Modern social policy emerges within the constitutional framework of
nation-states to protect the well-being and basic living standards of
citizens within a nation's territory. As the trade and circulation of
goods around the world and the process of economic globalization deepen,
concepts about social solidarity, justice and redistribution have
gradually spread to all parts of the world. This block seminar is based
on the basic conceptual framework of modern social policy and welfare
state, focusing on how international governmental organizations and
non-governmental organizations have influenced the reform of pension
insurance and the establishment of medical protection systems around the
world. At the same time, this block seminar also focuses on the issues
of global income inequality and social inequality, discussing the
economic and social gap between the global North and the South. In
particular, it will focus on various welfare programs that shorten the
North-South divide in the world society.
- Lehrende(r): Tao Liu