Syllabus
Course syllabus: Theory of Social Policy (intended for nMgr. Study) Lecturer: PhDr. Petr Vojtisek, PhD. Learning goal: To get acquainted with the genesis of social policy and its institutions, with thought and social influences and the development of goals in social policy, legal and political framework, as well as with key terminology. Get to know the relationships of subjects, objects, tools and financing of social policy. Content:
1. Social policy - introduction Principles and functions of social policy and its relation to other fields (law, sociology, economics, social work), development of terminology
2. Goals and values in social policy Basic human rights and their development, social rights, development of goals in social policy
3. European social model Key documents of the UN and its agencies, the Council of Europe, the European Union (incl. ESF fund), the International Labor Organization - areas of protection of rights;
4. Construction of a social protection system in the Czech Republic Social security, social provision, social and legal protection, social assistance, voluntary systems with state intervention
5. Genesis of social policy in the world Development line to the Enlightenment, directions of development from the 18th century, social policy after World War II, personalities of social policy, Czech school of social policy
6. Welfare State and models of welfare states The emergence of the welfare state, its quality, the so-called "crisis" of the welfare state, models of democratic welfare states
7. Subjects of social policy Social policy actors and their roles - state, public corporations, employers, NGOs, churches
8. The subject of social policy Social tensions and social peace, social events and social risks,
9. Objects of social policy Individual, family, group as objects of social policy
10. Tools of social policy Regulation, social police, benefits, services, contracting, coercion
11. Financing of social policy Methods of financing; revenues and expenditures, state budget and fiscal policy
12. Management of social policy Phases and levels of management, Tools of social policy management Certification: oral exam Mutation for distance learning Teaching will take place in the form of online lectures on the Jitsi.org platform at the following link: https://meet.jit.si/vojtisekpetrffuk at the time of lectures according to the standard full-time schedule The attestation will also take place online oral on the same platform on the dates listed in the SIS. Consultations will take place by prior e-mail agreement online via Jitsi or via Skype. E-mail for communication with students: info@vojtisekpetr.cz Literature: Hemerijck, A. Changing Welfare State, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2013 Spicker, P. Social Policy, Theory and Practice, Oxford University Press, 2016