Social politics

ltrav2040  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Social politics
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
4 credits
30.0 h
Q2

This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2019-2020
Teacher(s)
Dock Thierry; Pochet Philippe;
Language
French
Main themes
The course wil be composed of two big parts of 15 hours each :
  • 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.)
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

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  • To understand the structuring of the Belgian social security and her foundations
  • 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 and other public policies (fiscal politics, politics of redistribution of incomes, politics of employement
  • To emphasize the position of the main actors of the politics of employement (government, social interlocutors)
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
The course wil be composed of two big parts of 15 hours each :
  • 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.)
Other information
This course forms part of a study programme that takes place in the evenings and on Saturday morning.
Faculty or entity
TRAV


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Ethics

Master [120] in Sociology

Master [120] in Labour sciences (shift schedule)