153-0343/01 – Social Policy in EU (SPvEU)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Public EconomicsCredits5
Subject guarantorIng. Ivana Vaňková, Ph.D.Subject version guarantorIng. Ivana Vaňková, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementCompulsory
Year2Semestersummer
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2009/2010Year of cancellation2020/2021
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesBachelor
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
LAN075 Ing. Eva Kovářová, Ph.D.
ROS06 Ing. Ivana Vaňková, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit and Examination 3+1

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

• describe the social policy system • outline the basic phases of the social policy development and clarify the factors which led to the changes • explain the basis of disparity in the society, the concept of poverty and approaches to its measurement • analyse approaches of EU member countries and EU to the construction of social policy programmes • distinguish the influence of a member state from the influence of EU authorities on the construction of problems in a given country • compute the subtitence minimum and the amount of living for an idividual, a family • assess a social event and find the solution in the social and healthcare systém • discuss and suggest measurements to change administration and social security financing in the Czech Republic

Teaching methods

Lectures
Tutorials

Summary

Basic principles and mechanisms of functioning of social policy in EU.

Compulsory literature:

PENNINGS, Frans. European Social Security Law. Alfen aen den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, 2013. pp. 321. ISBN 978-90-411-4791-2.

Recommended literature:

BARR, Nicholas. The Economics of the Welfare State, 5th edition, Oxford University Press and Stanford University Press, 2012.ISBN 978-0-19-92981-8. HRADY, F.G.; S. LEIBFRIED; J. LEWIS; H.OBINGER; CH. PIERSON. The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. PESTIEAU, P. The Welfare State in the European Union: Economic and Social Perspectives. 184 p. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

test

E-learning

Other requirements

stanovená účast na cvičeních

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. Objective, function, principles and instruments of social policy and its position in economy 2. Genesis of social policy on international scale 3. Disparity, equity and efficiency, concept of povery and methods of its measurement 4. Main principles and instruments for cooperation in social sphere in EU 5. Instruments of social dialogue 6. Strategies of modernisation of social protection in EU countries 7. Approaches to concept of social protection programs in EU member countries 8. Purpose, structure and basic characters of social protection programs - social security (social situations, social benefits, administration of programs, financing) in Czech Republic 9. Cordination of social security in EU countries

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2012/2013 Summer semester, validity until: 2020/2021 Summer semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Exercises evaluation and Examination Credit and Examination 100 (100) 51
        Exercises evaluation Credit 40 (40) 21
                test Written test 30  16 2
                jiný typ úlohy Other task type 10  5 1
        Examination Examination 60  11 3
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Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2019/2020 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210R004) European Integration P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2019/2020 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202R055) Public Economics and Administration P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2018/2019 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202R055) Public Economics and Administration P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2018/2019 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210R004) European Integration P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2017/2018 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202R055) Public Economics and Administration P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2017/2018 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210R004) European Integration P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2016/2017 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202R055) Public Economics and Administration P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2016/2017 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210R004) European Integration P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2015/2016 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202R055) Public Economics and Administration P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2015/2016 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210R004) European Integration P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2015/2016 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210R004) European Integration P Czech Uherské Hradiště 2 Compulsory study plan
2014/2015 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202R055) Public Economics and Administration P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2014/2015 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210R004) European Integration P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2013/2014 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210R004) European Integration P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2013/2014 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210R004) European Integration (00) European Integration P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2013/2014 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202R055) Public Economics and Administration P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2013/2014 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210R004) European Integration P Czech Valašské Meziříčí 2 Compulsory study plan
2013/2014 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210R004) European Integration (00) European Integration P Czech Valašské Meziříčí 2 Compulsory study plan
2012/2013 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202R055) Public Economics and Administration (00) Public Economics and Administration P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2012/2013 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210R004) European Integration (00) European Integration P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2012/2013 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210R004) European Integration (01) European Integration P Czech Valašské Meziříčí 2 Compulsory study plan
2011/2012 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202R055) Public Economics and Administration (00) Public Economics and Administration P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2011/2012 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210R004) European Integration (00) European Integration P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2011/2012 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210R004) European Integration (01) European Integration P Czech Valašské Meziříčí 2 Compulsory study plan
2010/2011 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210R004) European Integration (00) European Integration P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2010/2011 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202R055) Public Economics and Administration (00) Public Economics and Administration P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2010/2011 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210R004) European Integration (01) European Integration P Czech Valašské Meziříčí 2 Compulsory study plan
2009/2010 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202R055) Public Economics and Administration (00) Public Economics and Administration P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2009/2010 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210R004) European Integration (00) European Integration P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2009/2010 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210R004) European Integration (01) European Integration P Czech Valašské Meziříčí 2 Compulsory study plan

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