Welfare Politics in a Global Perspective

Education facts

Code: 2SK144

The course will cover major areas within contemporary research on the welfare state from a global perspective, including the different types of welfare states found among advanced industrialised nations, the complex interaction between states and markets that is at the core of all re-distributive politics, the changing dynamics of industrial relations and labour markets in current times of economic transformation, gender aspects of welfare politics and, finally, the new challenges to welfare states posed by globalisation, international migration and regional integration.

Entry requirements

90 credits in political science (A+B+C) or the equivalent and 30 credits in social sciences, or 90 credits in social and political studies (A+B+C) and 60 credits in political science (A+B). Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Welfare Politics in a Global Perspective

  Uppsala University

  Uppsala

  Start date: 25 March 2027

  End date: 6 June 2027

  Pace of study: 100 %