- Global definition(s) and ethic principles of social work, international social work
- Social exclusion and poverty in Europe and the world
- Social policy in Europe and new forms of paid work
- Theories and Models of migration and immigration
- European asylum policy and Frontex and Eurosur
- Theories and practice of transculturality, transnationality and intersectionality
- Racism and postcolonialism and land robbery
- Human rights and social work
- Social work education in different countries ( Europe, developing countries)
- Theories and practice of political transition- the cases of Egypt, Tunisia, Libya
- Cross national learning experiences
Reading:
( most of the articles can be found on the internet, even if here the address is not given)
Christine Labonté-Roset(2013), The recent economic crisis and their effects on social cohesion and social exclusion and the role of social work (copies will be distributed at the beginning of the course)
A.B. Atkinson, E. Marlier (2011), Human development and indicators of poverty and social exclusion as part of the policy process In: Indian Journal of Human Development 5/12/2011
P. Boccagni, (2012), Rethinking transnational studies: transnational ties and the transnationalism of everyday life. European Journal of Social Theory 15/1/2012
J.A. Buss (2010), Have the poor gotten poorer? The American experience from 1997 -2007, Journal of Poverty 14/2 /2010,http://www. Tandfonline. Com/loi/wpov 26
E.Crettaz, G.Bonoli (2012 ), Why are some workers poor? The mechanism that produce working poverty in a comparative perspective. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1691662
Eurostat (2010), Combating poverty and social exclusion. A statistical portrait of the European Union, epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
O.Lelkes, E.Zolyomi (2010), Poverty and social exclusion of migrants in the European Union
www..euro.centre.org
D. Padovan, A. Alietti (2012)i, The racialisation of public discourse. In: European Societies,
14/2/2012
S. Staub-Bernasconi ( 2010 ), Human rights and social work –dialogue between East/Asia and West, Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social, Development, Hongkong 2010
On our first seminar meeting on the
8 of April 2015
we can decide about the themes you are most interested in, which we will treat and discuss in depth.
And we can decide if we will have a weekly seminar of 2 hours or instead a block seminar ( 5 days à 8 hours for example) or a mixed form
Examination can be done as
- Seminar paper
- Assignement
- Oral examination
- Written examination
(Besides the seminar paper the other forms of examination can be done besides English also in German, French or Italian) |
