathdependence, time lags and the birth of globalisation: A critique ofO'Rourkeand Williamson." European Review of Economic History 8(1): 81-108.

Rönnbäck, K. (2009). "Integration of globalcommoditymarkets in the early modern era." European Review of EconomicHistory 13:95-120

Dreher, A.,Gaston, N., & Martens, P. (2008):Measuring globalization. Gauging itsconsequence. New York: Springer
4 03.04.2017

Globalization and Social Policy             

De Beer, P. & F. Koster (2009): Threats and opportunitiesThe impact of globalization on the welfare state. In: Sticking Together orFalling Apart? Solidarity in an Era of Individualization and Globalization.Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press. Ch.7, pp.125-154

Easton, B. (2003): "Towards an AnalyticFramework for Globalisation: The Political Economy ofthe Diminishing Tyranny ofDistance." Journal of Economic and Social Policy 8(1): 72-86. ***

Leamer, E. E. (2007): "A Flat World, a LevelPlaying Field, a Small World After All, or None of the Above? A Review ofThomas L.Friedman's TheWorld is Flat." Journal of Economic Literature45(1):83-126.

Midgley, James (2017): Social Welfare for a GlobalEra. International Perspectives on Policy and Practice. Sage Publications. Ch. 3, pp.37-52.

Yeates, Nicola (2001): Globalization and Social Policy. Sage: London, Thousand Oaks, New Delhi, Ch.1, pp.4-32. *** 
5 04.05.2017

Written Exam

6 08.05.2017

Global Supply Chains & Social Dumping

Arnold, Denis G. (2010): Working Conditions: Safety and Sweatshops. In: George G. Brenkert & Tom L. Beauchamp (eds.): The Oxford Handbook of Business Ethics. Oxford University Press, 628-651.

Hurtado, I.& P. Argerey (2008). "Social Dumping: The Debate on a Multilateral Social Clause." Global Economy Journal 8(1): 1-15.

Powell, B., & Zwolinski, M. (2012). The Ethicaland Economic Case Against Sweatshop Labor: A Critical Assessment. Journal of Business Ethics, 107(4), 449-472. doi: 10.1007/s10551-011-1058-8

7 15.05.2017 Cross-border mobility and social protection 1: Welfare migration

Welfare Migration

De Giorgi, G. & M. Pellizzari (2009):"Welfare migration in Europe." Labour Economics 16(4): 353-363.***

Transnational Labor Recruitment

Pittman, P. (2016). Alternative Approaches to theGovernance of Transnational Labor Recruitment. International Migration Review,50(2), 269-314. doi: 10.1111/imre.12164

Migrants' remittances

Rapoport, H.,& Docquier, F. (2005). TheEconomics of Migrants’ Remittances Discussion Paper Series. Forschungsinstitutzur Zukunft der Arbeit - Institute for the Study of Labor. Bonn: IZA -Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Institute for the Study of Labor.

Rapoport, H., & Docquier, F. (2006). Theeconomics of migrants’ remittances. In: S.-C. Kolm & J. Mercier Ythier(Eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Giving, Altruism and Reciprocity (Vol. 2,pp. 1135-1198): North Holland.

8 18.05.2017

Cross-bordermobility and social protection 2: Posted Workers

Lalanne, S. (2011). "Posting of Workers, EUEnlargement and the Globalization of Trade in Services." InternationalLabour Review150(3-4): 211-234.

Maslauskaite, K. (2014). Posted workers in the EU:State of Play and regulatory evolution Notre Europe – Jacques Delors Institute- Policy Paper: Jacques Delors Institute. 

Wagner, I. (2015). Rule Enactment in a Pan-EuropeanLabour Market: Transnational Posted Work in the German Construction Sector.British Journal of Industrial Relations, 53(4), 692-710.doi: 10.1111/bjir.12053
9 22.05.2017

Integration of Migrants

Ersanilli, E. and Koopmans, R. 2010. RewardingIntegration? Citizenship Regulations and the Socio-Cultural Integration of Immigrants in the Netherlands, France and Germany. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 36, 5, 773-791.  

Goodman, S.W. & M. Wright (2015).” Does Mandatory Integration Matter? Effects of Civic Requirements on Immigrant Socio-economic and Political Outcomes.” Journal of Ethnic and MigrationStudies, 41(12):1885-1908.

Globalization and Social Services. An Illustration for long-term care. 

Ulrike Schneider - unpublished
10 29.05.2017

Ethnic discrimination 

Zschirnt, E. & D. Ruedin (2016): “Ethnic discrimination in hiring decisions: a meta-analysis of correspondence tests1990–2015.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1-19.

Van der Bracht, K., Coenen, A. & B. Van dePutte(2015): “The Not-in-My-Property Syndrome: The Occurrence of Ethnic Discrimination in the Rental Housing Market in Belgium.” Journal of Ethnic andMigration Studies, 41 (1): 158-175.
11 01.06.2017

Global Social Policy  

International Burden-Sharing: The case of refugee protection

Fernández-Huertas Moraga, J., & Rapoport, H. (2015). Tradable Refugee-admission Quotas and EU Asylum Policy*. CeSifo Economic Studies, 61(3-4), 638-672. doi:10.1093/cesifo/ifu037

The Global Social Protection Floor Initiative

Yeates, N. (2014). The idea of global social policy. In N. Yeates (Ed.), Understanding global social policy (pp. 1-18). 2nd Edition. Bristol: Policy Press.

Deacon, B. (2013). The social protection floor and global social governance: Towards policy synergy and cooperation between international organizations. International Social Security Review, 66(3-4), 45-67.

Last edited: 2017-05-19



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