Course: Basic Elective
Title: Political Economy of Social Policy
Code: PEC312
Semester: A
Instructor: G. Kaplanoglou
Aims and Objectives
The course is designed to provide an introduction to the main concepts of social policy, what is social policy, its welfare economics foundations and its main objectives. Special emphasis is given to the principles underlying the construction of social welfare functions, the notion of equity as a potential objective of government policy and the theories of social justice that provide the moral basis for social policy. The course also offers students the opportunity to analyze some of the most important social policy debates, including education, health, social security and welfare (poverty, inequality and income security policy). Particular importance is attached to the comparative assessment of these main branches of social policy across OECD nations. The learning objectives of this course include giving students an opportunity to increase their understanding of current debates in key social policy sectors, and fostering a better appreciation of some of the common political, Ideological, historical, cultural and economic dynamics at play across social policy sectors.
CourseBooks:
Άτκινσον, Α. (2017) Ανισότητα: Τι μπορεί να γίνει;, Εκδόσεις Πατάκη.
Χλέτσος, Μ. (2011) Οικονομικά της Κοινωνικής Προστασίας, Εκδόσεις Πατάκη.
Rosen, H. T. Gayer, Β.Θ. Ράπανος, Γ. Καπλάνογλου (2009), Δημόσια Οικονομική: Σύγχρονη Θεωρία και Ελληνική Πραγματικότητα, Εκδόσεις Κριτική – Κεφάλαια 7, 9, 10, 11, 12.
Υφαντόπουλος, Γ., Μπαλούρδος, Δ. Και Νικολόπουλος, Κ. (2009), Οικονομικές και Κοινωνικές Διαστάσεις του Κράτους Πρόνοιας, Εκδόσεις Gutenberg.
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