Columbia University - Poverty & Population: How Demographics Shape Policy
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Duration | 12 hours |
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Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
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Credential | Certificate |
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- Course 3 of 5 in the Social Policy for Social Services & Health Practitioners Specialization
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- Beginner Level
- Approx. 12 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: English
Poverty & Population: How Demographics Shape Policy at Coursera Course details
- This course has four modules, or foci. The first is to understand the categories of social welfare?populations, income, earnings, and assets? and some related concepts that play a very large role in shaping policy decisions: unemployment, inflation, and the minimum wage. The second deals with the central institution of social welfare?the labor market, which largely determines how many resources a person has. The labor market also establishes hierarchy, both through meritocracy and through categories of privilege. The third is poverty: the differing ways we define who is poor, and how effective U.S. anti-poverty efforts have been. The final module looks directly at federal decision making, the political organization of ideas, the structure of U.S. government, and the legislative process that shapes much of our social policy. This course addresses issues of power, oppression, and white supremacy.
- The course is part of a sequence in social policy that has an HONORS TRACK. This track will prepare the learner for masters-level work in policy, which involves reading the literature, writing concise summaries and probing critiques. Over the sequence the learner will develop a policy analysis that will create a foundation for professional policy analyst assignments.
Poverty & Population: How Demographics Shape Policy at Coursera Curriculum
Populations, income, poverty and policy
Sequence Opening: Robertson & Social Policy
Sequence video: Why Social Policy - Alumni
Course Introduction
Demography
Age, Region, and Race
Households and Families
Income
Earnings
GDP
Wealth
Inflation
Unemployment
Minimum Wage
Module 1 Wrap Up
Income and poverty in the United States: 2017
Quiz: Module 1 Overview
Causes of Poverty and Discrimination
Introduction
Sorting
Hiring Practices
Women in the Labor Market
Race and the Labor Market
Mass Incarceration by Professor Garfinkel
Effects of Racism in the Labor Market
The Changing Family by Professor Mincy
Module 2 Wrap Up
The Case for Reparations
Quiz: Module 2 Overview
Gender, Race and oppression
Introduction
The Causes and Cures of Poverty
World Poverty
FPL: The Federal Poverty Line
Who is Poor?
Supplemental Measures of Poverty
Alternative Policy Measures by Dr. Wiemer
The Impacts of Social Policy on Poverty
Poverty Research by Professor Garfinkel
Module 3 Wrap Up
Waging war on poverty: Poverty trends using a historical supplemental poverty measure
Quiz: Module 3 Overview
Formulating social policy in the U.S.
Introduction
The Debate
How Social Policy is Made by Professor Lenns
Levels and Branches
The Legislative Branch
The Executive Branch
The Judicial Branch
Regulations versus Laws by Professor Lenns
The Bill Development
The Bill: Legislature
The Signing of a Bill
The Bill Implementation
Module 4 Wrap Up
Policy Alternatives Overview Video
The Making of Government Policy
Quiz: Module 4 Overview
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