SFV4700 Globalisation and the Development of Health and Social Policy Emneplan

A student who has completed this course should have the following learning outcomes, defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

On successful completion of this course the student:

• has specialized knowledge on the specific areas of their Master thesis
• has a deep understanding of scientific writing as a process of both constructing and communicating meaning.
• is familiar with the structures and conventions of methods and results chapters.

Skills

On successful completion of this course the student:

• can clearly define and limit problem areas
• can connect his/her own project to relevant research literature
• can plan and carry out limited research or development projects
• can identify types and scopes of results which are required to ensure the claims and conclusions are scientifically valid
• can reflect on the decisions made and their consequences for the project
• can effectively draft, revise and develop the written communication of their research

General competence

On successful completion of this course the student:

• can apply knowledge and skills in new areas and carry out advanced projects
• can analyse and deal critically with developed products or collected data
• can carry out comprehensive independent study
• can contribute to the innovation of their field
• can apply effective writing strategies to diverse academic writing situations, including the writing of academic research articles.

Successful completion of MT-1 (Phase 1) and MT-2 (Phase 2) forms the basis for MT-3. The work is carried out under the guidance of the supervisor appointed at the start of MT-1.

In addition to the project work, there will be a series of working during which students will be provided with a range of analytical tools and methods to help develop their writing skills. Students will also receive formative feedback on draft versions of their texts from the course instructor and their peers, with a focus on the final master's thesis and draft research article.;

Students must submit a work requirement of 11 pages (+/-10%) on a course topic, preferably written in groups of 3-5 students. The paper must be approved by the course lecturer. Students whose papers are not approved after the first submission will be given the chance to resubmit once.

Papers that are not approved after two submissions will disqualify students from sitting the final examination.

The student's learning outcome will be assessed on the basis of an individual six-hour written school examination.

Students are awarded grades on a descending scale from A to E for pass and F for fail.

The written exam will be assessed by an internal and external examiner. The external examiner grades a random sample consisting of at least 20 per cent of the written exams. The grades given for this sample provide a basis for the internal examiner's assessment. The external examiner will also grade papers where there is doubt about giving a grade of pass. Students who have failed a regular examination are entitled to sit a new examination.

Students may use a spelling dictionary, as well as a bilingual dictionary during this written school exam.

Syllabus

Books

Bøås, Morten and Desmond McNeill. 2003. Multilateral institutions. A critical introduction. London: Pluto Press (184 pages).

Goldin Ian and Kenneth Reinert. 2012. Globalization for development. Meeting new challenges . Oxford: Oxford University Press (284 pages).

Compendium

*Askegaard, Søren and Giana M Eckhardt. 2012. Glocal yoga: Re-appropriation in the Indian consumptionscape. Marketing theory vol. 12(1) pp. 45-60 (16 pages).

*Berger, Peter. 2002. The cultural dynamics of globalization. In P Berger and S P Huntington (eds): Many globalizations. Cultural diversity in the contemporary world . Oxford: Oxford University Press pp. 1-16 (15 pages).

*Bettcher, Douglas et al. 2009. International public health instruments. In Roger Detels, Robert Beaglehole, Mary Ann Lansang and Martin Guillford (eds.): Oxford textbook of public health . Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 368-382 (15 pages).

*Bond, Michael. 2012. The backlash against NGOs. In Frank J Lechner and John Boli (eds.): The globalization reader . London: Wiley-Blackwell pp. 318-323 (6 pages).

*Bonoli, Giuliano. 2012. Blame avoidance and credit claiming revisited. In Giuliano Bonoli and David Natali (eds.). The politics of the new welfare state . Oxford: Oxford University Press pp. 93-110 (17 pages).

*Castles, Stephen, Hein de Haas and Mark J Miller. 2014. The age of migration. Ch 3: How migration transforms societies. New York: The Guilford Press (28 pages).

** Colgrave, James. 2002. The McKeown thesis: A historical controversy and its enduring influence.American Journal of Public Health vol. 92, 5, 725-730 (5 pages).

**Dobbin Frank, Beth Simmons and Geoffrey Garrett. 2007. The global diffusion of public policies: Social construction, coercion, competition, or learning? Annual Review of Sociology vol. 33 pp. 449-472 (33 pages).

*Dyson, Tim. 2010. Social effects of the demographic transition. In Tim Dyson: Population and Development. The Demographic Transition. London: Zed books (29 pages).

*Easterly, William. 2006. The white man's burden: why the West's efforts to aid the rest have done so much ill and so little good , chapter 6: You can't plan a market. Oxford: Oxford University Press pp. 53-98 (45 pages).

*Fitzpatrick, Tony. 2006. International encyclopedia of social policy . Entries on adverse selection, , moral hazard, state. London: Routledge. (5 pages).

**Ginneken, Wouter van. 2007. Extending social security coverage: Concepts, global trends and policy issues. International social security review vol. 60 (2-3), 39-59 (20 pages).

*Hemerijck, Anton. 2012. Two or three waves of welfare state transformation? In Nathalie Morel, Bruno Palier and Joakim Palme (eds): Towards a social investment welfare state? Bristol: Policy Press pp. 33-60 (28 pages).

*Heymann, David L. 2009. Emerging and re-emerging infections. In Roger Detels, Robert Beaglehole, Mary Ann Lansang and Martin Guillford (eds): Oxford textbook of public health . Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 1264-1273 (10 pages).

*Jerven, Morten. 2013. Comparability of GDP estimates in Sub-Saharan Africa: The effect of revisions in sources and methods since structural adjustment. The Review of Income and Wealth Series 59, Special Issue, October, p 16-36 (20 pages).

*McGrew, Anthony. 2014. Globalization and global politics. In John Baylis, Steve Smith and Patricia Owens (eds): The globalization of world politics. An introduction to international relations . Oxford: Oxford University Press pp. 15- 31 (16 pages).

*McInnes, Colin and Kelley Lee.2012. Global health and international relations , Ch 6: Security and health. Cambridge, Polity Press, p 130-157 (27 pages).

*McMichael, Anthony and Hilary J Bambrick. 2009. The global environment. In R Detels et al (eds): Oxford Textbook of Public Health. Oxford: Oxford University Press (17 pages).

**Moran, Timothy Patrick. 2005. Kuznets's inverted U-curve hypothesis: The rise, demise and continued relevance of a socioeconomic law. Sociological Forum vol. 20, 2, 209-244 (35 pages).

*Oudraat, Chantal de Jounge and Virginia Haufer. 2012. Global governance and the role of NGOs in international peace and security. In Frank J Lechner and John Boli (eds.): The globalization reader . London: Wiley-Blackwell pp. 332-337 (6 pages).

*Overbye, Einar. 2003. Globalisation and the design of the welfare state. In D. Pieters (ed): European Social Security and Global Politics , The Hague: Kluwer. pp. 145-166 (21 pages).

*Rogers, Everett. 2003. Diffusion of innovations chapter 1: Elements of diffusion and chapter 11: Consequences of innovations. New York: Free Press. (73 pages).

**Rötheli, Tobias F. 2010. Causes of the financial crisis: Risk misperception, policy mistakes, and banks' bounded rationality. Journal of Socio-Economics vol. 39 pp. 119-126 (8 pages).

**Scott, Alison et al. 2012. Obesity in Sub-Saharan Africa: development of an ecological theoretical framework. Health Promotion International vol 28 (1) 4-16 (12 pages).

*Smith, Steve et al. 2014.Introduction. In John Baylis, Steve Smith and Patricia Owens (eds): The globalization of world politics. An introduction to international relations. Oxford: Oxford University Press pp. 2-14 (13 pages)

**Talukdar, Jaita. 2012. Thin but not skinny: Women negotiating the "never too thin" body ideal in urban India.Women's studies International Forum vol 35 p 109-118 (10 pages).

* To be published in a separate compendium.** Available on Canvas.

Total pages: 943.

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(Literature list last updated: September 2016)