.
Family Policy
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:02.11.2021 18:08:48
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LUSDK_182 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sociology; Social Politics and Organisation of Social Work | Target Audience: | Social Welfare and Social Work | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ilze Trapenciere | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Welfare and Social Work | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, socdk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061575 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Not required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide basic knowledge on demography processes and family policy, to develop understanding on interrelations between demographic and socioeconomic processes. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Family policy and demography policy. Demography and demographic data. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Quantitative and qualitative structure of population. Birhtrate, mortality, life expectancy. Marriage and divorce. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Population placement. Migration. Urbanization. Demographic policy. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Family definitions, family forms, data on family. Marriage and family. Family functions, typology. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Family policy. Directions in family policy. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Family policy and demography policy. Demography and demographic data. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Quantitative and qualitative structure of population. Birhtrate, mortality, life expectancy. Marriage and divorce. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Population placement. Migration. Urbanization. Demographic policy. | Lectures | 0.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Family definitions, family forms, data on family. Marriage and family. Family functions, typology. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Family policy. Directions in family policy. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | To elaborate two independent study works, on the basis of acquired knowledge and skills within the course: • to elaborate an independent work on demographical situation in country X or region Y, using demography data (population structure, urbanisation, birth/mortality, marital/divorce data, family size, number of children, etc. data). Presentation and defence of the independent work. • to elaborate independent work on family policy in country X or region Y. Student should employ the method of family policy analyses developed by Anne Gauthier or other theoretical approach by student choice. Evaluation of the family policy initiatives. Presentation and defence of the independent work. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Criteria for the evaluation: • up to 20% active participation in lectures and seminars; • 25% for independent work No 1; • 25% for independent work No 2; • 30% for exam. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | • Able to explain the basic terms of demographic and family policy; • able to explain demographic processes, factors influencing family policy; • to assess the role of demographic policy in the development of region/country; • to name and characterise the main directions of family policy; • to compare demographic processes and family policy in various regions/countries. | ||||||||
| Skills: | • Able to gather and analyse basic demography and family policy data; • able to employ appropriate method for the assessment of demographic and family processes; • able to independently evaluate the demographic and family processes; • to employ precise terminology of demography an family policy, when describing and characterising demographic processes and family policy; • to present the results of independent work on demographic policy and family policy. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | • Employs the knowledge in the independent work on demographic situation and family policy in a region/country; • able to differentiate appropriate use of demography coefficients; • interprete data on demographic development and family policy; • to elaborate a demography report, using the demography coefficients; • able to argument on the family policy activities in accordance to needs; • to assess various aspects of family policy. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Valsts programma bērna un ģimenes stāvokļa uzlabošanai 2021.gadam | ||||||||
| 2 | Nacionālās attīstības plāns 2021.-2027.gadam | ||||||||
| 3 | Bērnu un ģimenes jomas galvenie politikas rezultatīvie rādītāji | ||||||||
| 4 | Latvijas Republikas Centrālā Statistikas pārvalde, Demogrāfija. Gadskārtējie izdevumi. | ||||||||
| 5 | Labklājības ministrija, Ģimenes valsts politikas pamatnostādnes 2011.- 2017.gadam, www.lm.gov.lv/upload/aktualitates/gvp_pamat.pdf | ||||||||
| 6 | Chzhen, Y., Gromada, A., Rees, G. Are the world’s richest countries family friendly? Policy in the OECD and EU. UNICEF, 2019. | ||||||||
| 7 | Family Policy Database: http://www.demogr.mpg.de/cgi-bin/databases/fampoldb/index.p… | ||||||||
| 8 | Thévenon, O., Neyer, G. Family policies and diversity in Europe: The state-of-the-art regarding fertility, work, care, leave, laws and self-sufficiency, 2014 | ||||||||
| 9 | Rīcības plāns „Ģimenes valsts politikas pamatnostādŅU 2011. – 2017.gadam” īstenošanai 2016. – 2017.gadā. http://polsis.mk.gov.lv/documents/5505 Tiesību akts, 13.03.2018. | ||||||||
| 10 | Bērnu tiesību aizsardzības likums | ||||||||
| 11 | Civillikums. Pirmā daļa. Ģimenes tiesības | ||||||||
| 12 | Bāriņtiesu likums | ||||||||
| 13 | Noteikumi par sociālajām garantijām bārenim un bez vecāku gādības palikušajam bērnam, kurš ir ārpusģimenes aprūpē, kā arī pēc ārpusģimenes aprūpes beigšanās | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Civillikums, Ģimenes tiesību daļa | ||||||||
| 2 | Dudley, L., Poston, J., Population and Society. An Introduction to Demography. Cambridge University Press, 2010 | ||||||||
| 3 | Bogenschneider, K. Family Policy Matters: How Policymaking Affects Families and What Professionals Can Do, 2014., 3.izdevums. | ||||||||
| 4 | Family oriented Policies for Poverty Reductiom Work-Family Balance and Intergrnerational Solidarity, 2012; http://undesadspd.org/Family/Publications.aspx | ||||||||
| 5 | Labklājības ministrija, Rīcības plāns ģimenes valsts politikas pamatnostādņu 2011-2017. gadam īstenošanai 2012.-2014.gadam; http://www.lm.gov.lv/upload/berns_gimene/apstr_plans_110320… | ||||||||
| 6 | Recent trends in child and family policy in the EU. European Platform for Investing in Children: Annual thematic report. | ||||||||
| 7 | Dažādi demogrāfiskie dati internetā:https://www.worldometers.info/demographics/world-demographi… | ||||||||
| 8 | Esping-Andersen, G. Social Foundations of Postindustrial Economies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. | ||||||||
| 9 | Ministru komitejas Ieteikums dalībvalstīm CM/Rec(2011)12 par bērnu tiesībām un bērniem un ģimenēm piemērotiem sociālajiem pakalpojumiem | ||||||||
| 10 | International Enciclopedia of Marrige and Family. Editor in Chief James J. Ponzetti, Jr. 2nd Edition. University of British Columbia.Vol. 1-4., 2003. | ||||||||
| 11 | Zvidriņš, P. Demogrāfija. R., 2003. | ||||||||
| 12 | Newell, C. Methods and Models in Demography. John Wiley & Sons, 2004. | ||||||||
| 13 | Stratēģiskās analīzes komisija, Demogrāfiskā attīstība Latvijā 21. gadsimta sākumā, Zinātniski pētnieciskie raksti 3(9), 2006., Red. P.Zvidriņš | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Centrālā Statistikas pārvaldes dati: www.csb.lv; | ||||||||
| 2 | LR Labklājības ministrija: www.lm.gov.lv | ||||||||
| 3 | The Council of Europe Family Policy Database; http://www.coe.int/t/dg3/familypolicy/Database/default_en.a… | ||||||||
| 4 | Demographic yearbook, UN, since 1948 (http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/ ) | ||||||||
| 5 | EUROSTAT (http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat) detalizēta demogrāfiska informācija par ES valstīm. | ||||||||
| 6 | Iedzīvotāju vecuma struktūra | ||||||||
| 7 | https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL | ||||||||
