Regional and Social Policy of European Union Member States

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved

Course Description Version:5.00

Study Course Accepted:09.02.2024 11:07:17

Study Course Information
Course Code:		PZK_133			LQF level:		Level 7
Credit Points:		5.00			ECTS:		7.50
Branch of Science:		Politics; Governance and Administration			Target Audience:		Political Science
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:		Tatjana Muravska
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:		Faculty of Social Sciences
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:		Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfrsu[pnkts]lv
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		10	Lecture Length (academic hours)			2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		20
Classes (count)		10	Class Length (academic hours)			2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		20
Total Contact Hours									40
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
European economic integration
Objective:
This course aims at deepening students’ knowledge of the EU competences in Regional policy and roles of Member States and EU approach to Social dimension and competences of Member States in Social policy. This course aims to offer insight into the concept of regional and cohesion development and social models in the EU; the regulatory environment and implementation of the Cohesion policy will be studied. Attention will be given to labour market policies and models as well as and public health models. Special attention will be given to students’ discussions and debates.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.	Topic				Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Raising Regionalism				Lectures		1.00	auditorium
					Classes		1.00	auditorium
2	EU Regional and Cohesion Policy: A Retrospective View				Lectures		1.00	auditorium
					Classes		1.00	auditorium
3	How Cohesion Policy Contributes to the EU Development				Lectures		1.00	auditorium
					Classes		1.00	auditorium
4	EU Budget and Multinational Financial Framework: Focus on Cohesion				Lectures		1.00	auditorium
					Classes		1.00	auditorium
5	Investing in Regions				Lectures		1.00	auditorium
					Classes		1.00	auditorium
6	Digital Single Market in the Regional Context				Lectures		1.00	auditorium
					Classes		1.00	auditorium
7	EU Social Dimension and Measuring Social Progress				Lectures		1.00	auditorium
					Classes		1.00	auditorium
8	EU Migration Policy and Immigration to the EU				Lectures		1.00	auditorium
					Classes		1.00	auditorium
9	EU Policies and Actions in Public Health				Lectures		1.00	auditorium
					Classes		1.00	auditorium
10	EU Social Dialogue and Social Partners				Lectures		1.00	auditorium
					Classes		1.00	auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
•Work with literature. • Data search, compilation and analysis. • Case studies.
Assessment Criteria:
• Activity during interactive lectures – 60%. • Solving situation tasks in classes – 40%.
Final Examination (Full-Time):		Exam (Written)
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:		Students will gain awareness about EU Regional and Social Policies, its social, economic, legal as well as regulatory aspects. Upon successful completion of the course, students will have acquired knowledge about facts and figures, concepts and theories that support understanding of the course subject as well as dynamics that shape EU regionalism and social trends in the EU and its Member States.
Skills:		Studenti iegūs prasmes: • novērtēt un skaidrot sociāli ekonomiskus notikumus un to attīstību ES reģionalas un socālas politikas sfērās; • analizēt ES reģionālo politiku, izmantojot dažādas analīzes metodes; • izstrādāt priekšlikumus nepieciešamajiem uzlabojumiem ES sociālā un vesselības politika.
Competencies:		Students are able to perform independent, critical analysis, apply economic methods in the planning and implementation of the EU Regional Policy and Social Policy, perform the assessment of economic parameters of regional and social systems.
Bibliography
No.	Reference
Required Reading
1	EU Region Policy (2014). Teaching Material. Edited by Tatjana Muravska Author: Jānis Aprans, Riga, University of Latvia Press, - 64p.
2	EU Social Dimension – An Innovative and Reflective Society (2014). Teaching Material. Edited by Tatjana Muravska and Biruta Sloka . Riga, University of Latvia Press, - 84 p.
3	An Agenda for a Reformed Cohesion Policy. A Place-based Approach to Meeting EU Challenges and Expectations (2009), Report by Fabrizio Barka, - 218p.
Additional Reading
1	European Structural and Investment FUNDS and European Fund for Strategic Investments Complementarities. Ensuring Coordination, Synergies and Complementarity (2016), European Union. – 24p.
2	Permanent Revolution in Cohesion Policy: Restarting the Reform Debate (2018). European Policies Research Centre, United Kingdom, European Policies Research Paper No. 93.- 43p.
3	Report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress (2016), Joseph E. Stiglitz, Amartya Sen, Jean-Paul Fitoussi, OFCE-Centre de recherche en économie de Sciences Po.- 291p.
4	David Elkins (1995), Beyond Sovereignty: Territory and Political Economy in the Twenty-First Century, Cambridge, 2009, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, - 308p.
5	Andreas Faludi (2018). The Poverty of Territorialism A Neo-Medieval View of Europe and European Planning, Delft, University of Technology, the Netherlands.- 200p.
Other Information Sources
1	Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion. European Union. https://ec.europa.eu/social/home.jsp
2	Andreas Faludi. ESPON Seminar Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1Ebr6FdpBc&feature=youtu.b…
3	Regional policy. European Union. https://europa.eu/european-union/topics/regional-policy_en