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This graduate course should improve the theoretical knowledge of students on social policy in the present, post-industrial societies. The main perspective will be placed on the concept of “welfare state regimes or models” and their practical consequences in different social policy areas, such as employment policy, pensions, family and long-term care policies and redistributive policies. These policies will predominantly be analysed in the context of the European Union countries.
The course will be organised in the form of seminars, where students will actively work on topics covered in the recommended literature. Poslední úprava: Csikósová Aneta, Bc., DiS. (10.01.2024)
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Main Objectives: This course is designed to help students acquire knowledge about the greatest challenges facing the European welfare states nowadays. After the completion of this course, students should be able to:
Poslední úprava: Csikósová Aneta, Bc., DiS. (10.01.2024)
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All students are obliged to:
The attendance in seminars (10) is compulsory. Tasks: A student should be prepared for a seminar topic covered by required scientific readings and answer questions or fulfill the task available in Moodle. Such tasks will be evaluated with up to 4 points. They should be uploaded in Moodle until each week’s Sunday, end of the day, at the latest. Presentation – Students working in groups will present two topics during the seminars: 1) a cross-cutting area – financing, inequality and EU; Financing: structuring of financing in three countries and discussing the reasons for differences between countries. Inequality: looking at the level of income inequality in three countries and discussing the reasons for differences. EU: looking at different instruments / mechanisms of policymaking at EU level and critically discussing them - for instance, the OMC or European Semester 2) a specific policy topic – Family policy, pension policy, employment policy, LTC, social assistance. Students should focus on three countries for each topic. They should look at each specific policy topic through the prism of the following dimensions: accessibility, generosity and stratification. They should compare the three countries along these dimensions. Final paper: The essay should cover one of the fields of social policy from a WS perspective. The length of the essay is approx. 24,000 to 30,000 characters (with spaces without references). Detailed guidelines will be provided in Moodle. It can be submitted in Czech / Slovak or English.
FINAL EVALUATION: Construction of students’ performance evaluation
Poslední úprava: Angelovská Olga, Mgr. Ing., Ph.D. (31.01.2026)
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Core reference resource: Béland D., Morgan K. J., Obinger H., Pierson Ch. (2022) The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State. (2nd edition) Oxford University Press. Esping-Andersen, G. (1990) The three worlds of welfare capitalism. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Recommended articles available in Moodle for each topic.
Poslední úprava: Csikósová Aneta, Bc., DiS. (10.01.2024)
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The schedule of the course: Seminar group 1 - Tuesday 9.30-10.50 - The first seminar is primarily intended for master's students of public and social policy specializing in social policy. Seminar group 2 – Tuesday 11.00-12.20
Organization of the course (preliminary schedule):
Poslední úprava: Angelovská Olga, Mgr. Ing., Ph.D. (31.01.2026)
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