SPP110 Welfare State

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Libor Musil, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Libor Musil, CSc.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Tue 12:00–13:30 M211
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 5 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/5, only registered: 0/5
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students become known with the core concepts of the “welfare state” theory. On successful completion of the course students should be able to understand basic texts on welfare state theory and should be able to interpret selected social policy program in terms of the welfare state typology by Esping-Andersen.
Syllabus
  • The course is devoted to the following topics and issues:
  • 1. Definitions of the “welfare state”.
  • 2. Instruments of the welfare state.
  • 3. Actors of the welfare state.
  • 4. Typology of the welfare state.
  • 5. The emergence of the welfare state.
  • 6. The development of the welfare state.
  • 7. The so called “crisis” of the welfare state and the following developments.
  • 8. The history of the welfare state in the Czech society.
  • 9. Strategies of the European welfare state and reflecting on the unification process.
Literature
  • ORENSTEIN, M.: Transitional Social Policy in the Czech Republic and Poland. Czech Sociological Review, 2/1995, pp. 179-196.
  • RYS, V.: Social Security Developments in Central Europa: A Return to Reality. Czech Sociological Review, 2/1995, pp. 197-208.
  • SIROVÁTKA, Tomáš. Česká sociální politika na prahu 21. století. Efektivnost, selhávání, legitimita (Czech Social Policy on the Eve of 21th Century: Effectiveness, Failures, Legitimacy). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2000, 236 pp. Spisy Fakulty sociálních studií, sv. 3. ISBN 80-210-2307-4. info
  • MURRAY, Charles. Příliš mnoho dobra :americká sociální politika, 1950-1980. Translated by Jana Ogrocká - Ivo Řezníček. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1998, 337 s. ISBN 80-85850-55-9. info
  • Vývoj sociálního státu v Evropě :čítanka z historie moderní evropské sociální politiky. Edited by Libor Musil, Translated by Jana Ogrocká. Vyd. 1. Brno: Doplněk, 1996, 256 s. ISBN 80-85765-62-4. info
  • PIERSON, Christopher. Beyond the welfare state? :the new political economy of welfare. 1st ed. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1995, 248 s. ISBN 0-7456-0466-8. info
  • MUSIL, Libor. Chudoba a československý stát mezi dvěma světovými válkami (Poverty and the Czechoslovak State Between the Two World Wars.). SPFFBU. Brno: Filosifcká fakulta MU Brno, 1995, 1995, G36, G36, p. 23-44. ISSN 80-0231-512-2. info
  • POTŮČEK, Martin. Sociální politika [Potůček, 1995]. 1. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1995, 142 s. ISBN 80-85850-01-X. info
  • New perspectives on the welfare state in Europe. Edited by Catherine Jones. 1. ed. London: Routledge, 1993, 246 s. ISBN 0415070422. info
  • ESPING-ANDERSEN, Gøsta. The three worlds of welfare capitalism. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990, xi, 248. ISBN 0691028575. info
  • The politics of social policy in the United states. Edited by Margaret Weir - Ann Shola Orloff - Theda Skocpol. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1988, xiii, 465. ISBN 0-691-02841-9. info
Teaching methods
The learning outcomes of the course will be attained by means of following teaching methods: 1. lectures, 2. writing essay, 3. writing peer-review.
Assessment methods
The course is completed by exam which consists in three parts: 1. Test in literature on definition, instruments and actors of the welfare states. Test consists in four non-standardized questions. Student can gain maximum 4 points for each of them. To be successful student has to gain 9 points. 2. Essay on: „The selected social policy program in terms of typology of welfare states”. Essay is assessed in terms of the ability of student to define indicators and to apply them in identifying selected Czech social policy program inclination to features of “welfare stat regimes”. 3. Review on the selected text on the development of the welfare state. Review is assessed in following terms: a) finding question the selected text is devoted to, b) comparing arguments by the author on the welfare state development with arguments by two another authors, c) selecting argument by the author and explaining how to use it in reflecting the welfare state development. Student can gain maximum 30 points for test as well as for essay. Student can gain maximum 60 points for review. In sum, student can gain maximum 120 points. To finish the course successfully student has to gain minimum 80 points.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011.
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