57849 - Labour Policies

Learning outcomes

The course will focus on the relationship between labour market and welfare regimes. The historical and social construction of the different welfare regimes will be illustrated, the different employment and labour policies examined, and the Italian model described in this framework. The most recent transformations in the productive systems and in the labour market will be deepened, as well as the current trends in employment and labour policies at an international level (European above all). Activation and flexicurity policies will be set in the field of the European Employment Strategy.

At the end of the course the students should have developed knowledge of the relationship between welfare regimes and labour market regimes, of the different devices connected to social, employment and labour market policies, and should have acquired the capability to plan interventions in the field of employment and labour market policies at a local level.  

 

Course contents

The course will be organized as follows:

1. Work, occupational transformations, welfare and employment policies in a comparative perspective: the relationship between labour market and welfare regimes will be focused, the different welfare regimes examined, and the different models and devices in employment and labour market policies described.

2. Transformations in the productive systems and in the labour market, flexibility and work precariousness: service economy, globalization, technological innovation, and increase of female occupation are the most important phenomenon of the economic and of the social world today. Welfare regimes, employment and labour policies are stressed by these trends and new measures are required. The responses offered by the different welfare regimes will be highlighted: particular attention will be payed to welfare to work, activation and flexicurity policies.

3. Employment and labour market policies in the Italian model: historical background and lines of development in a comparative perspective

Readings/Bibliography

Esping Andersen G. (1999), The Social Foundations of Postindustrial Economies, Oxford University Press

Teaching methods

The course is organized in different parts: lectures will be alternated with discussions and practices

Assessment methods

The main assessment method will be based on a final oral exame and on presentations carried out by the students  during the lectures

Teaching tools

Essays on the main topics of the course, national and international research, documents produced by the European Union, the OECD and the Italian Government

Links to further information

http://OECD: http://www.oecd.org/; ILO: http://www.ilo.org/; Ministero del welfare : http://www.minwelfare.it/; Isfol: http//:www.isfol.it

Office hours

See the website of Roberto Rizza

See the website of Vando Borghi

See the website of Vando Borghi