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210176 SE BAK13 State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses (2012S)

(engl.)

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

Vorbesprechung: Fr 23.03.2012 von 9:00-12:00
Block:
Fr. 11.05.2012. und Sa. 12.05.2012., jeweils von 9:00 bis 18:00,

Jochen Clasen
Professor of Comparative Social Policy
School for Social and Political Science
University of Edinburgh
15A George Square
Chrystal Macmillan Building
Edinburgh EH8 9LD
Scotland
Email: jochen.clasen@ed.ac.uk
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Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 23.03. 09:00 - 12:00 Elise Richter-Saal Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 1
  • Friday 11.05. 09:00 - 18:00 Elise Richter-Saal Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 1
  • Saturday 12.05. 09:00 - 18:00 Elise Richter-Saal Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 1

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course provides an overview of major contemporary debates within comparative labour market policy in Europe. In the first part of the seminar we review aspects of constitution of unemployment as a social category. This is followed by texts which evaluate the employment effects of unemployment benefits and active labour market programmes respectively. We will discuss in which ways systematic cross-national comparisons in both areas are challenged by conceptual and methodological problems.

The second part of the seminar considers political aspects of labour market policy. Key readings focus on the determinants of the development on labour market policies over time and across countries, including the role of the European Union. The course concludes with an emphasis on the need to consider labour market policy as embedded in wider national policy environments. The overall aim of the course is to provide a concise introduction to the comparative analysis of contemporary labour market policy in Europe.

Most of the literature is in English, with some additional German literature as additional sources.

Assessment and permitted materials

Concretely students are required to fulfil three criteria for passing the course:

1. Paper summaries

Read and send to jochen.clasen@ed.ac.uk paper summaries (of between one and two pages maximum each) for paper 2 and paper 5 until 5 April 2012 and for the remaining eight papers until 3 May 2012. Those who fail to submit these summaries will be deemed to have withdrawn from the seminar. Guidance on the paper summaries will be given at the Vorbesprechung.

2. Presentation

In addition students are expected to make one or two short oral presentations based on one of their summaries at the seminar on 11 and 12 May 2012. Students will act either as paper presenter or discussant of a particular text. These roles will be allocated after 3 May 2012.

3. Essay (Hausarbeit)

Students are required to write a seminar paper to one of a number of topics below which will be presented at the Vorbesprechung. The seminar paper of 3000-3,500 words (or 8-10 pages) (excluding the title page and list of contents) must be submitted to jochen.clasen@ed.ac.uk by the deadline: 30 November 2012. There will be no subsequent opportunity to submit the seminar paper.

Half of the seminar grade will derive from the summary papers. The other half of the seminar grade will be based on the seminar paper.

It is possible to write the "kleine Bachelorarbeit" within the seminar; the requirements will be discussed at the Vorbesprechung.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

The seminar is run as a ‘block seminar’ and will be held in English.

The seminar is based on compulsory reading and discussion of ten core texts for each of the topics covered. It should be noted that several texts require students to have some knowledge of statistical analysis. Participants are expected to undertake the required reading prior to the block seminar and to engage actively in seminar discussions. They are also required to submit short paper summaries on each of the ten texts prior to the May seminar.

At the preliminary meeting (Vorbesprechung) there will be an introduction to the seminar's aims and objectives, organisation and assessment requirements. Those who fail to attend this meeting without having provided an appropriate prior explanation by email to jochen.clasen@ed.ac.uk will be deemed to have withdrawn from the seminar. At the Vorbesprechung essay topic will be discussed and additional literature suggested.

Prior to the seminar students are expected to have read:
OECD (2010) Employment Outlook 2011, Statistical Annex: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/51/15/48616281.pdf
Whenever possible, please read also Chapter 1 of the above publication. In addition, browse for chapters on labour market policy in previous Employment Outlooks:
http://www.oecd.org/document/0/0,3746,en_2649_33729_40774656_1_1_1_1,00.html

Reading list

Literatur: The compulsory reading list will be presented at the Vorbesprechung.

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