Social security and labour market

obligatory courses

Course for external students

Remote learning

The course is devoted to the problems of social security in Poland. Particularly the subject of reflection will be the social security system functioning in environment of labour market. In the last 25 years in Poland social security system has changed and its direction, condition and consequences will be subject of interest. The changes of social security system will be presented on the background of changes of social welfare systems in UE countries.

Postwar European welfare systems was being developed on the base of social insurance systems which was supported by welfare assistance. In the communistic period in Poland social security has been quarantined by widespread employment for everyone. “Socialist welfare system” is over when the communistic system collapsed. In 1990th a lot of changes in social security systems have been introduced in Poland (i.e. pension system, health care system), which have fundamental influence on well-being and social security of citizens. Conditions, realization and consequences of this changes will be subject our interest. Process of this changes in Poland will be presented on the background of analogous changes in EU countries. Particular emphasis will be placed on the analysis of theoretical and ideological assumptions in the field of social security.

M. Orenstine, Prywatyzacja emerytur, Warszawa 2013;

D. Zalewski. „Bezpieczeństwo czy niepewność dzięki różnorodności? Przypadek systemu zabezpieczenia emerytalnego”, Polityka Społeczna nr 5-6, IPiSS, Warszawa 2014;

M. Rutkowski; M. Góra (red.): „Bezpieczeństwo dzięki różnorodności”, Warszawa 1998;

K. Frieske., E. Przychodaj (red.): „Ubezpieczenia społeczne w procesie przemian”, IPiSS , Warszawa 2014;

R. Gwiazdowki: "Emerytalna katastrofa i jak chronić się przed jej skutkami”, Warszawa 2002;

G. Esping-Andersen: „Trzy światy kapitalistycznego państwa dobrobytu”, Difin, Warszawa 2010;

L. Oręziak: „OFE – katastrofa prywatyzacji emerytur w Polsce”, Warszawa 2014;

U. Beck: „Społeczeństwo ryzyka”, Scholar, Warszawa 2002;

G. Bonoli, D. Natali (eds.): „The Politics of the New Welfare State”, Oxford 2013;

Is aware of ongoing theoretical and methodological disputes conducted in modern sociology; is reflective and critical of various positions

Is reflective and critical of the problem of social differentiation and inequalities

Has in-depth knowledge about the types of social ties and mechanisms supporting collective governance

Has in-depth knowledge about cultural diversity and its transformations, cultural identity, and intercultural interaction and communication

Has in-depth knowledge about major international and domestic sociological research pertaining to selected areas of social reality or sub-domains of sociology

Has in-depth knowledge of norms and rules governing social structures and institutions

Has in-depth knowledge of assumptions and claims of selected historical and contemporary sociological theories

Approaches the choice of a particular theoretical perspective in a reflective and critical way

Can identify causes and predict potential effects of past and current social events; can form critical judgments about current and past social events

Can critically select information and materials for academic work, using various sources in Polish and a foreign language as well as modern technologies

Can use theoretical categories and research methods in the description and analysis of social and cultural changes in modern societies, as well as their consequences

Knows how to interpret the role of culture in the life of the individual and society

Can relate an academic text to the problems of social life and its empirical studies

Can argue a thesis using scientific evidence

Is open to various theoretical and methodological perspectives of social research

Written exam – test covering the subject matter of the lectures and recommended literature