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.
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

Director of Studies


Last updated: September 25, 2024
Source: Department of Public Health Sciences