BPV_ZASP Fundamentals of Social Policy

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Zuzana Kotherová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Mirka Wildmannová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Zuzana Kotherová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. František Svoboda, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Mirka Wildmannová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Mirka Wildmannová, Ph.D.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Kociánová
Timetable
Thu 7:40–9:15 P403
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
BPV_ZASP/1: each odd Thursday 9:20–11:00 P104, Z. Kotherová, F. Svoboda, M. Wildmannová
BPV_ZASP/2: each even Thursday 9:20–11:00 P104, Z. Kotherová, F. Svoboda, M. Wildmannová
BPV_ZASP/3: each odd Thursday 11:05–12:45 P403, Z. Kotherová, F. Svoboda, M. Wildmannová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to enable students to understand the importance of social policy in the context of social risks and problems arising as a result of contradictory economic, social and cultural development of the modern society. At the end of the course student will be able to:
(1) define the main theoretical and ideological attitudes to social policy,
(2)identify basic sources and producers of social policy and services and to analyze them,
(3)discuss the role of welfare state in different coutries,
(4) underline and discuss selected current social problems (unemployment and poverty, aging, family problems, cruelty and negligent care for children, social pathology, issues of ethnic minorities, opinion orientation in pluralistic society).
This basic course is followed at Stage Two with the Social Policy course, which has an optional character.
Syllabus
  • 1. modern society and social problems
  • 2. social state
  • 3. poverty
  • 4. long-term unemployment
  • 5. social stratification
  • 6. crime and ethnic minorities
  • 7. fundaments of social policy
  • 8. social administration
Literature
  • WILDMANNOVÁ, Mirka. Základy sociální politiky. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2005, 128 s. ISBN 8021036524. info
  • TOMEŠ, Igor. Sociální správa. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2002, 303 s. ISBN 80-7178-560-1. info
  • VEČEŘA, Miloš. Sociální stát. Východiska a přístupy. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2001, 112 pp. Studijní texty. ISBN 80-85850-16-8. info
  • MAREŠ, Petr. Nezaměstnanost jako sociální problém (Unemployment as a Social Problem). Nové rozšíř. vyd. Praha: SLON-Sociologické nakladatelství, 1998, 172 pp. ISBN 80-901424-9-4. info
Teaching methods
Presentation and class discuson related to introduced topic. Student prove knowledges through homeworks and its public presentation. Reading is a part of homework.
Assessment methods
1. continuous testing of knowledge during the semester in the form of 2 tests;
2. presentation of a seminar paper and elaborating a critical analysis of another seminar paper;
3. final oral exam (to be eligible to take the final oral exam, students have to gain at least 60% of the total number of points from seminar tests)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Nezapisují si studenti, kteří absolvovali předmět PVZASP.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2009, recent)
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