SOCI 435 - Globalization & Comparative Urban Development

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University of Pennsylvania

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Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Von Mahs. This seminar will explore the impact of economic globalization on welfare states in North American and Europe. Specifically, this course will provide a systematized account of how different welfare regimes respond to global economic restructuring processes and thereby produce different outcomes in the protection of their citizens against social risks. This course has four major objectives: 1) to critically examine the concept of "globalization" 2) to show how global economics restructuring processes affect urban areas in different countries in similar ways, 3) to introduce the differences between various welfare regimes in Europe and North America as well as the nature and extent of social service provision, and 4) to examine the outcomes of different welfare policies for residents in different nation-states focusing on urban problems such as unemployment or underemployment, poverty, racial/ethnic inequalities, immigration, housing shortages and homelessness. This comparative analysis of social policy in the context of economic globalization will enable students to reassess the function, opportunities, and limitations of different types of welfare policies in order to find ways to rethink current social policy approaches in the United States and to envision more productive alternatives.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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