SOC118 Work and Family

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Beatrice Elena Chromková Manea, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Timetable
Mon 10:00–11:40 U34
Prerequisites
The working language is English.
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
This course examines the complex relationships between paid work and family life. Major demographic, economic, and social changes within the past decades have produced substantial changes in the home and in the work place. The discipline also emerged due to the fact that more women and particularly mothers have entered into the workforce. Work and family linkages have multiple implications for individuals, families, and the community. The field of work-family concerns interactions between commitment to employment and family. It also includes issues such as division of housework between men and women, leisure time and activities, and gender roles. The course aims to integrate gender relations into the analysis of family, employment and social policies in order to examine the reconciliation of work and family. The course will also question the specific workplace-related policies: welfare policies, parental leave, childcare and working time policies. The outcomes of the course consists in the understanding of the historical, demographic, and economic forces, which have driven work-family issues to the forefront, and the identification and description of the current state of research and theory in the work- family literature.
Syllabus
  • Students are expected to complete the weekly readings prior to class, to attend classes and to participate in discussions. The course is designed to be interactive – student/teacher and student/student dialogue. The course final grades are based on class participation (10%), seminars participation and assignments (40%), and final essay(50%). The course will be given in the form of workshops. It consists in presentations and discussions of the articles and books read during the semester (the main issues/themes addressed by the material and the utility of the content for researchers and scholars). For each class, you are expected to be thoroughly familiar with the reading assignments and to be actively involved in class discussions. Everyone is expected to read all assigned materials.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
FINAL ESSAY(8-10 PAGES) Each student will choose a research question/topic to be explored in the final essay. A list containing the main topics will be provided in due time. The deadline for submitting the final essay is the 8th of June 2008. Please upload your paper on http://is.muni.cz/studijní materiály/odevzdávárny/final essay.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2010.
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