Stockholm university
Department of Public Health Sciences

Health and policy in the welfare state (7.5 ECTS)

This course introduces welfare research and adopts a historical and comparative perspective based on different countries and different welfare models.

Course dates

Autumn 2024, period B (October, 3rd - November, 3rd

PH008F1 Syllabus (253 Kb)

PH008F1 Kursplan på svenska (juridiskt dokument) (257 Kb)

Course content

The course introduces welfare research and adopts a historical and comparative perspective based on different countries and different welfare models. It addresses how the welfare state’s institutional characteristics and programmes can affect stratification processes and health – for example by policies that may affect the social determinants of health such as impact on gender differences, redistribution of resources, and poverty risks. The course further covers neoliberal influences on public health and welfare policies, and some of its consequences, since the 1990s such as: marketisation of health and welfare systems through privatisation and de-regulation, shifts towards conditioning and activation policies, governance, individualisation of health, and responsibilisation.

Course manager

Jessica Storbjörk

Schedule

Please note that changes to the course schedule can be made until one month before the course starts.

PH008F1 Schedule Autumn 2024

Course literature

Please note that the course literature may change up until two months before the course starts.

PH008F1 Course literature valid from Autumn 2024 (233 Kb)

More information

This course is offered in collaboration with the Master’s programme in public health sciences: Societal and individual perspectives. The teaching occasions are to be attended jointly with the master students. You will find more information in the PH008F1 Course description.

PH0008F1 Course description, Autumn 2024 (410 Kb)

All registered students will get access to more detailed course information in Athena.

Admission

If you are interested in taking the course, please send an email to our education administrator. You will find contact information below.

 

Contact

Further questions?

If you have any questions about the course, please contact our Education Administrator.

Education Administrator, Doctoral level
Wenche Gros

Education Administrator, Doctoral level

phd.admin.publichealth@su.se
Director of Studies, Doctoral level
Sara Brolin Låftman

Director of Studies

sara.brolin.laftman@su.se
Study counsellor
Shona McLean

Study counsellor

studievagledare.publichealth@su.se
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