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[With apologies for cross-posting] New MA in International Social Policy at the University of Kent, The University is located in the historic city of Canterbury, with access by train to London (1 hour) , Paris (2 hrs) and Brussels (2 hrs) Convenors: Jeremy Kendall & Peter Taylor-Gooby Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> The MA is a 12 month full-time or 24-month part-time course at an advanced level, taught by leading academics in comparative social policy. Help with fees: Bursaries are available from the School and the University to help with the costs of study: Applications for the course and for bursaries may be made online at: http://www.kent.ac.uk/studying/postgrad/apply/index.html Closing date for bursary applications: Friday 5 March The course will give you: * Advanced understanding of current debates, theories and concepts relevant to international social policy * Country-specific as well as cross-national empirical and theoretical knowledge of current challenges and processes of transformation of welfare systems. * An understanding of, and capacity to think critically about, the key policy contributions of, and roles fulfilled by, the State, the market, and civil society as a significant policy actors in welfare * Skills in research design and data collection in areas relevant to, or forming part of, social policy. * Familiarity with using the primary and secondary data needed to develop research in international social policy Core modules * International Social Policy * Design Philosophy and Ethics of Social Enquiry * Key issues in international social policy * Techniques of data analysis Optional Modules include : * Using Secondary and Qualitative Data * Social Science Perspectives on Environmental Issues * Social and Political Movements * Making and Implementing Health Policy * Organized civil society and the third sector * Gender and family in a global society * International migration: Issues & Perspectives * Quantitative Analysis * Environmental Politics * Urban Sociology * Terrorism and Modern Society Peter Taylor-Gooby FBA, AcSS, FRSA Reframing Social Citizenship, Oxford University Press, 2009: http://www.oup.com/ Director ESRC Risk Programme [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> http://www.kent.ac.uk/scarr