Course Name Year Term Period Faculty / Graduate School All Instructors Credits
51029:Multi-level Governance Ⅴ (P) 2024 Spring Wed2 College　Of　Policy　Science OHTSUKA YOKO 2

Campus

OIC

Class Venue

AS458

Language

English

Course Outline and Method

Welfare system is strongly related with economic development and social change. This course, Social Welfare Policies, offers an opportunity to explore the transformation of the family as a welfare provider and its relationship with other welfare providing actors in Japan as well as in some other developed and developing countries. There are three main issues that are focused on in the course: "family and unpaid care work", "welfare states" and "poverty". Students will learn the social process for producing family-models in the welfare settings; some theories of welfare states; and different reasons for poverty between men and women. All lectures and discussions are performed in English.

Student Attainment Objectives

The final objective of this course is finding out a clue to restructure current welfare systems against our declining birthrate and aging society.

Recommended Preparatory Course

Course Schedule

Lecture/Instructor（When there are multiple instructors) Theme
Keyword, References and Supplementary Information
1. 10 Apr.

Introduction

What are Social Welfare Policies?

2. 17 Apr.

Aging Population and Social Welfare Policy

Demographical Change and Social Security System

3. 24 Apr.

Welfare Providers

Only State?

4. 1 May

Public and Private Spheres

Clear Division?

5. 8 May

Unpaid Care Work in the Family

Family Caregivers

6. 15 May

Transformation of Japanese Family and Welfare System Before and After WW2

Housewives, Children as Consumer, Japanese style welfare society

7. 23 May

Esping-Andersen's Typology: Three-Types Welfare Regimes (Guest Speaker)

Liberal type, Conservative type, Social Democratic type

8. 29 May

Gender and Welfare States

Critics against Esping-Andersen’s Theory

9. 5 June

Health Transition and Economic Development

Pre-industrial period, Industrial period, Post-industrial period
Infectious disease, Chronic disease, Age-related degenerative disease

10. 12 June

Student Presentations: Submission of Assignment 1 (Essay)

11. 19 June

Transformation of Poverty

Who are Welfare Recipients?

12. 26 June

Social Exclusion: Poverty

Only Money?

13. 3 July

Working Poor

Out of Safety Net

14. 10 July

Feminization of Poverty

Why More Poor Women?

15. 17 July

Student Presentations: Submission of Assignment 2 (Essay)

Class Format

8 classes on Face to Face basis, 7 classes on Media basis (live-streamed classes).

Recommendations for Private Study

Please check up your country’s data on social welfare policies.

Grade Evaluation Method

Kind Percentage Grading Criteria etc.
Final Examination (Written)

Report Examination
(A report to be submitted by the unified deadline)

Exams and/or Reports other than those stated above, and Continuous Assessment　
(Evaluation of Everyday Performance in Class)		 100

Students will be evaluated on continuous assessment. The continuous assessment consists of attendance (checked by mini report), participation, presentation (60%), and two essays (40%).

Grade Evaluation Method （Note）

Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods

Please check manaba+R regularly and prepare for using Zoom.
I would be grateful if you could show your face through Zoom.

Textbooks

Textbooks （Frequency of Use, Note）

The teacher will provide basic material.

Reference Books

Reference Books （Frequency of Use, Note）

To be recommended in class

Web Pages for Reference

How to Communicate with the Instructor In and Out of Class(Including Instructor Contact Information)

Communication Paper,Learning Management System （manaba+R）,Talk with Students

Other Comments

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