KVZASP Introduction to Social Policy

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2003
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Mirka Wildmannová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Ivan Malý, CSc.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Jana Fuksová
Timetable
Sat 1. 3. 8:00–11:15 P102, Sat 15. 3. 15:45–19:00 P102, Sat 29. 3. 12:15–15:30 P102, Sat 26. 4. 12:15–15:30 P102
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Introduction to Social Policy (KVZASP) The course develops in students the competence to orientate with qualification in topical social and public problems which may arise, to analyse them and seek the economically, politically and socially appropriate tools to solve them. The course is essential for bachelor programme students who can acquire a complementary view of social problems in this society, springing up in the times of economic and social transformation. The course provides a diagnosis of present-day social problems, such as unemployment, poverty, bureaucratisation of life, dependent demographic minorities, family problems, social pathology, problems of ethnic minorities. Exam requirements: seminar essay. Examination: test of basic knowledge, oral exam.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • 1. Ekonomika sociálního rozvoje, pojetí ekonomické a sociální funkce státu 2. Sociální stát 3. Sociální problémy v moderní společnosti 4. Sociální problémy: chudoba, dlouhodobá nezaměstnanost, sociální rozvrtvení, kriminalita mládeže, problém stárnutí, krize rodiny a problém rozvodovosti 5. Základy sociální politiky, sociální správa
Literature
  • TOMEŠ, Igor. Sociální správa. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2002, 303 s. ISBN 80-7178-560-1. info
  • VEČEŘA, Miloš. Sociální stát : východiska a přístupy (Welfare state : starting points and approaches). 2. upr. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1996, 112 pp. Studijní texty ; sv. 4. ISBN 80-85850-16-8. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
písemná zkouška
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 16 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2002, Spring 2004, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009.
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