This course is compulsory on the BSc in International Social and Public Policy, BSc in International Social and Public Policy and Economics and BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students.
This course is compulsory on the BSc in International Social and Public Policy, BSc in International Social and Public Policy and Economics and BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students.
Courses in Social Policy will follow the Teaching Model which has been adopted by the Department of Social Policy during the period of the pandemic. This is outlined HERE:?https://www.lse.ac.uk/social-policy/Current-Students/teaching-in-the-department-of-social-policyThis course will be taught through a combination of either a recorded lecture plus a follow-up Q and A session or a ?live? on-line lecture; and classes/seminars of 1-1.5 hours (with size and length of classes/seminars depending on social distancing requirements).Further information will be provided by the Course Convenor in the first lecture of the course.
Students are expected to participate actively in course activities and to complete two formative assignments.
Artaraz, K. and Hill, M. (2016) Global Social Policy: Themes, Issues and Actors. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Daly, M. (2011) Welfare. Cambridge: Polity. Garland, D. (2016) The Welfare State: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Kabeer, N., Cook, S. (2000) ?Revisioning social policy in the South: challenges and concepts?, IDS Bulletin, 31: 4, 1-18. Lewis, D. (2017) ?Should we pay more attention to South-North learning??, Human Service Organisations: Management, Leadership and Governance, 41: 4, 327-331.
Online assessment (80%) in the ST. Group assignment (10%) in the MT. Blog post (10%) in the LT.