Course name: SOCB28 Sociology: Development and Social Welfare Policies. (Swedish name: Sociologi: Välfärds- och utvecklingssociologi) Undergraduate course. 15 credits. Spring semester, second period. Language of instruction: English.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a so called theme-course. A theme-course does not make you eligible for courses at a higher level (as our other undergraduate courses do). Please ask our Study Advisers for more information: studievagledare [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se

This course critically analyzes contemporary social policy and welfare deficits, and ways in which they are produced and reproduced in developing countries through governance structures and agencies of development.

It also considers the problem of inequality and the future prospects of poverty alleviation and empowerment within the ideological framework of social policy at supranational level.

How to apply for this course

Application for this course is open from mid September to mid October each year (Swedish national application dates).

Please apply via the Lund University Swedish website lu.se/lubas/i-uoh-lu-SOCB28. If you already are on this page please look for the brown button "anmälan".

Please ask our Study Adviser for assistance: studievagledare [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se

Course literature, syllabus and more

Find the course literature and syllabus on the Department of Sociology website, on the page Literature and Syllabi.

Find more information about the Department of Sociology, where you will study this course

• "About us" on the Department of Sociology website
• "For current students" on the Department of Sociology website. A collection of pages for current students at the Department of Sociology.