SV4BP_SPoS Social politics (seminar)

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Dušan Klapko, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Němec, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Štěpařová
Timetable of Seminar Groups
SV4BP_SPoS/01: each even Wednesday 12:30–14:10 budova C - učebna 8, D. Klapko
SV4BP_SPoS/02: each odd Wednesday 12:30–14:10 budova C - učebna 8, D. Klapko
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The purpose of the seminary is to create a discuss frame, in which the students focuse on analysing of present social – political problems of czech and abroad milieu. At the end of the course, the students will be able to: - Define the basic terms of social policy. - Explain the basics and structure of social policy as a part of social sciences. - Explain the topical issues of social policy, outline the possible outcomes and possibilities to solve them, using the facts from the reading and own experience. - Evaluate the importance of topics covered for the theory and practice of social policy. - Explain and define positions and values in the processes of social policy.
Syllabus
  • 1. Conception and subject of social politics. 2. Basic principles, aims, ideas of social politics. 3. models of social politics. 4. Social stratification and social security. 5. Social help and social services. 6. Eployement policy, health policy, family policy, housing policy, educational policy. 7. Process of transformation of social policy in the Czech Republic. 8. Social policy in chosen european countries.
Literature
  • BRDEK, Miroslav, Hana JÍROVÁ and Vojtěch KREBS. Trendy v evropské sociální politice. Praha: ASPI, 2002, 251 s. ISBN 80-86395-25-1. info
  • DLOUHÝ, Jiří. Životní minimum. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociopress, 1997, 157 s. ISBN 80-902260-2-7. info
  • ETZIONI, Amitai. Morální dimenze ekonomiky. Praha: Victoria publishing, 1995, 243 s. ISBN 808586519X. info
  • FRANC, Aleš. Hlavní tendence ve vývoji pracovních migrací v České republice (Main tendencies in labour migration in the Czech Republic). 1st ed. Brno: Centrum výzkumu konkurenční schopnosti české ekonomiky, 2006, 27 pp. WP č. 22. ISSN 1801-4496. info
  • FRANC, Aleš. Globalizace a udržitelnost státu blahobytu (Globalization and sustainability of the welfare state). In Hospodářská politika nových členských zemí EU. 1st ed. Ostrava: EkF VŠB TU Ostrava, 2005, p. 68-163. ISBN 80-248-0943-5. info
  • KELLER, Jan. Až na dno blahobytu. 3. vyd. Praha: EarthSave, 2005, 132 s. ISBN 8090308570. info
  • KELLER, Jan. Soumrak sociálního státu. Vydání první. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2005, 158 stran. ISBN 8086429415. info
  • POTŮČEK, M. a kol. Vize rozvoje ČR do roku 2015. Praha: Gutenberg, 2001. info
  • VEČEŘA, Miloš. Sociální stát. Východiska a přístupy. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2001, 112 pp. Studijní texty. ISBN 80-85850-16-8. info
Teaching methods
class discussion, e-discussion, homeworks, individual and group projects, individual paper
Assessment methods
active work in the e-learning course (75% attendance in seminaries)
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=1101
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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