57849 - Labour Policies

Learning outcomes

The students have a good knowledge in analysing the current characteristics of the labor market, the emergent regimes of employment, the most relevant productive sectors. This knowledge will allow them to have a good expertise as regards to the definition and planning of active and passive labor market policies.

Course contents

The course will address the following topics:

- Labour market policies: definition and characteristics

- Labour market policies in Europe and the United States: from the origins till today

- The Italian model of labor market policies and its historical evolution

- Post-industrial economy and inequalities: the role of labor market policies

- New social risks, new policies

 

Readings/Bibliography

The reference textbook  for the examination is the following:

Gualmini E., Rizza R. (2013), Le politiche del lavoro, Bologna Il Mulino

Useful other books and articles to which reference will be made in class, are the following:

Hemerijck A. (2013), Changing welfare states, Oxford University Press

Thelen K. (2014), Varieties of Liberalization and the New Politics of Social Solidarity, Cambridge University Press.

Alber J. (2010), What the European and American welfare states have in common and where they differ: facts and fiction in comparison of the European Social Model and United States, in the Journal of European Social Policy, Volume (20): 102- 125.

Barbieri P., Scherer S. (2005), Le conseguenze sociali della flessibilizzazione del lavoro in Italia, in Stato e mercato, Volume (2): 291-322

Berton F., Richiardi M., Sacchi S. (2009), Flex-insecurity. Perchè in Italia la flessibilità  diventa precarietà , Bologna, Il Mulino.

Castles F.G. et al. (2010) (eds), The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State, Oxford, Oxford University Press.

Dingelday I. (2007), Between workfare and enablement. The different paths to transformation of the welfare state: A comparative analysis of activating labor market policies, in European Journal of Political Research, Volume (46): 823-851.

Ferrera M. (1996), Il modello sud-europeo di welfare state, in Rivista italiana di scienza politica Volume (1): 85-110.

Ferrera M. (2012), Le politiche sociali, Bologna, Il Mulino.

Cantillon B., F. Vandenbroucke (2014), Reconciling work and poverty reduction: how successful are European welfare states? New York, Oxford University Press.

B. Palier, 2010 A long goodbye to the politics of Bismarck ?: Welfare Reforms in continental Europe, Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, 2010.

Teaching methods

The course is divided into modules and complementary activities. Traditional lectures will be alternated with group discussions, case studies and movies aimed at deepening the topics covered in class. Presentations will be conducted by students on the topics covered in class.

Assessment methods

Written examination of the duration of 2 hours, during which it is not allowed the use of books, notes, and electronic media. The test consists of 4 questions that refer to some topics addressed in class and in the reference book.

The written test is aimed at assessing the critical and methodological skills of the students and their ability to confront the texts and the topics covered during the course. The supplementary activities carried out in class and the presentations are part of the final evaluation.

For those not attending classes the exam is oral.

Teaching tools

Videos, essays and articles not included in the texts, but particularly significant for the topics covered in class.

Links to further information

http://siti web consigliati: eurostat, istat, ilo, oecd, fondazione di Dublino, Isfol

Office hours

See the website of Roberto Rizza