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Syllabus INTROD.TO THE WELFARE STATE: BASIC CONCEPTS - 3115
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Last update 16-10-2018
HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor)

Responsible Department: Social Work

Semester: 1st Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Dr. Roni Holler

Coordinator Email: roni.holler@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: To be announced in the syllabus

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Roni Holler

Course/Module description:
Social change and social justice are major goals and practices in the social work profession. Achieving these goals and practices require social workers to understand the main political environment where they and their clients operate; that is the welfare state. Throughout the course, which is part of an annual introductory course to the welfare state, we will discuss some key themes, including: the relationship between social policy and social work; the definition of the welfare state and related concepts; the historical formation of the welfare state; and finally, various ideological perspectives towards the welfare state which played part in this historical formation.

Course/Module aims:
• To provide students with knowledge regarding the welfare state, its historical development, and ideological approaches towards it.
• To provide students with effective tools on order to conduct a critical discussion regarding the welfare state.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
• To be familiar with basic concepts regarding the welfare state and social policy
• To be familiar with major stages in the development of the welfare state
• To be familiar with ideological approaches towards the welfare state
• To conduct a critical discussion regarding the welfare state

Attendance requirements(%):
100

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Lectures

Course/Module Content:
• Social work and social policy
• The welfare state: definition and basic concepts
• The historical development of the welfare state
• Ideological approaches

Required Reading:
will be uploaded to course website

Additional Reading Material:
וייס, ע., גל, ג', וקטן, י. (2005). הוראת מדיניות חברתית: מסגרת קונספטואלית לתכנית הוראה. ירושלים: מרכז טאוב לחקר המדיניות החברתית בישראל. יעקבזון, א. וכהן א. (2013) פרקטיקת מדיניות לשילובם התעסוקתי של עולי ה"פלאשמורה" המתגוררים במרכזי הקליטה באמצעות הכנת "מערך תעסוקה". מידעו"ס, 68, 15-8.

Dwyer, P. (2004). Understanding social citizenship. Bristol, UK: The Policy Press (T.H.
Marshall: civilizing capitalism, chapter 3, pp. 38-48).
Esping-Andersen, G. (2000). Three worlds of welfare capitalism. In C. Pierson & F.G.
Castles (Eds.), The welfare state: A reader (pp. 154-169). Cambridge: Polity
Press.
Manning, N. (2012). Social needs, social problems, and social welfare and well-being. In
P. Alcock, M. May & S. Wright (Eds.) The students’ companion to social policy (4th
ed. pp. 19-25). Malden, MA: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Marshall, T.H. (2000, Original work published 1950). Citizenship and social class. In C.
Pierson & F.G. Castles (Eds.), The welfare state: A reader (pp. 32-41).
Cambridge: Polity Press.


דורון, א. (תשמ"ז). מדינת הרווחה בעידן של תמורות. ירושלים: מאגנס. עמ' 7-16.
דורון, א. (2009). חזרה למלתוס. בטחון סוציאלי, 80, 9-24.
קטן, י. (2000). מדינת הרווחה לפתחה של מאה חדשה. ירושלים: מכון הנרייטה סאלד. עמ' 15-30.
Pierson, P.(1998). Irresistible forces, immovable objects: Post-industrial welfare states confront permanent austerity. Journal of European Public Policy, 5, 539-560.
Rosenhaft, E. (1994). The historical development of German social policy. In J. Clasen & R. Freeman (Eds.), Social policy in Germany (pp. 26-30). Harvester Wheatsheaf.

דורון, א. (תשמ"ז). מדינת הרווחה בעידן של תמורות. ירושלים: מאגנס. עמ' 17-19.
Sullivan, M. (2003). The social democratic perspective. In P. Alcock, A. Erskine, & M.
May, (Eds.), The student’s companion to social policy (pp.85-91). Oxford:
Blackwell
דורון, א. (תשמ"ז). מדינת הרווחה בעידן של תמורות. ירושלים: מאגנס. עמ' 19-21.
פרידמן, מ. (2002 מהדורה עברית). קפיטליזם וחירות. ירושלים: הוצאת שלם.
Bochel, H. (2012). The conservative tradition. In P. Alcock, M. May & S. Wright (Eds.),
The student’s companion to social policy (4th ed., pp.64-69). Malden, MA: John
Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Ellison, N. (2012). Neo-liberalism. In P. Alcock, M. May & S. Wright (Eds.), The student’s
companion to social policy (4th ed., pp.57-63). Malden, MA: John Wiley & Sons
Ltd.

Pratt, A. (1997). Neo-liberalism and social policy. In M. Lavalette & A. Pratt (Eds.), Social
Policy: A Conceptual and Theoretical Introduction (pp. 31-49). London: Sage
Publications



דורון, א. (תשמ"ז). מדינת הרווחה בעידן של תמורות. ירושלים: מאגנס )עמ' 21-24(
Dean, P. (2012). Socialist perspectives. In P. Alcock, M. May & S. Wright (Eds.) The
students’ companion to social policy (4th ed. pp. 77-82). Malden, MA: John Wiley
& Sons Ltd.
Lavalette , M (1997). Marx and the Marxist Critique of Welfare. In M. Lavalette & A. Pratt (Eds.), Social Policy: A Conceptual and Theoretical Introduction (pp. 50-79).
London: Sage Publications

ברקוביץ, נ. (2006). פמיניזם. בתוך א. רם ונ. ברקוביץ (עורכים). אי/שוויון (עמ' 324 – 331). באר שבע:
אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון
Dwyer, P. (2004). Understanding social citizenship. Bristol, UK: The Policy Press
(chapter 6, pp. 95-112).
Lewis, J. (1998). The feminist perspective. In P. Alcock, A. Erskine & M.May (eds.), The
student’s companion to social policy (pp. 84-91). Oxford: Blackell.
Orloff, A. (1996). Gender in the welfare state. Annual Review of sociology, 22, 51-78.
Williams, F. (1989). Social policy: A critical introduction. Cambridge, UK: Polity
Press (pp. 41- 86).

Barnes, C. & Mercer, G. (2005). Disability, work and welfare: Challenging the social
exclusion of disabled people. Work, Employment and Society, 19(3), 527–45.
Drake. R. F. (2001). Welfare states and disabled people. In G.L. Albrecht, K.D.
Seelman,& M. Bury (Eds.), Handbook of Disability Studies (pp. 412–429). CA:
Sage.
Pfeiffer D. (2001). The conceptualization of disability. In S. Barnartt, B. Altman (eds.),
Exploring theories and explaining methodologies: where are we and where we
need to go (pp. 29-52). Oxford, UK: Elsevier Science Ltd.
Shakespeare, T. (2006). The social model of disability. In L. J .Davis (ed), The Disability
Studies Reader (PP. 197-204). New York: Routledge.


Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 100 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %

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