Course Overview

Globalization has brought many changes in social life, including increasing flows of financial resources, goods and persons. Among the new challenges these changes pose to governments and civil society is the need to create new social agenda and to develop social policies. The aim of this course is to discuss these challenges for the 21st Century from a transnational perspective.

Learning Achievement

The purpose of this course is to enable the student to dynamically understand the process of social policy making at the global level.

Competence

Globalization has brought many changes in social life, including increasing flows of financial resources, goods and persons. These changes have posed to governments and civil society the needs of a new social agenda and development of innovative social policies. The aim of this course is to discuss these challenges for the 21st century from a transnational and global perspective.

Course prerequisites

None

Grading Philosophy

Grading
Participation(20%)
Presentation(30%)
Final Report(50%)

Course schedule

The course will be conducted according to the schedule below.
1. Introduction
2. Definition of Social Policy and Transnational Social Policy
The idea of global social policy
Global and regional social governance
Globalization and migration
Global Migration: Causes and Consequences
Global migration policy
Business and global social policy formation
Global labour policy
Presentations by students
Comparative perspectives on migration
Presentation by students
Transnational families and caregiving

Course type

Lectures

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Urano Edson Ioshiaqui

Other information

Site for Inquiry

Link to the syllabus provided by the university