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Social Policy, Welfare Theories and Communities
CRD 248 - Winter 2009
CRN 53372
Instructor:
When, Where
and How:
Dr. Frank Hirtz
fwhirtz@ucdavis.edu
Classroom:
Wellman 123
Tue/Thu 4:10 – 6:00PM
1333 Hart Hall
Tue 2:30-3:30PM; Thu 8:30-9:30AM; and by appointment
(530) 752 8928
(530) 752 5660
Office:
Office Hours:
Telephone:
Fax:
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Required Texts:
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Bauman, Zygmunt. 2004. Wasted lives: modernity and its outcasts. Oxford Malden, MA: Polity.
ISBN: 0745631657 (PBK.)
Byrne, D. S. 2005. Social exclusion. Maidenhead, England ; New York: Open University Press.
ISBN 0335215947 (pbk.)
Crow, Graham. 2002. Social solidarities : theories, identities, and social change. Buckingham
England; Philadelphia, PA: Open University Press.
ISBN: 0335202306 (pbk.)
Sennett, Richard. 2003. Respect in a world of inequality. New York: W.W. Norton.
ISBN: 0393051269
Skocpol, Theda. 1995. Social policy in the United States: future possibilities in historical perspective. Princeton,
N.J.: Princeton University Press.
ISBN: 0691037868
Luhmann, Niklas .1990. Political Theory in the Welfare State, Berlin, Walter de Gruyter, 1990 [posted as
pdf on class website]
Assorted reading materials posted in pdf format on our class website
Course
Description:
The course deals with [BIG] theoretical issues that shall serve as a roadmap through the maze of political,
philosophical, ideological, normative, economic, organizational and administrative aspects of welfare and
social policy. These BIG issues are concerned with altruism, entitlement, solidarity and social justice. This
debate will be linked, when and wherever possible, to topical issues such as poverty, hunger, housing,
health, family, disability, economic opportunity, affirmative action orientations, gender, old age or special
social groups. In the ‘real’ world, these themes are transmogrified through laws and administrative
procedures. Therefore, the participants will also look into the interplay of federal, state and community
mandates (and permitting interest, contrast this to other industrialized and/or non-western societies).
These concerns include budgetary provisions, (legal) entitlements, oversight and control, and especially
the government /private voluntary interplay.
Course
Objectives:
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familiarize students with theories and histories of modern welfare states in a comparative manner and
to apply this background to a specific set of social issues within the US/California or a comparative
context.
The seminar will be divided into three distinct sections.
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Course
structure
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(3)
The two hours on Tuesdays we will deal with the assigned readings in order to analyze a particular
school of thought and set of ideas and related concepts.
The first hour on Thursdays will coincide with the weekly CRD seminar “Doing/Debating
Development” which deals with the issue of ‘Regional Inequities,’ an issue closely related to this
class.
The second hour on Thursdays will serve to relate the presented issues as well as current political
debates, consequences for local communities and the students’ researches/projects.
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Course
expectations
Graduate standing, knowledge of and interest in social theory, social history, public policy, and social
history. Basic knowledge about the US welfare system. The class will be limited to 15 students.
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Course Work:
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Communication
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The main task will be to write a substantial piece related to welfare. [80% of the grade]
o Each student has to develop an independent research about any welfare/social policy related
topic.
o We will develop these projects during the first sessions of the course.
o This project can be a collaborative project.
o The final length of the paper shall be around 25 pages (between 8,000 to 10,000 words).
o Each student (student group) will report weekly about the progress of his/her research in the
third hour of the weekly meetings thus allowing all participants to make connections and to
enhance one's inquiries.
A draft of the paper has to be posted on the web site between February 10 and March 1. [P/NP
grade]
Each student has to provide an anonymous review of the final draft of a fellow student's research
paper. [10% of the grade]
Class Participation [10% of the grade – mainly the postings on the discussion forums on SmartSite]
When writing to me about class issues, use the Smart Site/Mailtool/Select Instructors/Hirtz, Frank
If you write to me about issues that are not class-related, please use my regular address
fwhirtz@ucdavis.edu
I will not open emails on Fridays and Saturdays and on Sundays only erratically.
Copyright by Frank Hirtz 2008-9.
All federal and state copyrights reserved for all original material presented in this course through any medium, including
lecture or print. Individuals are prohibited from being paid for taking, selling, or otherwise transferring for value, personal
class notes made during this course to any entity without the express written permission of Frank Hirtz. In addition to legal
sanctions, students found in violation of these prohibitions may be subject to University disciplinary action.
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Date
CRD 248
Day
Theme
1
6-Jan
Tuesday
Introduction
2
8-Jan
Thursday
DDD + Seminar
3
13-Jan
Tuesday
The situation
4
15-Jan
Thursday
DDD + Seminar
5
20-Jan
Tuesday
Social Exclusion
6
22-Jan
Thursday
DDD + Seminar
7
27-Jan
Tuesday
Solidarity
8
29-Jan
Thursday
DDD + Seminar
9
3-Feb
Tuesday
Classical Welfare
Theories
10
5-Feb
Thursday
DDD + Seminar
11
10-Feb
Tuesday
The State
12
12-Feb
Thursday
DDD + Seminar
13
17-Feb
Tuesday
Universal Basic Income
14
19-Feb
Thursday
DDD + Seminar
15
24-Feb
Tuesday
USA – ‘American
Exceptionalism’
16
26-Feb
Thursday
DDD + Seminar
17
3-Mar
Tuesday
18
5-Mar
Thursday
DDD + Seminar
19
10-Mar
Tuesday
(Our) Attitudes
20
12-Mar
Thursday
DDD + Seminar
Outlooks
Winter 2009
Readings
Setting the stage – discussing Trattner et.a.
Bauman, Zygmunt. 2004. Wasted lives: modernity and its outcasts. Oxford
Byrne, D. S. 2005. Social exclusion. Maidenhead, England ; New York: Open University Press.
Sen, Amartya K. 2000. Social Exclusion: Concept, Application, and Scrutiny Manila: Asian Development Bank [pdf on website]
Crow, Graham. 2002. Social Solidarities. Buckingham [England]; Philadelphia: Open University Press.: Open University Press. [pdf on
website]
Titmuss, Richard M. 1968. Commitment to Welfare. London: Allen & Unwin. [pdf on website]
Marshall, T. H. 1950. Citizenship and Social Class and Other Essays. Cambridge [Eng.]: University Press [pdf on website]
Esping-Andersen, Gosta. 1990. The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press. [pdf on website]
Goodin, Robert, Goodin, Robert E./Headey, Bruce/Muffels, Ruud/Dirven, Henk-Jan. 1999. The Real Worlds of Welfare Capitalism.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [pdf on website]
Murray, Charles. 1982. " The Two Wars Against Poverty." The Public Interest 69:4-16 [pdf on website]
Lindert, Peter H. PART ONE: OVERVIEW; 1. Patterns and Puzzles; 2. Findings. In Lindert, Peter H. 2000 Growing public: social spending
and economic growth since the eighteenth century. Cambridge (UK): Cambridge University Press; 2004; pp. 3-36. [pdf on website]
Parijs, Philippe et. al. 2000. A Basic Income for All. Boston Review – A debate [pdf on website]
Pateman, Carole. 1989. The Disorder of Women Democracy, Feminism and Political Theory. Cambridge, UK [pdf on website]
Skocpol, Theda. 1995. Social policy in the United States: future possibilities in historical perspective. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton
University Press
Highly recommended: The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences [pdf on website]
Fitzpatrick, Tony. 1998. "The Implications of Ecological Thought for Social Welfare ." Critical Social Policy 18(1):excerpts from 5-26.
[pdf on website]
James, Estelle. 1996. "Social Security Around the World." Pp. excerpts - 181-90 in Social Security What Role for the Future?, Peter A.
Diamond, David C. Lindeman, and Howard Young eds. Washington D.C.: National Academy of Social Insurance. [pdf on
website]
Giddens, Antony. 1999. “Positive Welfare” from Third Way. Cambridge: Polity Press. 111-128 [pdf on website]
Hirtz, Frank Foodbanks Forever? Notes about the Persistence of Provisional Philanthropy (MS) [pdf on website]
Sennett, Richard. 2003. Respect in a world of inequality. New York: W.W. Norton.