Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Social Policy
Course Code
DN_092
Branch of Science
Social Politics and Organisation of Social Work; Sociology and social work
ECTS
6.00
Target Audience
Sociology
LQF
Level 8
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Signe Dobelniece
Structure Unit Manager
Dace Bandere
Structural Unit
Department of Doctoral Studies
Contacts
Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street, dn@rsu.lv, +371 67409101
About Study Course
Objective
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Preliminary Knowledge
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Learning Outcomes
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Assessment
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
6.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Test
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Alcoc P. May M. Rowlingson K. The Student’s Companion to Social Policy. Blackwell Publ. 2008.
2.
Clasen, Jochen. Comparative Social Policy and the European Union.
3.
Classen, Jochen. Comparative Social Policy: Concepts, Theories and Methods. Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, 1999. http://www.nuibooks.com/comparative-social-policy-concepts-theories-and-methods-PDF-1480944/
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Deacon, B. Hulse M. Stubbs P. Global Social Policy. SAGE Publications, 1997
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Dean H. Social Policy. Polity Press, 2008.
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Diversity and Commonality in European Social Policies: The Forging of a European Social Model. Warsaw, 2009.
7.
Esping-Andersen, G. (ed.). Why we Need a New Welf are State. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. 244 p.
8.
Geyer R. The State of European Social Policy. 1999.
9.
Hill M. Social Policy in the Modern World. A Comparative Text. Blackwell Publishing, 2006.
10.
Lāce T. Sociālā atstumtība Latvijā. Rīga: Zinātne, 2012.
11.
Pestieau, Pierre. The Welf are State in the European Union: Economic and Social Perspectives. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. 169 p.
Additional Reading
1.
Bernotas, D. A.Guogis. Reforming Social Security in a Transition Economy: The Comparative Caseof Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. // Social Science Tribune. Issue 49. – University of Thessaly, 2007.
2.
Blau, J. M.Abramovitz. The Dynamics of Social Welf are Policy. – Oxford University Press, 2003.
3.
Cousins, M. European Welf are States: Comparative Perspectives. – Sage Publication, 2005.
4.
Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairsand Equal Opportunities. Unit E 2.
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Midgley, J. M.B. Tracy, M. Livermore. The Handbook of Social Policy. – Sage Publication, 2000.
6.
Mishra, R. Globalization and the Welf are State. – Macmillan, 2000.
7.
Rajevska, F. Sociālās tiesības. // Grām. Ievads politikā. – Rīga, 1998.
8.
Sociālā atstumtība un sociālā iekļaušana: situācijas izvērtējums Latvijā. Zinātnisko rakstu krājums (atb. red. F.Rajevska). – Rīga: LU akadēmiskais apgāds, 2006.
9.
Spicker, P. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. – PolicyPress, 2006.
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Spicker, P. Policy Analysis for Practice. – PolicyPress, 2006.
11.
Spicker, P. TheIdea of Poverty. – PolicyPress, 2007.
12.
Spicker, P. The Welf are State: A General Theory. – SagePublication, 2000.
13.
Understanding Social Security. Ed. by J. Millar. – PolicyPress, 2003.
14.
Walker, R. Social Security and Welfare. – OpenUniversityPress, 2004.
Other Information Sources
1.
Koncepcija par sociālās apdrošināšanas sistēmas stabilitāti ilgtermiņā.
2.
Latvija. Pārskats par tautas attīstību 2012/2013. Ilgtspējīga nācija.Galv. red. Baiba Bela. Rīga: LU Sociālo un politisko pētījumu institūts, 2013.
4.
LR likums Par sociālo drošību.
5.
LR likums Par valsts sociālo apdrošināšanu.