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Sociology of Aging
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:25:34
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SUPK_059 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sociology; Theory and History of Sociology | Target Audience: | Sociology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ritma Rungule | ||||||||
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| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
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| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 4 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
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| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 2 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 3 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 4 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 5 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 6 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 7 | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 8 | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
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| Bibliography | |||||||||
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| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Rungule R., Koroļeva I. (zin.red.) (2012) Sabiedrības novecošana: sociālā aizsardzība, nevienlīdzība un darba tirgus riski. LU Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūts. Zinātniskie recenzenti: Dr.sc.soc. A.Laķe, Ph.D. S.Dobelniece. | ||||||||
| 2 | Timonen, V. Ageing Societies: a Comparative Introduction. Open University Press, 2008 | ||||||||
| 3 | Globalization, Uncertainty and Late Careers in Society. Ed. by Blossfeld, H-P., Bucholz S. and Hofacker D., Routledge, 2006 | ||||||||
| 4 | Harper S.(ed) Families in AgeingSocieties:a Multi-Disciplinary Approach, Oxford University Press, 2004 | ||||||||
| 5 | Bowling A. Aging Well: Quality of Life in Old Age. Open University Press, 2005 | ||||||||
| 6 | Ageing in Society: European Perspectives on Gerontology, 3d ed. Ed. by Bond J., Sage Publications Ltd, 2007 | ||||||||
| 7 | Researching Ageing and Later Life: The Practice of Social Gerontology. Ed. by A. Jamieson, Ch.Victor, Open University Press, 2002 | ||||||||
| 8 | Voļskis E. pensiju sistēmas pilnveidošanas problēmas Latvijā. Promocijas darba kopsavilkums. Rīga: LU, 2008 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Discrimination in the European Union: Perceptions, Experiences and Attitudes (special Eurobarometer 296). Fieldwork February-March 2008 http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_296_en… | ||||||||
| 2 | Lāce, T., Rungule, R. (2010) Dažādu sociāli demogrāfisko grupu diskriminācijas riski Latvijas darba tirgū. – RSU Zinātniskie raksti 2009, Rīga: RSU, 98.-110.lpp. | ||||||||
| 3 | Stratēģiskās analīzes komisija (2006) Zinātniski pētnieciskie raksti 3(9)/2006 Demogrāfiskās tendences Latvijā 21.gadsimta sākumā. Zinātne. | ||||||||
| 4 | OECD (2007) Pensions at a Glance. Available at: www.oecd.org/document/35/0,3343,en_2649_201185_38717411_1-1… | ||||||||
| 5 | UN (2007) World Demographic Trends, E/CN.9/2007/6. Available at: http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N07/206/11/PDF/N0720…? | ||||||||
