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Comparative Welfare Policy Analysis. How to study contemporary welfare state reforms

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Welcome to Phd Course on Comparative Welfare policy from 3rd. to 5th. of October in Bergen

The aim in this course is to explore the link between welfare state organizations and democratic governance. Political legitimacy is a precondition for the sustainability of the welfare state, and this course addresses how recent welfare state reforms have affected political governance and the relationship between the state and its citizens.

Course key notes are Professor Per Lægreid, Universitetet i Bergen og Dr. Paola Mattei, Oxford University.

Other lecturers will be:

  • Professor Werner Jann, Potsdam Universiy
  • Director of research Karsten Vrangbæk, Danish Institute for Governmental Research
  • Professor Anne Lise Fimreite, University of Bergen
  • Associate Professor Haldor Byrkjeflot, University of Oslo 
  • Post.doc Lise Hellebø Rykkja, University of Bergen

For the complete course description, see this page.

For tentative program, reading list and registration, see the meny on the right.