Comparative Social Policy - SOCI8720

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MA in Methods of Social Research

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Indicative reading

Anheier, H.K. (2005) Nonprofit Organisations: Theory, Management, Policy, Routledge. Ascoli, U. and Ranci, C. (2003) Dilemmas of the Welfare Mix: The New Structure of Welfare in an Era of Privatization, Plenum Publishers. Cochrane, A.
Clarke, J.
Gewirtz, S. (2002) Comparing Welfare States 2nd Edition Open University Press & Sage. Cousins, M. (2005) European Welfare States, Sage. Esping-Andersen, G. (1990) The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, Cambridge: Polity Press. Evers, A. and Laville, J-L (eds) (2003) The Third Sector in Europe, Edward Elgar. Hill, M. (2006) Social Policy in the Modern World, Blackwell Publishing Kendall, J. (ed) (2008) Handbook of Third Sector Policy in Europe, Edward Elgar. Powell, M. (ed) (2007) Understanding the Mixed Economy of Welfare, Policy Press. Powell, W.W. and Steinberg, R. (2006) The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook, 2nd edition, Yale University Press. Sainsbury, D. (1999) (ed.) Gender and Welfare State Regimes, Oxford: Oxford University Press Taylor-Gooby, P. (2005) (ed.) New Risks, New Welfare Oxford University Press

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  1. ECTS credits are recognised throughout the EU and allow you to transfer credit easily from one university to another.
  2. The named convenor is the convenor for the current academic session.
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