UVSRPVD101 Social Problems from the Gender Aspect

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
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 extends information from the Bachelor's degree program mainly subjects of psychology, sociology, social policy and develops them. The aim of the course is to introduce students to the current conception of gender as a category for a group of characteristics and behavior of men and women who are formed by culture, social roles and are transformed as a social framework. The aim of the course is to explain the theoretical and methodological basis of gender concepts and analysis and apply them to social problems and social policy. The course focuses on the explanation of gender as a social category which reflects and interprets many social problems.
Syllabus
  • 1st Gender and sex, categories of gender in social work
    2nd Social theory
    3rd Feminism
    4th Construction of gender in family and society
    5th Aggression as a social problem and gender
    6th Generate aspects of poverty and its solutions
    7th The concept of social exclusion
    8th Gender budgeting
    9th Gender society and the labor market
    10th Work life balance
    11th Educational policy and gender indicators
    12th Gender and the issue of age, gender agreement and social policy
Literature
    required literature
  • KOLIBOVÁ, H. Sociální problémy z aspektu gender (kombinované studium). Distanční studijní opora. 1. vyd. [online]. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2015. URL info
  • Křížková, A., Pavlica. Management genderových vztahů. Praha: Management Press, 2004. info
  • OAKLEYOVÁ, A. Pohlaví, gender a společnost. Praha: Portál, 2000. info
  • LANGA, M., NESLEZ, D. Women, Oppression and Social Work. Routledge, 1992. info
    recommended literature
  • BOTTERO, W. Stratification: Social division and inequality. New York: Routledge, 2005. info
  • Science policie in the European Union. Luxemburg: Office for Official Publications of t, 2000. info
  • BRENNER, J. Women and the Politics of Class. New York: Monthly Review Press, 2000. info
  • ŠANDEROVÁ, J. "Co určuje postavení žen v stratifikačním systému?" In Tuček a kol. Česká rodina v transformaci. Praha: Sociologický ústav., 1998. info
  • KENDALL, D. Race, Class, and Gender in a Diverse Society. Boston: Allyn and Bacon., 1997. info
  • Ferree, M. M., E. J. "Rethinking Stratification from a Feminist Perspective: Gender, Race, and Class in Mainstream Textbooks" American Sociological Review 61: 929-950. Hall, 1996. info
  • MOŽNÝ, I.. Moderní rodina (mýty a skutečnost). Brno: Blok, 1990. info
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
The main task of the seminars will be introducing of students to the reality of gender issues, analysis of specific problems in society, gender budgeting, etc. Students will be evaluated during the course in discussions over the selected text, based on the presentation of two essays on chosen topics.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2016, Winter 2018, Winter 2019.
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