PERn4204 Gender and labour market in different European contexts

Fakulta sociálních studií
jaro 2026
Rozsah
1/1/0. 7 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
Mgr. Blanka Plasová, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
Mgr. Blanka Plasová, Ph.D.
Katedra sociální politiky a sociální práce – Fakulta sociálních studií
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Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
The course aims to provide the students with a basic understanding of the impact that gender roles and inequalities have on the situation of men and women in society, mostly in the labour market. We tackle the theories about discrimination and segregation of women in the labour market and theories related to the division of labour in the household. Policies for reconciling work and family are introduced as well as flexible forms of employment in the context of the new trends in society. In relation to these trends, we focus on analysing the potential of social policies to shape and influence gender relations. Space is also given to the feminist critique of the traditional typologies of the welfare state. Furthermore, the role of employers and other actors in reconciling work and family is discussed. Beside the macro-societal perspective, we also give space to the micro-societal/individual level of the analysis, where we focus on the preferences towards work-family strategies and their links to the macro-level.
Výstupy z učení
At the end of this course, students become aware of the diverse forms of gender order in society and the consequences of gender differences in the labour market. Students become familiar with public policies as well as with the policies of employers in the area of reconciling work and personal life both in the Czech Republic and in the EU context.
Osnova
  • Introduction to the course aims and objectives.
  • Gender, gender culture and gender role in the context of the labour market.
  • Gender Equality and Freedom in the Policy Context
  • New trends in the European labour markets.
  • Gender segregation in the labour market.
  • Institutional context within the EU.
  • Integration of immigrant women in the labor market
  • Introduction to work-family policy in EU.
  • Childcare policy and early childhood education and care in EU.
  • Maternity, paternity and parental leave in EU.
  • Employers and work-family balance. Family-friendly flexibility?
  • Thematic guest lectures (guests from top universities research institutes around the world) Students presentations
Literatura
    povinná literatura
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  • • Blackburn, R. M.; Browne, J.; Brooks, B.; Jarman, J. 2002. Explaining gender segregation. British Journal of Sociology, Vol. 53, no. 4, s. 513-536.
  • • Crompton, R., C. Lyonette. 2005. „The new gender essentialism – domestic and family ‘choices’ and their relation to attitudes“. The British Journal of Sociology, Vol. 56 (4), s. 601–620.
  • • Acker, J. 2006. Inequality Regimes: Gender, Class, and Race in Organizations. Gender & Society, 20 (4): 441-464.
  • • Kreimer, M. Labour Market Segregation and the Gender-Based Division of Labour. 2004. The European Journal of women´s studies. 2004, no. 11, s. 223-246.
  • Taylor-Gooby, P. (ed.). 2004. New risks, new welfare: the Transformation of the European Welfare State. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • • Blum, S., L. Formánková, I. Dobrotič. 2014. “Family Policies in ‘Hybrid’ Welfare States after the Crisis: Pathways Between Policy Expansion and Retrenchment”. Journal Social Policy & Administration, 48 (4), s. 468-491.
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  • Morel, Nathalie, Palier, Bruno and Joakim Palme (eds.). 2012., Towards a Social Investment Welfare State? Ideas, policies and challenges, Chicago: Policy Press.
  • • Lewis, S., Humbert, L. 2010. ‘Discourse of reality’? “Work-life balance” flexible working practices and gendered organizations. Equality Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, 29 (3): 239–254.
  • • Ryan, Michelle K. Haslam, S. Alexander. 2005. The Glass Cliff: Evidence that Women are Over-Represented in Precarious Leadership Positions. British Journal of Management, Jun 2005, Vol. 16, Issue 2, s. 81-90.
  • Pfau-Effinger, Birgit & Rostgaard, Tine (eds). 2011. Care, Work and Welfare in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills
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  • • Hakim, C. 2006. „Women, Careers, and Work-life Preferences.“ British Journal of Guidance & Counselling 34 (3), s. 279–294.
  • • Ryan K. M.; Haslam S. A.; Hersby M. D.; Kulich C.; Atkins C. 2007. Opting out or Pushed off the Edge? The Glass Cliff and the Preacariousness of Women´s Leadership Positions. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. Vol.1/1, s. 266 – 279.
  • • Saraceno, C.; Keck, W. (2011). Towards an Integrated Approach for the Analysis of Gender Equity in Policies Supporting Paid Work and Care Responsibilities. Demographic Research. Vol. 25, art. 11, pp. 371-406.
  • • Kroeger, T. 2011. Defamilisation, dedomestication and care policy: Comparing childcare service provisions of welfare states. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. Vol. 31 No. 7/8, s. 424-440.
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  • Lewis, J. 2006. Work/family reconciliation, equal opportunities and social policies: the interpretation of policy trajectories at the EU level and the meaning of gender equality. Journal of European Public Policy 13(3): 420-437.
  • • Hobson, B. 2011. The Agency Gap in Work–Life Balance: Applying Sen's Capabilities Framework within European Contexts. Social Politics 18(2): 147-167.
  • • Bambra, C. (2007). Defamilisation and welfare state regimes: a cluster analysis, International Journal of Social Welfare, 16: 326–338.
  • • Correl, S. J.; Benard, S.; Paik, I. (2007). Getting a Job: Is There a Motherhood Penalty? American Journal of Sociology, 112(5), pp. 1297-1338.
  • The Oxford handbook of family policy over the life course. Edited by Mary Daly - Birgit Pfau-Effinger - Neil Gilbert - Douglas J. Besharov. New York: Oxford university press, 2023, xiv, 1068. ISBN 9780197518151. info
  • CHUNG, Heejung. The flexibility paradox : why flexible working leads to (self-)exploitation. Bristol: Policy Press, 2022, x, 259. ISBN 9781447354789. info
  • ESPING-ANDERSEN, Gøsta. The incomplete revolution : adapting to women's new roles. 1st publ. Malden: Polity, 2009, x, 214. ISBN 9780745643168. info
  • PFAU-EFFINGER, Birgit. Development of culture, welfare states and women's employment in Europe. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2004, 217 p. ISBN 0754616932. info
    doporučená literatura
  • Standing, G. (1999) Global labour market flexibility: seeking distributive justice. kapitola 4., s. 83 – 126.
  • Orloff, A. S. 1996. Gender in the welfare state. Annual Review of Sociology, 22, pp 51-78
  • Sainsbury, D. 1994. Women's and men's social rights: Gendering dimensions of welfare state. In: D. Sainsbury ed. Gendering Welfare States. London: Sage. pp. 151-169.
Výukové metody
1) exam – written test with open questions;
2)group assignments:
a) each group of students (2-3) answers the key thematic question at one (selected) lecture, creating a themed game or quiz for other students;
b) each group of students presents an analysis of key “gender indicators” of European labour markets
Metody hodnocení
presentations of both assignments, active involvement in discussions
written test with open questions
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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