Social politics

4.00 credits

30.0 h

This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2023-2024

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.)

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	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)

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

Title of the programme

Sigle

Credits

Prerequisites

Learning outcomes

Master [120] in Labour sciences (shift schedule)

TRAV2M

Master [120] in Sociology

SOC2M