Economic Alternatives

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Course ID:	3002-KON2020K44-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.7 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0314) Sociology and cultural studies The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Economic Alternatives
Name in Polish:	Alternatywy ekonomiczne
Organizational unit:	Institute of Polish Culture
Course groups:	General university courses General university courses General university courses in the humanities
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	elective courses general courses
Mode:	Remote learning
Short description:	The course is dedicated to presentation and analysis of chosen social and economic fields which went trough dynamic changes during recent decades and were a subject of academic and social attention. We will predominantly focus on ideas expressed by researchers and social activists offering alternative solutions to common economic problems. The course is based on the study of literature accompanied by workshops, during which the students will have occasion to meet invited researchers and social activists. Students are encouraged to contribute to course program and to list of invited guests.
Full description:	The course is dedicated to presentation and analysis of chosen social and economic fields which went trough dynamic changes during recent decades and were a subject of academic and social attention. We will predominantly focus on ideas expressed by researchers and social activists offering alternative solutions to common economic problems. The course is based on the study of literature accompanied by workshops, during which the students will have occasion to meet invited researchers and social activists. Students are encouraged to contribute to course program and to list of invited guests. Blocks of issues: 1. Work, property, economic security and social insurance Particular topics: trade unions in XXI century, employee ownership, participatory economics (ParEcon), co-operatives (co-ops), changing work/ automation (robotisation), post-work society, feminist economics, universal basic income. 2. Financial system Particular topics: capital, money creation, debt, alternative and local currencies 3. Ecological economics (eco-economics) Particular topics: changes in patterns of production and consumption, post-growth, organic farming
Bibliography:	– R. Sennett, Korozja charakteru. Osobiste konsekwencje pracy w nowym kapitalizmie, Muza, Warszawa 2006, r. 1 Dryfowanie – R. Sennett, Kultura nowego kapitalizmu, Muza, Warszawa 2010, r. 2 Talent i widmo nieprzydatności, r. 4 Kapitalizm społeczny naszych czasów – C. Rosen, J. Case, M. ‌Staubus, Własność pracownicza. Jak wspiera rozwój biznesu, Kurhaus, Warszawa 2016, r. 2 Model własności pracowniczej – G. Standing, Najwyższy czas: prawo do podstawowego bezpieczeństwa dochodu, http://dochodpodstawowy.pl/2017/03/guy-standing-najwyzszy-czas-prawo-do-podstawowego-bezpieczenstwa-dochodu/ – M. Szlinder, Bezwarunkowy dochód podstawowy. Rewolucyjna reforma społeczeństwa XXI wieku, PWN, Warszawa 2018 (fragmenty) – G. Standing, Karta prekariatu, PWN, Warszawa 2015 (fragmenty) – D. Graeber, Praca bez sensu. teoria, Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej, Warszawa 2019 (fragmenty) – M. Ford, Świt robotów. Czy sztuczna inteligencja pozbawi nas pracy?, CDP.pl, Warszawa 2016 (fragmenty) – Pomyśleć ekonomię od nowa. Przewodnik po głównych nurtach ekonomii heterodoksyjnej, red. I. Augustyński, Wydawnictwo Heterodox, Poznań 2018, r. 5 Ekonomia feministyczna i r. 9 Ekonomia ekologiczna – Z. Łapniewska, Etyka troski a gospodarka przyszłości, „Praktyka Teoretyczna” 2017, nr 2 (24).
Learning outcomes:	Having finished the course, a student will: – be able to analyse economic phenomena from the cultural perspective – be able to point out most important issues of contemporary economic debates – be able to critically evaluate alternative proposals in social and economic fields.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Assessment criteria: quality of discussion during classes (zoom platform) and completing the tasks on e-learnig platform (google classroom).

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