Introduction to social policy 2103-L-D1WDPS
The aim of the course is:
- systematic presentation of knowledge needed to pass the exam;
- to introduce basic information on social policy.
In the introductory part of the course there will be presented the genesis of World’s and Polish social policy as a practice activity and academic discipline, as well as the values which serves social policy realization. Next there will be presented institutional matters of social policy connected with its: conditions and tools of acting, theoretical models, the levels of realization, social needs and indexes of their fulfillment.
The classes are focused on analyses of basic theoretical terms in the field of social policy, social problems and social issues, social needs, definitions of social policy, dilemmas connected with the influence of different values systems on social policy. Also the most vital issues (such as: demographic crisis, unemployment, poverty and social inequality, housing problem, education, health issue, international migration, disability, ecology) will be presented. During the workshops students will be encouraged to present different methods of prevention and solving mentioned social problems, as well as indicate the weak and strong points of these methods.
Lecture topics:
1. The genesis of social policy
2. The subject and tasks of social policy
3. Values in social policy
4. Determinants of social policy
5. Social policy measures - institutional dimension
6. Social policy measures - financial dimension
7. Models of social policy
8. Indicators of meeting social needs
9. Natural movement of the population
10. Spatial movement of the population
11. The concept and classification of social issues
12. The question of poverty
13. The issue of unemployment
14. Social threats
15. Other social challenges in Poland
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Learning outcomes
After the course students:
- know and understand the specificity of social policy science compared to other social sciences;
- have knowledge of public policies implementing in practice the broadly understood social policy of the state
- know basic terms of social policy and can locate social policy in the system of social sciences;
- have basic knowledge about social issues on local, national and global scale and can point the relations between them, is able to interpret social phenomena, social issues and social risks;
- can show interests and systems of values in social program, as well as explain their connection with chosen solutions;
- can link social problems with the competences of social policy institutions
After the classes students are able to:
- indicate the social policy definitions and indexes;
- point the main important social problems and explain their genesis;
- propose, critically assess and compare various strategies of solving the social problems;
- analyze different conditions influencing activity in the field of social policy.
Assessment criteria
A writing test consisted of three parts: open question test, filling the gaps test and test of choice (60 minutes).
Practical placement
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Bibliography
Books:
Anioł W, Duszczyk M., Zawadzki P. (red.), Europa socjalna. Iluzja czy rzeczywistość, Warszawa 2011,
Anioł W., Europejska polityka społeczna. Implikacje dla Polski, Warszawa 2003,
Aulaytner J., Polityka społeczna, czyli ujarzmianie chaosu socjalnego, Warszawa 2002,
Fihel A., Okólski M., Demografia. Współczesne zjawiska i teorie, Warszawa 2012
Firlit-Fesnak F., Męcina J. (red.), „Polityka społeczna. Nowe wydanie”, Warszawa 2018,
Grata P., Polityka społeczna Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej. Uwarunkowania – instytucje – działania, Rzeszów 2013,
Kwiatkowski E., Bezrobocie. Podstawy teoretyczne, Warszawa 2022
Kazimierczak K., Rymsza J. (red.), W stronę aktywnej polityki społecznej, Warszawa 2003,
Księżpolski M., Rysz-Kowalczyk B., Żołędowski C. (red.), Polityka społęczna w kryzysie, Warszawa 2009,
Orczyk J., Polityka społeczna. Uwarunkowania i cele, Poznań 2005,
Ponikowski Z., Zarzeczny J. (red.), Uwarunkowania współczesnej polityki społecznej, Wrocław 2002,
Rączaszek A., Koczur W. (red.), Polityka społeczna w życiu społeczno-gospodarczym kraju, Katowice 2007,
Rysz-Kowalczyk B. (red.), Leksykon polityki społecznej, Warszawa 2001,
Strzelecki Z. (red.), Procesy demograficzne u progu XXI wieku. Polska a Europa, Warszawa 2003,
Szarfenberg R., Krytyka i afirmacja polityki społecznej, Warszawa 2009,
Szarfenberg R., Żołędowski C., Theiss M. (red.), Ubóstwo i wykluczenie społeczne. Perspektywa poznawcza, Warszawa 2010,
Szarfenberg R., Żołędowski C., Theiss M. (red.), Polityka publiczna wobec ubóstwa i wykluczenia społecznego, Warszawa 2010.
Szatur-Jaworska B., Polska polityka społeczna wobec starzenia się ludności w latach 1973-2013, Warszawa 2016.
Ubezpieczenia społeczne, C.H.Beck, Warszawa 2021.
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