After and introdution on the main conceptual tools for policy evaluation and analysis, the course will concern labour policies in Europe

Politics, policy, polity

Public policy between the problem and the solution

Agenda, actors, resources,

Policy arenas

Types of policies and theory of change

Elements of the history of labor policies

Income support for the unemployed

Regulation and deregulation of the labour market

Active policies for the job

Activation policies

The Anglo-American model

The German model

The Scandinavian model

Flexicurity

Policies for young people

The history of labour policies in Italy

The conquest of the guarantees

Policies for flexibility

Social safety nets

Precariousness and inequalities

Students are required to master the tools of analysis of the publicy making in order to understand specific cases. The theoretical understanding will therefore always be connected to empirical analysis. Later will be able to use the sociological and economic analysis tools in the labor market to understand the contexts and the ways of action of the policy making in this area. Finally, they must master the notions of history of the labor policies in a comparative perspective between different countries subject of analysis in order to understand the different configurations of the current regulation of labor markets. The theoretical comprehension elements will therefore always be connected to reality and the student will have to demonstrate to know how to distinguish between the historical analysis of the phenomena and their evolution over time. For this purpose it will be encouraged and supported the creation of original research by the student.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Students will be hepled in choosing lectures, in reading, in undestanding and in writing

Teaching

Class lessons, reading, discussion of papers

Course books

Bonoli and Natali The Politics of the New Welfare State, Oxford, 2012. Other books will chosen in addition and/or replacements of this

Assessment

Oral examination is possibile but a paper presentation will be welcome in italian, english, french or spanish

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Course books

Bonoli and Natali The Politics of the New Welfare State, Oxford, 2012. Other books will chosen in addition and/or replacements of this

Assessment

Oral examination is possibile but a paper presentation will be welcome in italian, english, french or spanish

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Please contact teacher for any kind of need or information at nicola.giannelli@uniurb.it