Course: Family Policy

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Course title Family Policy
Course code KKS/RP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šlechtová Hana, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Need of family policy in the context of changes in the field of the family; contemporary family policy topics; approaches to family policies in the OECD countries; policy making (approaches, subjects); objectives, measures, impact and their discussion; evolution of the family policy in the Czech context; contemporary Czech family policy.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The course aims to provide the students with basic knowledge about the family policy ? in the sense of a general principle of considering the family and family life of the citizens in policy making as well as in the sense of particular measures. It treats the objectives of the family policy/ policies (as well as the question of their legitimization), its measures, tools and impact. It treats the family policies of OECD countries, in the general level as well as on concrete examples. Particular attention is paid to the evolution of the family policies in the Czech context, including the previous (Czechoslovak pre-1989) experience and impacts caused by the transformation.
The students should be able to characterize the importance of the family in the contemporary society, justify the need of a family policy, present basic models of family policies and discuss their advantages, disadvantages and conditions, describe the contemporary Czech family policy.
Prerequisites
- orientation in social policy of state.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam, Student performance

Reading of texts, participation in discussion
Recommended literature
  • KŘÍŽKOVÁ, Alena (ed.); SLOBODA, Zdeněk; DUDOVÁ, Radka; MAŘÍKOVÁ, Hana. (2007). Podmínky rodičovství v podnikovém prostředí v mezinárodním srovnání.. Praha: SOÚ AV ČR, Sociologické studie.
  • POTŮČEK, Martin. (2005). Účinná rodinná politika v měnícím se světě. , Příspěvek na mezinárodní konferenci ?Rodina a rodičovství na prahu 21. století ? podoba a proměny rodiny, partnerství a rodičovství v současné společnosti jako výzva pro politickou praxi?.
  • Saxonberg, S. & Sirovátka, T. (2006). Failing family policy in post-Communist Central Europe. , Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 8(2), pp. 189 ?202.
  • SIROVÁTKA, Tomáš et al. (2008). Rodina, děti a zaměstnání v české společnosti. Boskovice: František Šalé ? ALBERT.
  • SIROVÁTKA, Tomáš et al. (2006). Rodina, zaměstnání a sociální politika. Boskovice: František Šalé ? ALBERT.
  • SIROVÁTKA, Tomáš. (2003). Rodinné chování a rodinná politika v České republice. Brno: Barrister a Principal, P. Mareš, T. Potočný (eds.): Modernizace a česká rodina. s 37-60.
  • TOMEŠOVÁ BARTÁKOVÁ, Helena. (2009). Cesta zpátky. Návrat žen po rodičovské dovolené na trh práce v České republice. Brno: Masarykova univerzita.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology Study plan (Version): Charitable and Social Work (2010) Category: Social sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer