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HIST 213 Comparative Public Policy Units: 6.00
Examines the rise of the welfare state since 1945 in North America and Western Europe. Topics include broad trends like deindustrialization, globalization, the rise of inequality, and social mobility. Specific policies discussed concern health care, pensions, unemployment, families, taxation, immigration, higher education, and public housing.
Learning Hours: 240 (72 Lecture, 168 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite Level 2 or above.
Exclusion HIST 253/3.0.
Course Equivalencies: HIST 213; HIST 213B
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Read widely in interdisciplinary fashion; acquire familiarity with other fields.
- Acquire a basic literacy in economic history.
- Acquire a basic literacy in contemporary public policy issues, seen in a historical lens.
- Write research papers that stress examining a contentious issue from various political viewpoints.
- Apply historical knowledge to contemporary public policy problems.