FVP:USESEB053 Topical Issues of Social Poli

USESEB053 Topical Issues of Social Policy

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2015

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Helena Kolibová, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Helena Kolibová, CSc. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Helena Kolibová, CSc.
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives

The subject provides basic knowledge of selected topics of social policy in wider international and national context including ethical and social dimensions. The topics to be taught offer an overview of new attitudes not only in relation to social policy but also to the area of entrepreneurship and public administration. The current trend of economic globalization brings new challenges which the contemporary as well as next generation should be able to solve with knowledge of contemporary theory dealing with this issue. The subject provides the students with information on topical issues of social policy in relation to social responsibility, volunteering, donation, philanthropy, altruism in connection to application of these approaches in practice, in conditions of the Czech republic as well as on the world scale. These theoretical and successive practical examples will be applicable for the students not only in further study but especially in future professional life.

Syllabus

1. Risk society, new social risks. Vision of sustainable development.
2. Human solidarity and moral dimension, social marketing.
3. Issue of common good, socially beneficial matter and solidarity.
4. Origins of philanthropy, philanthropic institutions in CR/SR and in the world.
5. Vision and phenomenon of social entrepreneurship.
6. Current trends of social policy, new issues of social policy.
7. Corporate social responsibility, international initiatives, importance, main possibilities and definition.
8. Corporate social responsibility in the world and in the Czech/Slovak Republic.
9. Pillars of corporate social responsibility, methods of implementation of responsibility principle, organizations´ activities, role of social partners.
10. Social policy and services for persons with specific needs. Social integration in regional, national and European context.
11. Qualities in social services and state administration in context of individual needs of social help receivers.
12. Comparison of social services in CR/SR and in the EU countries.
13. Social integration programs, stability and perspective of social service, new trends in social work, examples of good practice.

Literature

required literature

KUNZ, V. Společenská odpovědnost firem. Praha: Grada, 2012. ISBN 978-80-247-3983-0. info
TOMEŠ, I. Obory sociální politiky. Praha: Portál, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7367-868-5. info
KULDOVÁ, L. Společenská odpovědnost firem. Etické podnikání a sociální odpovědnost v praxi. Plzeň: OPS, 2010. ISBN 978-80-87269-12-1. info
BECK, U. Riziková společnost: na cestě k jiné moderně. Praha: SLON, 2004. info
GIDDENS, A. Třetí cesta a její kritici. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2004. ISBN 80-204-1208-5. info
POTŮČEK, M. Křižovatky české sociální reformy. Praha: Slon, 1999. ISBN 80-85850-70-2. info
MURRAY, Ch. Příliš mnoho dobra: Americká sociální politika 1950-1980. Praha, SLON, 1998. ISBN 80-85850-55-9. info

recommended literature

KREBS, V. a kol. Sociální politika. Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7357-585-4. info
TOMEŠ, I. Úvod do teorie a metodologie sociální politiky. Praha: Portál, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7367-680-3. info
KELLER, J. Nová sociální rizika. Praha:Slon, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7419-059-9. info
BRDEK, M. Trendy v evropské sociální politice. Praha: Aspi, 2002. ISBN 80-86395-25-1. info
BARR, N. The Economics of the Welfare State. California: Stanford University Press, 1987. info

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