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2020/2021

Social Policy, Family and Migration

Code: 102145 ECTS Credits: 12
Degree Type Year Semester
2500262 Sociology OB 2 A
The proposed teaching and assessment methodology that appear in the guide may be subject to changes as a result of the restrictions to face-to-face class attendance imposed by the health authorities.

Contact

Name:
Sonia Parella Rubio
Email:
Sonia.Parella@uab.cat

Use of Languages

Principal working language:
catalan (cat)
Some groups entirely in English:
No
Some groups entirely in Catalan:
Yes
Some groups entirely in Spanish:
No

Other comments on languages

The basic readings of the course use three languages: Catalan, Spanish and English  

Teachers

Massoud Sharifi Dryaz

Prerequisites

None

Objectives and Contextualisation

The main goal of the course is to introduce students to the study of social conditions that favor or hinder the wellbeing of people, by understanding the processes of production and reproduction and distribution of resources within a society (state, market, family and civil society/community)

The course presents the vertebral axis of the subject "Social Policy" from the articulation of three parts. The first part emphasizes social policy in the most general sense, based on the approach to its history and the international comparison of the different welfare regimes.

The second part is set in the family and in the post-industrial transformations of this institution, paying special attention to family policies, on the basis of a critical look at their impacts from a gender perspective

Finally, the third part focuses on current international migrations and the challenges posed by  governability of human mobility, on one hand (which highlight the ineffectiveness of the unilateral policies of states),  and by the management of inclusion and cultural diversity in increasingly plural societies, on the other.

Competences

  • Analysing the problems arising from the implementation of public policies and conflict situations by recognising the complexity of the social phenomena and political decisions affecting democracy, human rights, social justice and sustainable development.
  • Applying the concepts and approaches of the sociological theory, specially the explanations of social inequalities between classes, between genders and between ethnic groups, to the implementation of public policies and to the resolution of conflict situations.
  • Assessing the contributions of sociological approaches to the study of culture, education, interaction between society and environment, social policy, and work.
  • Demonstrating a comprehension of the analysis of social phenomena presented in English, as well as observing their strengths and weaknesses.
  • Demonstrating a comprehension of the approaches of the sociological theory in its different aspects, interpretations and historical context.
  • Describing social phenomena in a theoretically relevant way, bearing in mind the complexity of the involved factors, its causes and its effects.
  • Developing self-learning strategies.
  • Respecting the diversity and plurality of ideas, people and situations.
  • Searching for documentary sources starting from concepts.
  • Students must be capable of assessing the quality of their own work.
  • Students must be capable of managing their own time, planning their own study, managing the relationship with their tutor or adviser, as well as setting and meeting deadlines for a work project.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Comparing the different theoretical approaches concerning social policy.
  2. Comparing the reading of social policies from several ideologies of the social reality of Spain and Catalonia.
  3. Comprehending the social interpretations of social policy in accordance with these approaches.
  4. Defining the sociological concepts that interpret social policy.
  5. Defining the underlying social phenomena of social policies and conflicts about social needs.
  6. Demonstrating a comprehension of the analysis of social phenomena presented in English, as well as observing their strengths and weaknesses.
  7. Developing self-learning strategies.
  8. Distinguishing sociological concepts about social policy.
  9. Distinguishing sociological concepts, as well as the methods and techniques of social investigation commonly used to analyse social policy.
  10. Distinguishing the explanations of the access inequalities and the impact of social policies between classes, between genders and between ethnic groups that these actors take for granted.
  11. Distinguishing underlying social policies of specific conflicts.
  12. Expressing the debates regarding these approaches, that refer to social policy.
  13. Relating the concepts, methods and techniques used to analyse social policy with general theoretical and methodological debates.
  14. Relating the debates regarding these approaches, that refer to social policy, with the historical context in which they emerged.
  15. Relating them with the debates about state, social change and inequality.
  16. Respecting the diversity and plurality of ideas, people and situations.
  17. Searching for documentary sources starting from concepts.
  18. Students must be capable of assessing the quality of their own work.
  19. Students must be capable of managing their own time, planning their own study, managing the relationship with their tutor or adviser, as well as setting and meeting deadlines for a work project.

Content

PART ONE: SOCIAL POLICY

Teacher: Dr. Massoud Sharifi

 

Block I. Theoretical foundations of social policy

1. What is social policy?

2. Social policy and social structure

 

Block II. Points of interest

3. Welfare regimes

4. Sociopolitical changes and Welfare States. New social risks

5. From the State of Protective Welfare to the Social Investment Welfare State

 

Block III. Origin and evolution of social policy and the Welfare State in Spain

6. The "Authoritarian" Welfare State in Spain

7. Social policy in the Constitution and during the transition

8. The deepening of neoliberal policies

9. Social policy in the Autonomous Communities and local administrations

 

 

SECOND PART: FAMILIES

Teacher: Dr. Massoud Sharifi

 

 Block I. Substrate of family policies

 

1. Production regimes, social policies and family models

2. Family diversity and equal opportunities from a gender perspective

3. Concept and dimensions of family policies

  

Block II. Family policy instruments

4. Economic support policies for families

5. Parental licenses

6. Child care and education for children 0-6 years old

 

Block III. Results of family policies

7. Fertility guidelines

8. Child welfare and gender equity

9. Intergenerational mobility and sustainability of the welfare state

 

 

THIRD PART: MIGRATORY POLICIES

Teacher: Dr. Sonia Parella

 

Block I. Introduction to international migration

1. International migration as a social phenomenon

2. Evolution of migration flows in Spain

 

Block II. Immigration, Public Policies and Citizenship

3. Migration management in Spain and the EU

4. Integration andrecognition policies: debates, models and trends in Europe

5. Political participation and citizenship. The representation policies

 

Block III. Policies and Governance of migrations: the Catalan case

6. The "Catalan integration model" under discussion

7. The role of local administrations in the implementation of social policies. Local management of migration and diversity

8. Integration policies from a gender perspective

Methodology

The course development is based on the following teaching methodology:
a) "Master classes", where students can reach the conceptual bases of the subject
b) Seminars/exercises aimed at the discussion of basic texts. 
c) Teamwork (three people) on three proposals of Problem Based Learning (PBL), to choose one. Group follow-up within the tutorial hours.
d) A non-sexist or discriminatory climate will be promoted during the sessions (not tolerate LGB-friendly, sexist, joke or sexist examples)

Activities

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Master classes and Seminars 105 4.2 2, 5, 6, 10, 8, 9, 11, 19, 13
Type: Supervised      
Tutoring (individual and groups) 45 1.8 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 8, 9, 11, 12, 19, 13, 14, 15
Type: Autonomous      
Readings. Teamwork. Preparation of written tests (exams) 150 6 1, 3, 4, 12, 14, 15

Assessment

The course will be passed if the final grade of the different evaluation activities reaches the grade of 5.

 

The average grade of the three written tests (individual) and the resolution of the PBL case must have a minimum grade of 4 to be able to make average.

 

Students who do not reach an average grade of 4 (from the sum of the three written tests), will have the option to repeat only one of the three tests on the day of recovery. The recovery does not contemplate that the student who reaches an average grade, equal or superior to 5 (from the sum of the three written tests) can improve the grade, even if he has failed any of the three tests.

 

The students that during the course have done an adequate follow-up of the PBL and do not exceed the minimum grade of the group evaluation ( lower than 5), may opt for the recovery and re-deliver the work.

 

In the evaluation report only those who have not carried out the evaluation activities corresponding to 50% of the grade will have the qualification of "not submitted".

At the beginning of the course, a calendar will be published in the moodle classroom with the course schedule, and the dates of the different evaluation activities 

Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Group evaluation (teams of 3 people): Report PBL 20% 0 0 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 8, 9, 11, 12, 19, 13, 14, 15
Group evaluation (teams of 3 people): Tutoring PBL 5% 0 0 18, 17, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 8, 9, 11, 12, 19, 13, 14, 15, 16
Individual evaluation: 3 writtten tests/ exams (one for each block) 60% (20% par test) 0 0 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 8, 9, 11, 12, 19, 13, 14, 15
Individual evaluation: readings 15% 0 0 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 8, 9, 11, 12, 19, 13, 14, 15

Bibliography

FIRST PART: SOCIAL POLICY

 

Adelantado, José (2005): "Las Políticas Sociales". Universidad de Salamanca, campus.usal.es/~dpublico/areacp/materiales/6.2.laspoliticassociales.pdf

Adelantado, José y Calderón, Eduardo (2005): “Globalización y estados del bienestar: ¿respuestas semejantes a problemas parecidos?. Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales. Vol. 23 núm. 2. Págs. 15-44.

Adelantado,José y Gomà, Ricard (2000): “El contexto: La reestructuración de los regímenes de bienestar europeos”; en J. Adelantado (coord.): Cambios en el Estado del Bienestar. Políticas sociales y desigualdades en España. Barcelona. Icària-UAB. Págs. 63-96.

Antón, Antonio (2009): “Debates sobre ideas de la izquierda” en A. Antón: Reestructuración del Estado de bienestar. Madrid. Talasa, Págs. 127-176

Beckfield, Jason (2006) “European integration and income inequality”. Luxembourg Income Study. Working Paper No. 447 

Clayton, Richard y Pontusson, Jonas (2006 {1998}) “El recorte del Estado de bienestar reconsiderado. Reducción de los derechos, reestructuración del sector público y tendencias desigualitarias en las sociedades capitalistas avanzadas”. Zona Abierta 114/115. Págs. 43-119.

Esping-Andersen, Gösta (2000): Fundamentos sociales de las economías postindustriales. Barcelona. Ariel.

Esping-Andersen, Gösta y Palier, Bruno (2010): Los tres grandes retos del Estado del bienestar. Barcelona. Ariel.

Jepsen, Maria and Serrano, Amparo (2005) “The European Social Model: an exercise in decontruction”. Journal of European Social Policy. Vol 15 (3). Págs. 231-245

Korpi, Walter and Palme, Joakim (2003) “New Politics and Class Politics in the context of Austerity and Globalization: Welfare State Regress in 18 Countries, 1975-95”. American Political Science Review. Vol. 97(3). Págs. 425-446.

Moreno, Luis and Palier, Bruno (2005): “The Europeanisation of Welfare: Paradigm Shifts and Social Policy Reforms” enP. Taylor-Gooby (ed.): Ideas and Welfare State Reform in Western Europe. New York. Palgrave-Macmillan. Págs. 145-175.

Moreno, Luis y Rodríguez Cabrero, Gregorio (2007) “Política socialy estado del bienestar” en M. Pérez Yruela (comp): La sociología en España. Madrid. CIS-Federación Española de Sociología. Págs. 645-666

Muñoz de Bustillo, Rafael (2000): “Retos y restricciones del Estado de Bienestar en el cambio de siglo” en R. Muñoz de Bustillo (ed): El Estado de Bienestar en el cambio de siglo. Madrid. Alianza. Págs. 50-108.

Pierson, Paul (2006 {2001}) “Sobrellevando la austeridad permanente. Reestructuración del Estado de bienestar en las democracias desarrolladas”. Zona Abierta 114/115. Págs. 121-164.

RODRÍGUEZ CABRERO, Gregorio (2009) “Transformaciones y efectos en las políticas sociales en España desde la perspectiva de la inclusión social” en G. Jaraíz (coord.): Actuar ante la exclusión: Análisis, políticas y herramientas para la inclusión social. Madrid. Ed. Cáritas Española, pp. 57-85.

Taylor-Gooby, Peter (2004): New Risks, New Welfare. The transformation of the European Welfare State. New York. Oxford University Press. Págs. 1-28.

 

SECOND PART:  FAMILIES AND SOCIAL POLICY

 

Alberdi, Inés (1999). La nueva familia española. Madrid: Taurus.

Beck-Gernsheim, E. (2003). La reinvencióndela familia. Barcelona: Paidós

Flaquer L. and A. Escobedo (2009). ‘The metamorphosis of Informal Work in Spain: Family Solidarity, Female Immigration, and Development of Social Rights’. In B. Pfau-Effinger, L. Flaquer and P. Jensen (eds.) Formal and Informal Work: The Hidden Work Regime in Europe. New York and London: Routledge. pp. 143-168.

Flaquer, L. (1998). El destino de la familia. Barcelona: Ariel.

Flaquer, L. (1999). La estrella menguante del padre. Barcelona: Ariel.

Flaquer, L. (2000). Les polítiques familiars en una perspectiva comparada. Barcelona: Fundació “la Caixa”.

Flaquer, L. (2007a). ‘Family change and child poverty in comparative perspective’. Wellchi Working Paper Series 1/2007. Barcelona: Children’s Well-being International Documentation Centre.

Flaquer, L. (2007b). ‘How can we orientate the reform of childhood policies? Challenges, dilemmas and proposals’. Wellchi Working Paper Series No. 8/2007. Barcelona: Children’s Well-being International Documentation Centre.

Flaquer, L. (2009a). ‘Coming in from the Cold: Single Parenthood as an Issue of Social Policy in Spain’. In Ursula von der Leyen and Vladimir Spidla (eds.). Voneinander lernen – miteinander handeln: Aufgaben und Perspectiven der Europäischen Allianz für Familien. Baden-Baden: Nomos. pp. 203-214.

Flaquer, L. (2009b). ‘Les polítiques familiars a Catalunya’. VIA 09 Valors, Idees, Actituds. Abril : 76-101.

Flaquer, L. (2009c). ‘Les polítiques familiars a Europa: Tendències i reptes’. Barcelona Societat: Revista de coneixement i anàlisi social. Núm 15. Barcelona societat. Barcelona: Ajuntament de Barcelona. pp. 25-34.

Flaquer, L. and A. Garriga (2009). ‘Marital disruption in Spain: Class selectivity and deterioration of economic conditions’. In H.-J. Andreß and D. Hummelsheim (eds). When Marriage Ends: Economic and Social Consequences of Partnership Dissolution. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. pp. 178-210.

Flaquer, L., A. Escobedo y L. Navarro (2009). El impacto de la maternidad y la paternidad en el empleo: Itinerarios laborales de madres y padres en hogares con menores de tres años. Análisis de cambios y discontinuidades a partir de la muestra continua de vidas laborales. Madrid: FIPROS.

Flaquer, L., E. Almeda y L. Navarro (2006). Monoparentalitat i infància. Barcelona: Fundació “la Caixa”.

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Iglesias de Ussel, J y G. Meil Landwerlin  (2001). La política familiar en España. Barcelona:Ariel.

Segalen, M. (2004). Antropología histórica de la familia.  Madrid: Taurus.

 

 

 

THIRD  PART:  MIGRATORY POLICIES

 

 

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