FVP:UVSRPVR101 Social Problems from the Gende - Course Information

UVSRPVR101 Social Problems from the Gender Aspect

Extent and Intensity

9/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Petr Slováček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Slováček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Petr Slováček, Ph.D.
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: JUDr. Marie Sciskalová, Ph.D.

Timetable

Fri 18. 10. Fri 8:05–10:30 C206, Fri 15. 11. Fri 8:05–10:30 C310, Fri 29. 11. Fri 8:05–10:30 C309

Prerequisites (in Czech)

FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(N) && FORMA(K)

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

• Public Administration and Social Policy (programme FVP, N6731-SPSP)

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.

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