UVSRPVK041 Social Policy II

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Helena Kolibová, CSc.
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
UVSRPVK028 Social Policy I || UVSRPV0028 Social Policy I
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course deals with processes of realization, targets and functions of social policy in the Czech republic which is conceived as a part of public policies. The course contains study of individual parts of social policy and its interconnection with other areas of public policy and administration. The course is focused on respecting also minimal accredited standard for teaching of social work on the level of specialised and university education elaborated by Association of Education Institutions in Social Work in the Czech republic.
Syllabus
  • 1. Old age as a social event
    2. System of pension security
    3. Poverty as social event
    4. Social exclusion as social integration as social event
    5. Maternity as social event
    6. Family policy
    7. Educational policy
    8. Health and illness as social event
    9. Housing policy
    10. Inter-company social policy
Literature
    required literature
  • Kolibová.H. Sociální politika 2. Opava: Optys, 2008. info
  • Kolibová.H. Sociální politika 1. Opava: Optys, 2007. info
  • Krebs, V. Sociální politika. Praha: Aspi, 2002. info
  • BRDEK, M. Trendy v evropské sociální politice. Praha: Aspi, 2002. ISBN 80-86395-25-1. info
  • Čapeková, M. Sociální politika. Bratislava: EF, 2001. info
  • HILL, M. Undestanding Social Policy. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2000. info
  • BRDEK, M., JÍROVÁ, H. Sociální politika v zemích EU a ČR. Praha: CODEX BOHEMIA, 1998. ISBN 80-85963-71-X. info
  • Kotous, J. Úvod do sociální politiky. Praha: UK, 1997. info
  • Musil, L. Vývoj sociálního státu v Evropě. Brno: Doplněk, 1996. info
  • BARR, N. The Economics of the Welfare State. California: Stanford University Press, 1987. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Assessment methods
The analysis of student 's performance
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 9 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
News regarding the topic of social policy.
Qualified participation in discussions in seminars.
Seminar work - orientation in selected social policy topic in a form of essay
Written test verifying the theoretical problems (principal terminology of the field, characteristics of the concepts and principles of the social policy, orientation in effect of various influences and conditions on the form of social policy in society including understanding diversity, conscious of important mill stones of development of social policy, originality of main directions of social policy, social solidarity and re-distribution) and practical knowledge (usage of social political policies in practice).
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019.
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