Course: Social Exclusion

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Course title Social Exclusion
Course code KSA/SEX
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Landa Jan, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Social inequality, stratification and social structure Form inclusive to exclusive society Marginalization, underclass and the culture of poverty Theories and measuring of poverty Unemployment and economic dimensions of exclusion Marginalization, inequality and space Forms of spatial segregation and separation Cultural capital, symbolic capital and social exclusion Social capital, social networks and social exclusion Homelessness as extreme form of exclusion Criminalization of poverty Inclusion, integration and cohesion

Learning activities and teaching methods
Interactive lecture, Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Multimedia supported teaching, Seminar classes, Self-study of literature
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 35 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
rozlišovat mezi analytickými a lidovými pojmy
argumentovat a vést odbornou diskusi
Skills
kritické reflexe
číst a porozumět odborné cizojazyčné literatuře
využívat elektronické informační zdroje
psát kultivovaný text odborné povahy
learning outcomes
Knowledge
charakterizovat a vysvětlit jednotlivé přístupy ke studii nerovnosti, chudoby a marginalizace
formulovat příčiny nerovnosti, chudoby a sociálního vyloučení
vymezit základní pojmy a koncepty spojené se sociálním vyloučením
kriticky hodnotit přístupy k řešení problematiky sociálního vyloučení
popsat etnografické přístupy ke studii problematiky
Skills
rozpoznat ideologické pozadí jednotlivých konceptů
nahlížet na problematiku marginalizace v komplexním pohledu
analyzovat a zhodnotit možnosti inkluze
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Interactive lecture
Multimedia supported teaching
Self-study of literature
Skills
Seminar classes
Multimedia supported teaching
Self-study of literature
assessment methods
Knowledge
Written exam
Test
Skills
Test
Skills demonstration during practicum
Recommended literature
  • Alcock, Peter. Understanding poverty. Basigstoke, 1993.
  • Bourgois, Philippe, and Jeff Schonberg. Righteous Dopefiend. Berkley, 2009.
  • HILLS, J., J. LE GRAND, and D. PIACHAUD. Understanding social exclusion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
  • Lister, R. Poverty. Cambridge, 2004.
  • Mareš, Petr. Sociologie nerovnosti a chudoby. 1. vyd. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 1999. ISBN 80-85850-61-3.
  • Stack, C. B. All Our Kin: Strategies for Survival in a Black Community. New York, 1983.
  • Wacquant, Loic J. D. Urban Outcasts: A Comparative Sociology of Advanced Marginality. Polity Press, 2007.
  • Young, Jock. The exclusive society : social exclusion, crime and difference in late modernity. London : Sage Publications, 1999. ISBN 0 80398151 1.


Study plans that include the course
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