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Study Course Description

Comparative Social Policy

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
SUPK_086
Branch of Science
Comparative Politics; International Politics
ECTS
6.00
Target Audience
Sociology
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor
Structure Unit Manager
Structural Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences
Contacts

Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf@rsu.lv

About Study Course

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FULL-TIME
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
6.00
Contact hours:
40 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Classen J. Comparative Social Policy: Concepts, Theories and Methods. Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, 1999.

2.

Deacon, B. Hulse M. Stubbs P. Global Social Policy. SAGE Publications, 1997

3.

Dean H. Social Policy. Polity Press, 2008.

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Esping-Andersen, Gosta (ED.) Why we Need a New Welfare State. Oxford University Press, 2002

5.

Hill M. Social Policy in the Modern World. A Comparative Text. Blackwell Publishing, 2006.

6.

Lāce T. Sociālā atstumtība Latvijā. Rīga: Zinātne, 2012.

7.

Roberts, I. Social Policy in the European Union. 2001.

Additional Reading

1.

Koncepcija par sociālās apdrošināšanas sistēmas stabilitāti ilgtermiņā. Pieejams: polsis.mk.gov.lv/view.do?id=3518

Other Information Sources

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LR likums Par sociālo drošību. www.likumi.lv

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LR likums Par valsts sociālo apdrošināšanu. www.likumi.lv

3.

Nozares budžets www.lm.gov.lv

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www.vsaa.gov.lv (budžets, statistika, tiesību akti)