Course: Social Politics

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Course title Social Politics
Course code KSA/SOP
Organizational form of instruction no contact
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 0
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)
  • Klimentová Eva, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
State exam questions: 1. Definition of social policy, basic characteristics of social policy. 2. Functions of social policy. 3. Definition of the most important concepts with which social policy works. 4. The relationship of social policy to other disciplines. 5. Types (models) of social policy. 6. Instruments of social policy. 7. Actors of social policy. 8. Social policy doctrines. 9. Poverty. 10. Development of social policy in the world. 11. Development of social policy in the territory of the Czech Republic. 12. Welfare state, definition, background, core. 13. Development of the welfare state, crisis of the welfare state today. 14. Social security and its role in social policy - social insurance. 15. Social security and its role in social policy - state social support. 16. Social security and its role in social policy - social assistance. 17. Health policy. 18. Housing policy. 19. Family and education policy. 20. Employment policy.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
State final exam, the student certifies the knowledge of the disciplines of Social Policy, which he/she has completed throughout his/her studies.
Demonstrated competences: Students have knowledge of the basic definitions of social policy. Students have knowledge of the the basic concepts and terms of social policy. Students can name and describe the basic functions of social policy, its actors and instruments. Students can identify the basic types of social policy. Students have knowledge of possible definitions of poverty as a basic social-political concept. Students are able to critically evaluate various definitions of social policy. Student are able to appropriately use the terminology of social policy to describe particular social-political measures. Student can express the basic context of poverty. Student knows possible definitions of poverty as a basic social political concept. Student knows basic periods of social policy development in the world and in the region of nowadays Czech republic. Student understands the term social state and knows the connections, characteristics and types. Student knows the unified sub-policies of social policy in the contemporary Czech Republic.
Prerequisites
Social Policy 1 Social Policy 2 Independent study of the literature

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam, Dialog

Recommended literature
  • KSA/SPL1, SPL2.
  • Brdek, M., Jírová, H., & Krebs, V. (2002). Trendy v evropské sociální politice. Praha: ASPI.
  • Castle-Kaněrová, M., & Kotous, J. (1995). Sociální politika v evropských zemích: sborník učebních textů. Praha: Karolinum.
  • Keller, J. (1995). Až na dno blahobytu. Brno: Hnutí Duha.
  • Potůček, M. (1999). Křižovatky české sociální reformy. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství.
  • Tomeš I. (1996). Sociální politika, teorie a mezinárodní zkušenost. Praha Socioklub.
  • Tomeš, I. (2010). Úvod do teorie a metodologie sociální politiky. Praha: Portál.
  • Večeřa, M. (1996). Sociální stát: východiska a přístupy. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON).


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