[SOLVED] International Political Economy and Social Policy

International Political Economy and Social Policy
SPOL20063 2021/22: TB2
ASSESSMENT PART 2
Summative assessment (75%): Encyclopaedia entry (2,000 words)
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AIMS AND INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
This unit will explore the connections between political economy and social policy internationally. Political economy is about the distribution of power and money in society, whilst social policy is about welfare and meeting people’s needs. The unit thus sets out to understand how the distribution of power and money affects the ability of states and other actors to meet people’s needs. It addresses this question through an everyday approach that seeks to link everyday experiences to global phenomena and processes. The first few weeks of the unit discuss various ways in which scholars have theorised political economy and social policy. We then move on to study broad areas of international political economy and social policy, such as debt, housing, work, climate change and race.
By the end of this unit students will be:
Able to critically assess how political economy shapes social policy at different levels;
Able to critically assess how everyday experiences relate to global processes;
Familiar with a variety of approaches to international political economy and social policy;
Able to apply the various theoretical approaches which have been used to explain patterns of social policy development across nations.
Submission point: Blackboard
Type of Assessment: Encyclopaedia of International and Political Economy and Social Policy entry
Choose a topic a topic that is related to political economy and social policy broadly construed (e.g. poverty, welfare state, austerity, automation, climate justice, racism) and prepares an entry of critical writing for the Encyclopaedia of International Political Economy and Social Policy.  It would be structured as follows with rough indications of each section’s length:
a) Policy Theme (150 words)
b) Definitions (300)
c) Theories/Perspectives (500)
d) Case Study for analysis and evaluation (850)
e) Conclusion (200)
Formatting guidance:
The file name of the assessment should be your STUDENT ID NUMBER. If you don’t include this in your file name it may take longer to mark as it may be mis-filed in the submission system.
The first page of your assessment must include your STUDENT ID NUMBER (NOT your name or candidate number)
Word count should be placed below the student number. The word count WILL NOT include the title or the reference list . In accordance with the handbook regulations, penalties will be applied if your submitted work exceeds the word count.
Reference Style: Harvard referencing. See: Harvard (author-date) referencing system (bristol.ac.uk)
Assessments should be typed using:  font size 12, font type Arial, Calibri or Times
The minimum size of margins will be: 2cm top and bottom, and 3cm left and right
Line spacing will be: 1.5