Human Costs of Global Markets: The European Perspective
Human Costs of Global Markets: The European Perspective Course Overview
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Berlin School of Economics and Law
Location: Berlin, Germany
Primary Subject Area: Business
Instruction in: English
Transcript Source: TBD
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 1
Contact Hours: 20
DESCRIPTION
- Human and social costs of globalisation from a European perspective. Historical and theoretical background. Transformation from welfare to workfare states - Structural changes in production and job opportunities. European social policy, the EU as a regime of ?shared sovereignty? and economic vs. social governance. Europe after the financial and economic crisis - Implications of globalisation for ?costly? welfare states and for social cohesion. Current issues: migration, xenophobia and Brexit. - Current issues: welfare states in a post-work world? Outlook: the future of the EU and its social security in a globalised world. - Study visit to the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. - Assessment: presentations