Quality of Life Studies and Public Policy

This comprehensive four-week course from the Universidad de Palermo will give you the chance to reflect on the concepts of quality of life and public policy, and examine the relationship between them.

You’ll broaden your knowledge on social citizenship and social participation, and will reflect on the role of the actors in the public policy circle.

Identify the characteristics of quality of life and of public policies

You’ll differentiate between the subjective/micro and objective/macro domains of the concept, and will determine what your take on the concept is.

You’ll then explore what public policies are - courses of action that guide a range of related actions within a given field - and will understand what the role of actors (global, regional intergovernmental and governmental) are within the public policy circle.

Decipher the meaning of social citizenship and social participation

You’ll then get to grips with the sociologist T.H.Marshall’s idea of social citizenship - or the social responsibilities that the state has to its citizens - as well as social participation - or a person’s involvement in activities that provide interaction with others in society or the community.

You’ll then recognise their relationship with quality of life, and will analyse the connection between quality of life and ultimately, satisfaction with wider democracy.

Learn from an expert in political science at the Universidad de Palermo

You’ll be guided throughout the course by professor Graciela Tonon, a doctor in political science, an author and a social worker who has been teaching quality of life studies at universities all across the globe for the past two decades.