European Economic and Welfare Systems

  • Emergence and further development of the classical classifications of welfare systems in the course of European integration, such as Varieties of Capitalism (VoC) and their further developments
  • Linking welfare state structures with economic paradigms and deriving socio-political effects
  • Potential scope for action and tensions at the level of economic policy

Mode of delivery

face to face

Type

compulsory

Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools

Hancké, Bob/Rhodes, Martin/Thatcher, Mark (2008): Beyond Varieties of Capitalism, Conflict, Contradictions, and Complementarities in the European Economy, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Dolvik, Jon Erik/‌Martin, Andrew (2015): European Social Models from Crisis to Crisis – Employment and Inequality in the Era of Monetary Integration, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Palier, Bruno/‌Rovny, Allison E./‌Rovny, Jan (2019): European Disunion? Social and Economic Divergence in Europe, and their Political Consequences, in: Manow, Philip/‌Palier, Bruno/‌Schwander, Hanna (Hrsg.): Welfare Democracies and Party Politics. Explaining Electoral Dynamics in Times of Changing Welfare Capitalism, Oxford: Oxford University Press, S. 281-296.
Offe, Claus (2003): The European Model of ‚Social‘ Capitalism: Can it Survive European Integration? Journal of Political Philosophy 11:4, S. 437-469.
Platzer, Hans-Wolfgang (2016): Die soziale Dimension der Europäischen Staatlichkeit. Entwicklungsprozess und Perspektiven infolge der Eurokrise, in: Bieling, Hans-Jürgen/‌Große Hüttmann, Martin (Hrsg.) Europäische Staatlichkeit – Zwischen Krise und Integration. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, S. 91-109.
Bieling, Hans-Jürgen (2019): Entwicklung und Perspektiven des Wirtschaftsregierens im EU-Imperium, in: Bieling, Hans-Jürgen/‌Guntrum, Simon (Hrsg.) Neue Segel, alter Kurs? Die Eurokrise und ihre Folgen für das europäische Wirtschaftsregieren, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, S. 281-300.
Literature will be amended closer to the start of the course in order to set focus topics.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Text exercises (individual work); final paper in research groups; defense of findings in a final student conference (students alternate between their roles as presenters, discussants and audience).

Assessment methods and criteria

Continuous assessment (practical parts, 100%) = 30% exercises and text assignments; 20% student conference (presentation & discussion); 50% seminar paper

Prerequisites and co-requisites

None

Infos

Degree programme

Europäische Wirtschaftspolitik

Cycle

International Programme

ECTS Credits

5.00

Language of instruction

German

Curriculum

Full-Time

Academic year

2024

Semester

2 SS

Incoming

Yes

Learning outcome

After successful completion of the module, students can:

  • trace the genesis and historical development of European welfare systems within the interplay of European economic integration and European policy coordination,
  • classify different structures and social systems and derive the corresponding design of economic policy,
  • critically reflect on the socio-political effects of the different economic and social systems on areas such as social (in)equality, employment, health care and poverty reduction.

Course code

0899-23-01-VZ-DE-12