SOCIAL POLICY PLANNING AND EVALUATIONModule SOCIAL POLICY ANALYSIS AND PLANNING PROCESSES
Academic Year 2024/2025 - Teacher: MARIA TERESA CONSOLIExpected Learning Outcomes
Knowledge of the characteristics of Italian social policies and welfare and the basic tools for their analysis and planning
Course Structure
Lectures and seminars
Required Prerequisites
Basic Knowledge on sociology, public policy and methodology of social research
Attendance of Lessons
For students attending, team working and the presentation in class of a seminar are expectedDetailed Course Content
The course aims to offer a reconstruction of the general framework of social policies in Italy focusing on the evolution of the welfare systems and the main features of the Italian welfare system. The final part of the course introduces the main models of social planning and is connected to the study of the second part on the evaluation of social policies and interventions.
Textbook Information
- Giorgi C. (a cura di) Welfare. Attualità e Prospettive, Roma, Carocci, 2022
- Raiteri M. "Scenari, traiettorie e nuove architetture dei diritti di welfare" in Autonomie Locali e Servizi Sociali n.3 pp. 503-516, Il Mulino 2017
- Consoli T. "Ripensare la dimensione pubblica dell'homelessness in Italia" in Consoli e Meo (ed) Homelessness in Italia: biografie, territori, politiche, FrancoAngeli 2020, pp. 231-249
- Busso Sandro e Negri Nicola (a cura di) La programmazione sociale a livello locale, pp.9-84, Carocci 2012
- Siza R. “Le politiche sociali che dividono. L’impatto sul lavoro sociale”, homelessbook.it, 2020, pp. 5-37
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | What is Social Policy | |
| 2 | Welfare state in Italy | |
| 3 | The territorial dimension of italian social policies | |
| 4 | Welfare and social needs | |
| 5 | Right to Welfare | |
| 6 | Migrants and welfare | |
| 7 | Welfare and families | |
| 8 | Right to housing | |
| 9 | Right to housing and homelessness | Consoli T. "Ripensare la dimensione pubblica dell'homelessness in Italia" FrancoAngeli 2020, pp. 231-249 |
| 10 | Decisions and Planning | Busso Sandro e Negri Nicola (a cura di) La programmazione sociale a livello locale, pp.9-84, Carocci 2012 |
| 11 | Social Plannin | Busso Sandro e Negri Nicola (a cura di) La programmazione sociale a livello locale, pp.9-84, Carocci 2012 |
| 12 | Policy Impact | Siza R. “Le politiche sociali che dividono. L’impatto sul lavoro sociale”, homelessbook.it, 2020, pp. 5-37 |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Written exam on the whole program for non-attending studentsGroup seminars in classroom and written essay for attendants