Course: Poverty and Exclusion

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Course title Poverty and Exclusion
Course code KSS/CHUZ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
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)
  • Jíšová Radmila, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Basic concepts, theories and authors 2. Key conceptualizations of social exclusion I. 3. Key conceptualizations of social exclusion II. 4. Economic aspects of social exclusion I. 5. Economic aspects of social exclusion II. 6. Spatial aspects of social exclusion I. 7. Spatial aspects of social exclusion II. 8. Symbolic aspects of social exclusion 9. Political aspects of social exclusion 10. Social exclusion as a form os social control 11. Forms of adaptation to social exclusion 12. Researching social exclusion 13. Social exclusion and social policy

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Project-based instruction, Individual study, Self-study of literature, Textual studies, Seminar
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 40 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 11 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 65 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 40 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to describe and explain basic sociological theories.
to describe the formation of sociological perspectives on the study of society.
to characterize the basic knowledge resulting from empirical research.
to enumerate and describe the basic developmental stages of the formation of Western societies.
Skills
to create a formally acceptable professional output.
actively use foreign databases of professional journals.
to independently interpret knowledge from various subfields of sociology.
to use adequate terms corresponding to the terminology of the field in Czech and English.
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to explain sociological theories and conceptualizations of poverty, marginalization, segregation and other products of social stratification.
to characterize different types of conflicts between theories of social exclusion.
to enumerate and characterize the individual consequences of the development of modern societies with regard to the issues of poverty, marginalization, segregation and other products of social stratification.
to describe the key methods used in the study of poverty, marginalization, segregation and other products of social stratification.
Skills
to classify different types of theoretical approaches explaining poverty, marginalization, segregation and other products of social stratification.
to independently demonstrate specific conflicting approaches in theories of social exclusion.
to independently choose a suitable theoretical and methodological approach for the analysis of modern societies with a focus on the study of poverty, marginalization, segregation and other products of social stratification.
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Seminar
Textual studies
Project-based instruction
Self-study of literature
Individual study
Skills
Lecture
Seminar
Textual studies
Project-based instruction
Self-study of literature
Individual study
Competences
Lecture
Seminar
Textual studies
Self-study of literature
Individual study
Project-based instruction
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Test
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Project
Skills
Combined exam
Test
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Project
Competences
Combined exam
Test
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Project
Recommended literature
  • Byrne, D. Social Exclusion. Buckingham: Open University Press, 1999.
  • Kahn, J. S. Modernity and Exclusion. London: Sage, 2001.
  • Mareš, Petr. Sociologie nerovnosti a chudoby. 1. vyd. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 1999. ISBN 80-85850-61-3.
  • Pierson, J. Tackling Social Exclusion. Routledge, 2002.
  • Room, G. (ed.). Beyond the threshold: the measurement and analysis of social exclusion. Bristol: The Policy Press, 1995.
  • Sibley, D. Geographies of Exclusion: Society and Difference in the West. London: Routledge, 1995.
  • Sommerville, P., Steele, A. (eds.). Race, Housing and Social Exclusion.
  • Šimíková, I.; Vašečka, I. Mechanismy sociálního vyčleňování romských komunit na lokální úrovni a nástroje integrace. Vyd. 1. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2004. ISBN 80-7364-009-0.
  • Wacquant, Lo?c. Punishing the poor : the neoliberal government of social insecurity. Durham : Duke University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-8223-4422-3.
  • Wilson, William J. When work disappears : the world of the new urban poor. New York : Vintage Books, 1997. ISBN 0-679-72417-6.
  • Wilson, William Julius; Taub, Richard P. There goes the neighborhood : racial, ethnic, and class tensions in four Chicago neighborhoods and their meaning for America. New York : Vintage Books, 2007. ISBN 978-0-679-72418-6.
  • Young, Jock. The exclusive society : social exclusion, crime and difference in late modernity. London : Sage Publications, 1999. ISBN 0 80398151 1.


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