Тематический план

  • The course aims to provide a view of the development of the major policy issues in the Czech Republic in historical perspective with particular focus on the shifting conceptions of welfare state and the relationship between state and individuals. Key conceptual frameworks, factors and indicators influencing formulation of social policies in global and local context are critically discussed. The course addresses selected key debates in contemporary Czech social policy (with particular focus on family policies) as well as case studies from other countries.

  • 1. The welfare state debates

  • 2. Formulating social policies – the role of cultural, economic and political context

  • 3. Key actors in social policy

  • 4. Data and analytical tools

  • 5. Conceptual frameworks of current social policy

  • 6. Key concepts used while developing social policies – the example of the definition of poverty

  • 7.Challeges of current Czech social policy

  • 8. Gendered dimension of social policy

  • 9. Family policies in Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic in historical perspective

  • 10. Work-life balance policies

  • 11. Development of childcare policies

  • 12. The social organization of institutional and informal care

  • 13. Czech family policy in comparative perspective

  • 14. Social policy challenges throughout the world