VPL139 The "Swedish Model" of Public Policy

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Steven Saxonberg, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Jana Válková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Tomáš Sirovátka, CSc.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Thu 23. 9. to Thu 9. 12. Thu 14:00–15:40 U33
Prerequisites
! SPP139 The "Swedish Model"
One should be a student at the faculty of social studies, but students from other faculties can also be accepted.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 23 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/23, only registered: 0/23, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/23
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
By the end of the course, students should have a basic understanding of how the Social Democrats were able to acheive such hegemony in Sweden. They should also be able to analyze the basic dynamics behind the Sweden welfare state and its most recent changes.
Syllabus
  • Intro lecture about the course, social democratic dominance
  • Seminar on social democratic dominance, lecture on the people’s home and Keynes, Swedish style
  • Seminar on the People’s home, Lecture on the Rehn-Meidner model and labor negotiations
  • Seminar on labor market, Lecture on corporatism
  • Seminar on corporatism, lecture on family policy
  • Seminar on family policy, Lecture on retrenchment
  • Seminar on retrenchment
  • Seminar on final papers
Literature
  • Ginsburg, Norman Divisions of Welfare (London: Sage, 1992), ch. 1 & 2.
  • Pempel, T. J. Ed., Uncommon democracies : the one-party dominant regimes (Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1990)
  • Saxonberg, S. “The Swedish Model is Doing Well Despite Neo-Liberal Attacks” Problemy Polityki Spolecznej vol. 7, 2004.
  • Williamson, Peter J. 1989. Corporatism in Perspective: An Introductory Guide to Corporatist Theory (Sage) selected chapters.
  • Rothstein, Bo Social classes and political institutions : the roots of Swedish corporatism (Uppsala : Maktutredningen, 1988)
  • Larsson, Torbjörn & Bäck, Henry, Governing and governance in Sweden:The social democratic state : the Swedish model and the bureaucratic problem of social reforms (Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2008)
  • Saxonberg, S. “The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same? The Swedish Model after the Center-Right Electoral Victory in 2006” forthcoming in Problemy Polityki Spolecznej, nr. 11, 2008.
  • Tilton, Tim The Political Theory of Swedish Social Democracy (Oxford: Oxford University Press) chahpters 8, 9 11
Teaching methods
The course consists of lectures and seminars.
Assessment methods
Students will write a short paper at the end of the course where they reflect on the Swedish model and discuss what they think are the advantages and disadvantages of the model as well as what lessons the Czech Repulic (or their home country) could learn from the Swedish experience. The paper should be about 4 pages (around 2000 words).
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
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