Course: Economics of Social Welfare

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Course title Economics of Social Welfare
Course code UEV/PESZ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Sobotka Martin, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Basic aims and instruments of social policy in the democratic state. Models used in pension insurance. Models of construction of illness insurance. The main approaches to employment policy. Conception of state social support. Conception of state social succour. Social services. Methods of evaluation of efficiency in social services. Conception of family policy. Conception of housing policy. Social enterprise. Actual questions of social security.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Methods of individual activities
Learning outcomes
Prezentation of basic informations about social policy in democratic state and to outline the actual problems of social security.
Student will be able to use acquired theoretical knowledge in the economic and social sphere as well as in further study of the follow-up Master courses.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination, Home assignment evaluation, Student performance assessment

The assignment will be given on the basis of active participation during the seminars, elaboration and defence of seminar work. The alternative assignment will be given on the basis of acceptance of seminar work elaborated according to instuctions specified at seminars. The exam will be written (for ordinary and the first resit term), oral (for the second resit term).
Recommended literature
  • Arnoldová, Anna. Sociální zabezpečení I : sociální zabezpečení v České republice, lékařská posudková služba, pojistné, systémy sociálního zabezpečení. Praha: Grada, 2012. ISBN 978-80-247-3724-9.
  • Barr, Nicholas. Economics of the welfare state. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-19-929781-8.
  • Duková, Ivana. Sociální politika : učebnice pro obor sociální činnost. Praha: Grada, 2013. ISBN 978-80-247-3880-2.
  • Holzmann, Robert. Pension reform : issues and prospects for non-financial defined contribution (NDC) schemes. Washington: World Bank, 2006. ISBN 0-8213-6038-8.
  • KREBS, V. a kol.:. Sociální politika. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2010.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Economics of Public Sector (2016) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Insurance Engineering (2014) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Economics of Public Sector (2014) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Economics of Public Sector (2013) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Insurance Engineering (2014) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter