Social politics
[TRAV2040]
[30h] 4 credits
This two-yearly course is taught in 2009-2010, 2011-2012,...
Teacher(s): Philippe Pochet, Pierre Reman
Language: French
Level: Second
Aims
To acquire the capacity to analyze the main devices structuring the policies of social security, their consistency and their dynamics ;
To articulate the policies of social security of other public policies (fiscal politics, politics of redistribution of the incomes, politics of the employment.).
To emphasize the position of the main actors of the politics of employment (government, social interlocutors.).
Main themes
The first part will be dedicated to the presentation of the main objectives of the social security policies. A grid of analysis will be elaborated in order to give an overview of the mechanisms implemented in the policies that touch the mode of financing at a time and to the mode of distribution of the benefits ;
The second part will be organized as conferences and shops in which of the representatives of the main economic, social actors and the administration will present their diagnoses, analyses and propositions on questions that concern the politics of the social security (reform of the fashion of financing, resort to the selectivity, privatization, creation of an insurance dependence, accompaniment of claimants d 'use etc.)
Content and teaching methods
- Presentation of the course proposal for learning, integration of student requests + course beginning with the frame of reference. (PP).
- About the project 'active welfare state based on the diagnosis of two authors P . Rosanvallon and A. Giddens (PR).
- The paradigm of the active welfare state against the Keynesian paradigm and the paradigm known as the Washington Consensus (PR).
- The economic fundamentals of the Belgian social security system (PP).
- The institutional foundations of Belgian social security system: the institutional character of the Belgian model of social security. Discussion with Paul Palsterman (PP, PR).
- The social security and European integration. (PP)
- Social security and institutional reform: the question of defederalization. Discussion with Jos Berghmans of the KULeuven (PP) -
Summary and conclusion.
B. analysis, exchange and discussion.
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)