International Social Policy, Social Welfare & Social Work - RDD111

• Title: International Social Policy, Social Welfare & Social Work
• Guaranteed by: Department of Theological Ethics (27-TE)
• Faculty: Protestant Theological Faculty
• Actual: from 2015 to 2017
• Semester: summer
• Points: 5
• E-Credits: 5
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:135/0, Ex [HS]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: combined
• Teaching methods: combined

Annotation

Last update: MORAVEC (15.05.2015)

Description of the Study Unit
The aims of the study unit are that the student:
- is able to analyse the links between different approaches to social theory and social policy
- has a complex and critical familiarity with the main schools of thought in social welfare and their impact on policy
and practice
- is able to examine the concept of social welfare in a European and global context and especially in relation to the
Czech context and their own/one other context
- is able to articulate the link between work and welfare in different contexts (especially the Czech Republic and
their own/one other context) in a globalising economy
- is able to evaluate the impact of globalisation on participatory social work and community development
- is able to relate and differentiate the approaches to participatory social work and community development work
appropriate to various contexts and problems
- is able to articulate and understanding of global social work in relation to their own context
The contents of the study module include:
- Theoretical approaches to social policy
- Different approaches to social welfare in context
- Globalisation and welfare
- Globalisation as a factor influencing social and community development work
- Comparative evaluation of different methods of social work
- Participatory social work and community development – relevance, concepts and organisation
- Contextual analysis of participatory social work and community development
- Community development and participatory social work as responses to the local impacts of globalisation



Process of the Study Unit

Week 17
Mag. Tony Addy (Responsible Teacher) & Dr. Ari Nieminen
Social policy and welfare regimes,
Social welfare regimes and social work Total 1.5cr

Weeks 18 – 20
Mag. Tony Addy (Responsible Teacher)
Reading in relation to international social policy and social work 3cr

Week 21
Mag. Tony Addy (Responsible Teacher)
Social Policy Examination .5 cr

Literature

Last update: MORAVEC (15.05.2015)

Basic literature and study aids:

Deacon, B., 2007. Global Social Policy. London: Sage.

Yeates, N., 2008. Understanding Global Social Policy. Bristol: Policy Press (Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 6,8, 10 and concluding chapter)

Wood, G., and Gough, I., 2006. A comparative welfare regime approach to global social policy. In World Development Vol. 34, No 10, 1696-1712.

Hugman, R., Understanding International Social Work, 2010, London, Palgrave Macmillan (Chapters: 1,2, 3, 5, 8, 10)

Recommended literature:

Castles, F. G, et al., The Oxford Companion to Comparative Welfare, 2012, Oxford, Oxford University Press

Lawrence, S. et al., Transforming International Social Work, 2010, London, Learning Matters

Cerami , A & Vanhuysse, P.,(eds) ‘Post-Communist Welfare Pathways: Theorizing Social Policy Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe, 2009, London, Palgrave Macmillan. Part 1 (overview), Concluding Remarks and relevant national studies

Fenger, H.J.M. & Welfare Regimes in Central and Eastern Europe, Incorporating post communist countries in a welfare regime typology, in 2007, Contemporary Issues and Ideas in Social Sciences, Vol 3, No 2 Download from http://journal.ciiss.net/index.php/ciiss/article/viewArticle/45

Teaching methods

Last update: MORAVEC (15.05.2015)

Consultations:

32 hrs. contact teaching including written exam.

Individual work:

103 hours distance learning, learning diary with time table confirmed by placement tutors and responsible teacher; on line tutorial support at least once per week in the period 18-20.