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Movie debate: Germinal (watch at home)
Origins of welfare states
Emergence of Welfare States. Presentation and discussion.
The state under capitalism
Welfare regimes framework
Decommodification & Stratification
The Neoliberal assault on welfare
Presentation. Neoliberalism: welfare under attack.
Clinton’s welfare reform
Movie: I, Daniel Blake
Field Trip: Museum of the City of New York. Exhibition 'Activist of New York.'
https://www.mcny.org/exhibition/activist-new-york
Welfare state and gender. Feminist perspectives.
Housework and Second wave feminism
Intersections of welfare and feminism
Welfare in the US: Current Debates
U.S. Health care system. Looking ahead.
Medicare-for-all. Presentation and discussion with Dr. Michael Pappas.
Followed by: Medicare-for-all. In-class debate.
Daily News, The truth crime in higher education: how we've abandoned public universities like CUNY
Daily News, Thousands of CUNY students experience homelessness and food insecurity
The impact of austerity on professors:
The Atlantic, The Death of an adjunct
Left Voice, Rank and File revolt at CUNY
Imperialism and welfare in oppressed nations
Presentation and discussion
Green New Deal / Federal jobs guarantee
Readings: Articles by Kate Aronoff, Robert Pollin (NLR), Robert Belano, Data for Progress, PoliticoMag.
Final class reflections