SPP455 Social, Political and Welfare Values

Fakulta sociálních studií
podzim 2008
Rozsah
1/1/0. 8 kr. Ukončení: z.
Vyučující
prof. Steven Saxonberg, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Mgr. Kateřina Vráblíková, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
prof. PhDr. Libor Musil, CSc.
Katedra sociální politiky a sociální práce – Fakulta sociálních studií
Rozvrh
Po 29. 9. 12:00–13:30 Aula, St 8. 10. 14:00–15:40 P21, Po 13. 10. 12:00–13:30 Aula, Po 10. 11. 12:00–13:30 Aula, Po 24. 11. 12:00–13:30 Aula, Po 8. 12. 12:00–13:30 Aula
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
By the end of the courses, students should be able to - To understand the basic manner in which survey data is used in the social sciences to analyze attitudes - To learn some of the most current trends in the analysis of attitudes - To understand the value of using statistics even if one does not have a background in statistics and to lose one’s possible fear of using statistics - To encourage students to participate in the spring workshop on using databases (which will not require any background in statistics)
Osnova
  • Lecture: Introduction lecture, Understanding statistics
  • Lecture: Postmodern Values
  • Lecture on Welfare Attitudes
  • Lecture on Gender Attitudes and Changing Gender Attitudes
  • Lecture on Racism
Literatura
  • Edlund, Jonas (1999) “Trust in Government and Welfare Regimes: Attitudes to Redistribution and Financial Cheating in the USA and Norway,” European Journal of Political Research, vol. 35, pp. 341-370.
  • Clark, John A. & Legge, Jr., Jerome S. “Economics, Racism, and Attitudes toward Immigration in the New Germany,” Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 50, No. 4, (Dec., 1997), pp. 901-917.
  • Saxonberg, Steven “Attitudes Toward Welfare Policy in Sweden Revisited” in Statsvetenskapliga tidskrift, vol 106, no. 1, 2003-4.
  • Krzemiński, I., “Polish-Jewish Relations, Anti-Semitism and National Identity,” Polish Sociological Review, 2002, vol, 137, no. 1, pp. 25-51.
  • Inglehart, Ronald (1997) Modernization and Postmodernization : Cultural, Economic, and Political Change in 43 Societies (Princeton: Princeton University Press)
  • Saxonberg, Steven & Sirovátka, Tomas (2006) “Failing Family Policy in Post-Communist Central Europe,” Comparative Policy Analysis, vol. 8, no. 2, 2006.
  • Inglehart, Ronald & Norris, Pippa (2003) Rising Tide: Gender Equality and Cultural Change Around the World (Cambridge: Cambridge Univesrity Press)
  • Wilcox, Clyde (1991) “The causes and consequences of feminist consciousness among western European women,” Comparative Political Studies, 23 (4), 519-3.
  • Svallfors, Stefan (1997) “Worlds of Welfare and Attitudes to Redistribution: A Comparison of Eight Western Nations” European Sociological Review, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 283-304.
  • Hakim, Catherine (1996) “The Sexual Division of Labour and Women's Heterogeneity,” The British Journal of Sociology, Vol. 47, No. 1., pp. 178-188.
  • Oliver, J. Eric & Mendelberg, Tali (2000) “Reconsidering the Environmental Determinants of White Racial Attitudes” American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 574-589.
Metody hodnocení
At the end of the course the students will write a short paper where they reflect on the course literature and consider what the information on attitudes implies for policymaking. If they were leaders of a country what policies would they suggest given the attitudes that exist. Students should discuss at least one article or chapter from each theme if they write alone If they write in a group of 2 or 3 then they must include at least 2 articles or chapters from each theme. The paper should be 4-5 A-4 pages, which means about 2000-2500 words.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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Předmět je vyučován každoročně.
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích podzim 2009, podzim 2010, podzim 2011, podzim 2012, podzim 2013.