PSCI 397 - Comparative Social Policy:U.S. and Europe

Units: 3

Compares social welfare policies in the U.S. and Western Europe, including an historical survey of the development of the social welfare state, as well as an examination on how ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, and levels of political efficacy, power, and alienation affect the social welfare policy process and how policy solutions have had different consequences for affected groups. Explores how the concept of welfare changes when focused on the individual or on other entities, such as corporations. (USGP or CP; see advisor.) Recommended Preparation: PSCI 321 and/or PSCI 331 .