SPP817 Issues of Social Policy

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 12 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Tomáš Sirovátka, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Jiří Winkler, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Libor Musil, CSc.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Sat 4. 10. 14:00–15:30 U34, Sat 1. 11. 14:00–15:30 U34, Sat 6. 12. 14:00–15:30 U34
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
The goal of the course is to advance the knowledge about contemporary Czech and European social policy and to develop the abaility of the students of the creative application of their theoretical, methodological amd merit knowledge gained in the other courses within analysis, evaluation and preparation of the policies aimed to solve the current problems of social policy in the Czech Republic.
Syllabus
  • Topics 1 Pension reform 2 Employment policy 3 Family policy 4 Social assistance, services and social inclusion Each topic is discussed in three seminars: 1 General aspects. Ethical choices. 2 Analysis and evaluation of the existing and suggested solutions. 3 Elaboration and argumentation on own proposals - solutions.
Literature
  • Gallie D., Paugam S. Welfare Regimes and the Experience of Unemployment in Europe. Oxford Univ. Press 2000,
  • Saxonberg, S., Sirovátka, T. 2006 Failing Family Policy in Post-Communist Central Europe. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis 8 (2): 189-206.
  • Saraceno, Ch. (ed) 2002. Social Assistance Dynamics in Europe. National and Local Poverty Regimes. Bristol: The Policy Press,
  • Esping Andersen, G., Gallie, D., Hemerijck, A. a J. Myles 2002. Why We Need a New Welfare State? A New Welfare Architecture for Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Sirovátka, T. 2000. Česká sociální politika na prahu 21, století: efektivnost, selhávání, legitimita. Brno: MU
  • Castles, F.G. 2003.
Assessment methods
class discussion, group projects and their presentations, homeworks, reading seminar paper exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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