Social protection, inequalities and poverty in the world, 5 cr (C1)

The course explores the nature of poverty from many angles. Extreme poverty and hunger are investigated as chronic problem and as a fatal outcome of various crises. Global and local inequalities of wealth, and their determinants, will be explored. Finally, both top-down policies and bottom-up initiatives that reduce poverty are studied. The section on action investigates social protection floor framework, various cash transfer programmes, and microfinance as ways to alleviate poverty.

- Key concepts and main theories and ideologies related to poverty

- Absolute poverty: Hunger

- Relative poverty: Inequalities

- Conditions related to poverty: Crisis, employment, health, education

- Global governance and poverty

- Policies (top down): Social security: social protection floors

- Policies (bottom up): Cash transfer and microfinance - Measuring and documenting poverty