Levelling up Group

• Levelling Up Statistics
• Basic Economics
• New Social Developments
• Concepts of Social Policy
• Labour Market Policy
• Analytical Demography

Socio Economic Policy Group

• Social Problems and Reforms Seminar
• Social Policy
• Comparative and International Socio-economic Policy

Policy Evaluation Group

• The Policy Cycle
• Evaluation Techniques and Tools

Statistics & Research Group

• Statistics & Research Methods part 1
• Statistics & Research Methods part 2

Master Dissertation

• Master Dissertation

0ptional courses

• Applied Methodology
• Performance audit in social policy

Courses: Concepts of Social Policy

Teaching Staff

Prof. Jos Berghman (University of Leuven, Belgium)

Objectives

Familiarize students that come from very different national and disciplinary backgrounds with the basic concepts and reasonings of social policy.

Contents

After dealing with some terminological issues the 20th century evolution of social policy is sketched and a first broad explanation of its development is presented. Afterwards the policy making framework is discussed. This is followed by a presentation of the major analytical distinctions. Finally the international setting of the European social policy scene and comparative welfare state typologies is introduced.