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Comparative Social Policy
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:25:22
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SUPK_086 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | International Politics; Comparative Politics | Target Audience: | Sociology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Taņa Lāce | ||||||||
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| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
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| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
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| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 12 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 24 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 40 | ||||||||
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| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 2 | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 3 | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 4 | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 5 | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 6 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 7 | Classes | 6.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 8 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 9 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 10 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
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| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
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| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Classen J. Comparative Social Policy: Concepts, Theories and Methods. Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, 1999. | ||||||||
| 2 | Deacon, B. Hulse M. Stubbs P. Global Social Policy. SAGE Publications, 1997 | ||||||||
| 3 | Dean H. Social Policy. Polity Press, 2008. | ||||||||
| 4 | Esping-Andersen, Gosta (ED.) Why we Need a New Welfare State. Oxford University Press, 2002 | ||||||||
| 5 | Hill M. Social Policy in the Modern World. A Comparative Text. Blackwell Publishing, 2006. | ||||||||
| 6 | Lāce T. Sociālā atstumtība Latvijā. Rīga: Zinātne, 2012. | ||||||||
| 7 | Roberts, I. Social Policy in the European Union. 2001. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Koncepcija par sociālās apdrošināšanas sistēmas stabilitāti ilgtermiņā. Pieejams: polsis.mk.gov.lv/view.do?id=3518 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | LR likums Par sociālo drošību. www.likumi.lv | ||||||||
| 2 | LR likums Par valsts sociālo apdrošināšanu. www.likumi.lv | ||||||||
| 3 | Nozares budžets www.lm.gov.lv | ||||||||
| 4 | www.vsaa.gov.lv (budžets, statistika, tiesību akti) | ||||||||
