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Course details
Course code: RESS10284o14
Semester: 2014/2015 winter
Name: Social policy
Major: Economics
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 3
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Henryk Łabędzki
Language of instruction: Polish


Learning outcomes: Acquisition of knowledge of theoretical and practical considerations of social policy, social issues and models and ways of solving them, social insurance schemes, the role of the state and NGOs in the field of social policy.

Competences: Acquisition of skills in analysis and evaluation of social policy instruments in addressing fundamental social issues.

Prerequisites: Base macroeconomics

Course content: Doctrine and models of social policy, forms of active social policy, international social conventions, analysis of (demographic structure, labor market, the level and quality of life, health, income diversification and poverty of the population), policy (family, health, education, employment and anti-poverty), the social security system, social assistance, the problem of social pathology.

Recommended literature: 1. Julian Auleytner: Polityka społeczna czyli ujarzmienie chaosu socjalnego. Wydanie III. Wyd. Wyższej Szkoły Pedagogicznej TWP, Warszawa 2002 2. Katarzyna Głąbicka: Polityka społeczna w Unii Europejskiej. Aspekty aksjologiczne i empiryczne. Wyd. Wyższej Szkoły Pedagogicznej TWP, Warszawa 2001 3. Polityka społeczna. Praca zb. pod red. Grażyny Firlit-Fesnak i Małgorzaty Szylko-Skoczny. PWN Warszawa 2007

Assessment methods: Allocation exercises and written exam after third semester - minimal knowledge 55%

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