Alternatives for Welfare Production
| Structure Type: | Course |
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| Code: | KF21SOPAS02 |
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| Type: | Compulsory |
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| Level: | Master |
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| Credits: | 5.0 points |
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| Responsible Teacher: | Toikko, Timo |
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| Teacher Team: | Zechner, Minna |
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| Language of Instruction: | Finnish |
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Learning Outcomes
Students will be aware of the different alternatves for welfare production.
Student's Workload
130 hr (18 lectures + 112 distant learninig)
Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses
No previous studies are required.
Contents
Even if the social and health care services are in Finland by law the responsibility of public actors, namely the municipalities, are great amounts of welfare produced also outside the public services. In this course students learn, compare, evaluate and ponder about different ways to produce welfare and the connections and disconnections to the public sector. The course may contain for example following topics:
- services produced by private enterprises
- societal enterprises
- welfare produced by informal networks such as families and friends
- voluntary work
Recommended or Required Reading
The material to be used during the course will be defined later, but for example following resources may be used.
Zechner, Minna (2008) Care of older people in transnational settings. Journal of Aging Studies 22 (2008) 32–44.
Stryjan, Yohanan & Wijkström, Filip (2007) Cooperatives and nonprofit organizations in Swedish social welfare. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics 67(1), 5‒27.
Nummelin, Johanna (2005) Kansainvälinen näkökulma senioriasumisen liiketoimintaan Uusien asumis- ja palvelumallien kehittäminen. VTT Rakennus- ja yhdyskuntatekniikka.
Availability: http://virtual.vtt.fi/virtual/proj6/tsa/tsa_kv_raportti.pdf
Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Lectures and distance learning
Assessment Criteria
Students are able to describe different alternatives for welfare production.
Students are able to compare different alternatives for welfare production
Students are able to analyse critically different alternatives for welfare production
Assessment Methods
Grading is based on a student's assignments, the scale of 1-5.
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