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Mar 13, 2025
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POLI161 PO - Comparative Social PolicyWhen Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): E. Dobbs
Credit: 1
There is a tendency in some corners of American politics to gaze longingly across the Atlantic and wonder: why don’t we have universal health care? Free college tuition? State-subsidized child care? The perception is that Europeans, via robust welfare states, enjoy social benefits that remain out of reach for Americans (or at least those Americans who cannot procure them from the market). This class takes a comparative approach to social policy in order to better identify why there are differences in approaches to the welfare state, not just between Europe and the US, but within Europe as well. In addition to exploring key cases and areas of policy coverage, we will also consider how policy feedback loops, neoliberalism, globalization, and demographic change (in particular, aging and immigration) all affect the scope and stability of the welfare state on both sides of the Atlantic. Previously offered as POLI148 PO.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
PO Area 2 Requirement
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