Comparative Social Services - 4 credits

How are social services—education, health care, income, transportation, and housing—delivered and developed in market economies other than the United states. How are market, nation state, and family structures used as mechanisms for providing social services in differing socio-cultural and political-economic environments? How are the different approaches to providing social services in other countries related to conceptions of the public good? This course provides skills in the comparative analysis of social services. (Intended to be taken after “Concepts of the Public Good” and “Social Services in American Society”.)