适用课程: 福利社会学(0013201410),福利社会学(0013313210),福利社会学(01196000),福利社会学(sd00130500)【访问量:4630】

Course description:

This is an undergraduate level course for the Social work and Sociology Department.

Putting welfare in social relations and social structure, this course applies the sociological theory and method to study the relationship between welfare and society. It is not only a sub-discipline of sociology, but also an obligatory course of social work. The topics can be divided into the following categories:  introduction and concepts of social welfare, thoughts and values of social welfare, social welfare system, the relationship between social welfare and society, etc.

 

Course objectives:

The course will meet the needs of the undergraduate students for a variety of academic and career objectives:

1. To increase the students’ knowledge of the thoughts, the theory and research methods of social welfare, at the same time, to grasp the basic questions and main thoughts of the representative schools;

2. To improve the students’ ability to apply the theory to analyze the social reality;

3. To increase the students’ theoretical sensitivity to the social problems and enhance students' awareness of social care;

4. To increase the rational understanding and knowledge of social policy and develop a personal perspective to the development of social welfare and social policy;

5. To know the relationships among the individual, community, market, the government and the society and build up an objective understanding of social problems such as the poverty, the disabled, etc. ;

6. To help the students develop the knowledge and skills to provide social services for the disadvantaged.

 

Student Evaluation:

The student is evaluated by one midterm paper and one final examination. The midterm paper will measure the students’ ability to use the theory to analyze the social reality and the writing skills. The final examination will evaluate the students’ comprehensive abilities concerning the course.

Final Examination.......................................70%
Midterm Paper.....................................20%

Attendance and Class Participation ..............................10%
Total 100%

 

Required textbooks and readings:

1. 景天魁:《福利社会学》,北京:北京师范大学出版社,2010年。

2. 范斌:《福利社会学》,北京:社会科学文献出版社,2006年。

3. 彭华民等著:《西方社会福利理论前沿:论国家、社会、体制与政策》,北京:中国社会出版社,20097月,420页。

4. 丁建定著:《社会福利思想》(第2版),武汉:华中科技大学出版社,2009年。

5. 钱宁主编:《现代社会福利思想》,北京:高等教育出版社,2006年。

6. 丁建定、魏科科著:《社会福利思想》,武汉:华中科技大学出版社,2005年。

 

7. Vic George and Paul Wilding, Welfare and Ideology, Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1994.

8. Brian Abel-Smith (Author), Kay Titmuss (Author), The Philosophy of Welfare (Paperback), Publisher: Routledge, 1987.

 

Recommended readings:

1. Fitzpatrick, Tony (2001). Welfare Theory: An Introduction. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England: Macmillan Publishers Limited. 240 p.

2. Kuenne, Robert E., ed. (2000). Readings in social welfare: theory and policy. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell. 326 p.

3. O'Brien, Martin and Sue Penna (1998). Theorizing welfare: enlightenment and modern society. London; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 1998.

4. Segal, Elizabeth A. (2010). Social Welfare Policy and Social Programs: A Values Perspective. 2nd Edition, Publisher: Wadsworth. Ebook, Pp. 1-24 (Pages: 336).

5. Inequality and social policy: the sociology of welfare

6. Bulmer, Martin (1987).The Social Basis of Community Care, London; Boston: Allen & Unwin, 1987. Pp142-171.