SOCIOLOGY OF WELFARE

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

LM8711

Academic Year of enrolment:

2020

Year of supply:

2020/2021

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in POLICIES AND MANAGEMENT FOR WELFARE

Disciplinary Sector:

GENERAL SOCIOLOGY

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

FERZETTI Francesco

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

114

Prerequisites:

No specific knowledge and skills nor prerequisites are required

Objectives

The educational objectives of the course are to acquire the basic concepts that are at the basis of welfare, then analyze the evolutionary aspects of the state with particular reference to the welfare state.
The intent is to examine the elements underlying the evolution of the main models that distinguish, in the various national realities, different ways of understanding welfare.
We will also perform an analysis of the main social policies and areas of intervention, both public and private, especially as regards the new individual and collective needs that characterize our welfare system.
The aim is to provide students with the ability to orient themselves in the Italian social welfare system, comparing them with the main reference models, through a sociological approach that takes into due consideration also the historical evolutionary and economic aspects.

Contents

The course is divided into three blocks, coordinated with each other, which are articulated through different moments of observation ranging from the general to reach the specific case.
The first part of the course is dedicated to the general analysis of the origins of welfare through the deepening of the evolutionary aspects and transformations of the state, with particular reference to the social state.
In the second part a comparative analysis of the main models, systems and welfare regimes is conducted.
The last part tends to examine the Italian welfare example, starting from its origins, retracing the steps and the reasons that have outlined the current paradigm. In particular, the main responses given to the various social needs will be highlighted, including through an appropriate study of the protection of social rights. We will then proceed to an analysis of the answers provided by the State, the market and the Third sector to the various individual and collective needs.

Extended Syllabus

1) General analysis of the meaning of welfare, its origins and its evolution;
2) General lines of the affirmation of the welfare state;
3) Particular aspects of the welfare state. Notes on social rights;
4) Evolutionary aspects of health and social care policies;
5) Characteristics of the Italian pension system;
6) Overview of employment policies;
7) The new labor market: from the "Biagi reform" to the "Fornero law";
8) The novelties of the Jobs Act;
9) Education policies;
10) Welfare and family;
11) Social policies for female employment;
12) The welfare mix and the role of the third sector;
13) The role of caregivers in welfare dynamics. Aspects of immigration policies;
14) Housing policies;
15) Aspects of the main welfare models in the different national realities. Analysis of the corporate and the Scandinavian welfare also in light of the main contributions of the literature;
16) New trends: Mediterranean and liberal welfare;
17) Reflection on the classifications of welfare systems with particular reference to the theoretical model developed by Gøsta Esping-Andersen;
18) Description of the characteristics of Italian welfare

Recommended Bibliography

One to be chosen among the following texts
Ascoli U. (a cura di), Il welfare in Italia, il Mulino, Bologna, 2011;
Paci M., Pugliese E. (a cura di), Welfare e promozione delle capacità, il Mulino, Bologna, 2011;
Rizza S., Welfare e democrazia. I soggetti FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2009;
Cesareo V. (a cura di), Welfare responsabile, Vita e Pensiero, Milano, 2017.

Further reading.
One to be chosen among the following texts
Paci M., Nuovi lavori, nuovo welfare. Sicurezza e libertà nella società attiva, il Mulino, Bologna, 2005;
Standing G., Precari. La nuova classe esplosiva, il Mulino, Bologna, 2012;
Ciarini A. (a cura di), Politiche di welfare e investimenti sociali, il Mulino, Bologna, 2020.

Teaching Methods

Frontal lessons

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The final assessment consists of an oral exam on the entire syllabus. The aim is to assess students’ skills and in particular, an understanding of the issues discussed during the course, an appropriate knowledge of the bibliography in the course programme, a correct command of the specific language as well as critical and methodological abilities will be evaluated. The grading scale goes from 1 to 30 with honours (cum laude): 1-17 fail, 18-21 sufficient, 22-24 fair, 25-27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 with honours (cum laude) excellent.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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