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Poverty, Social Exclusion and Welfare Policy
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:25:48
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SUPK_056 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sociology; Social Politics and Organisation of Social Work | Target Audience: | Sociology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Signe Dobelniece | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 16 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 32 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 40 | ||||||||
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| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 2 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 3 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 4 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 5 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 6 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 7 | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 8 | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 9 | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 10 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 11 | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 12 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 13 | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
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| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
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| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Ferera M., "The European Welfare State. Golden Achievments, Silver Prospects", URGE Working Paper 4/2007 | ||||||||
| 2 | Gordon D. and Townsend P. (eds.) Bredline Europe. The Measurement of Poverty. The Polity Press, 2000. | ||||||||
| 3 | Hacker, B. (2009) ‘Hybridization instead of Clustering: Transformation Processes of Welfare Policies in Central and Eastern Europe’, Social Policy & Administration, 43(2), 152-169. | ||||||||
| 4 | Lāce T., "Sociālā atstumtība Latvijā. Situācijas raksturojums un politikas analīze", Rīga, Zinātne, 2012. | ||||||||
| 5 | Levitas R., "The Inclusive Society? Social Exclusion and New Labour", 2nd ed., Palgrave Macmillan, 2005 | ||||||||
| 6 | Sen A. "Social Exclusion: Concept, Application, and Scrutinity", Social Development Papers No. 1, Office of Environment and Social Development Asian Development Bank, June 2000 | ||||||||
| 7 | Vandenbroucke F., "Europe: The Social Challenge. Defining the Union’s Social Objective is a Necessity rather than a Luxury", European Social Observatory, OSE Opinion Paper No. 11– July 2012 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Esping Andersen G., Myles J. "The Welfare State and Redistribution", available at: http://dcpis.upf.edu/~gosta-esping-andersen/articles.htm | ||||||||
| 2 | Vignon J., Cantillon B.,"Is there a Time for Social Europe?" Looking beyond the Lisbon Strategy Paradigm", European Social Observatory, OSE Opinion Paper No. 9 – July 2012 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Eurostat dati | ||||||||
| 2 | Eurobarometer pētījumi | ||||||||
| 3 | SocialExclusioninEurope. 2000 | ||||||||
| 4 | Statistikas gadagrāmatas un statistikas krājumi | ||||||||
