| CODE | CLS1229 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Gender and Social Policy | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Centre for Labour Studies | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Study Unit Aims The study-unit will enable students to understand the links between politics and social policy and to analyse social policies through the gender lens. The study-unit introduces students to Social Policy and its theoretical frameworks. After giving the students a historical overview of the origins and development of social welfare regimes in Europe and Malta, the unit goes on to examine the links between gender and social policy to allow feminist critiques on the subject. Themes covered: - Defining Social Policy - Theoretical frameworks - Industrialisation and the emergence of welfarism - The development of Social Policies and Social Security in Malta. - Gender and Social Policy - Feminist Critiques of Social Policy Learning Outcomes Knowledge and Understanding - Get a broad understanding of the term Social Policy and its implications - Be aware of the main political frameworks upon which social policies are built - Be conscious of the origins of Social Welfare Regimes after the industrialisation process - Recognise the main developments of Social Policies and Social Security in Malta. - Analyse social Policies through the gender lens Skills Outcome By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Define Social Policy - Mention the main theoretical frameworks upon which social policies are built - Explain the origins of Social Welfare Regimes after the industrialisation process - Define the main developments of Social Policies and Social Security in Malta. - Critique Social Policies through the gender lens Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Camilleri-Cassar, F. (2005) Gender Equality in Maltese Social Policy? Graduate Women and the Male Breadwinner Model, Agenda Publishers, Malta. - Cochrane, A., Clarke, J. and Gewirtz, S. (eds.) (2001) Comparing welfare states: Family Life and Social Policy, Sage Publications, London. - Cousins, M.(2005) European Welfare States, London, Sage Publications. - Daly, M. and Rake, C. (2003) Gender and Welfare State, UK, Polity Press. - La Vallette, M. and Pratt, A. (1997) Social Policy – A Conceptual and Theoretical Introduction, London, Sage Publications. - Pierson, C, and Castles, F.G. (2006) The Welfare State Reader, UK, Polity Press. |
||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Presentation | ||||||||
| METHOD OF ASSESSMENT |
|
||||||||
| LECTURER/S | Anna Borg |
||||||||
|
The University makes every effort to ensure that the published Courses Plans, Programmes of Study and Study-Unit information are complete and up-to-date at the time of publication. The University reserves the right to make changes in case errors are detected after publication.
The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
|||||||||