24-408.84 Generations in the Welfare State

Course offering details

Instructors: Ralf Och

Event type: Follow-up seminar

Displayed in timetable as: 24-408.84

Hours per week: 2

Credits: 6,0

Language of instruction: German

Min. | Max. participants: 10 | 20

Comments/contents:
In this seminar, we will look after the concept of generation from a perspective of social policy and social structure. We will discuss what societal and familial generations are and how the welfare state strives to organise solidarity and justice between generations as well as how it structures the live course. We will further discuss how familial solidarity and conflict in families are structured and how far social policies interfere in this.

Learning objectives:
-          Insights in sociological theories of Generations, welfare states and social inequality

-          Theoretical approaches to and empirical findings of the analysis of societal generations in the welfare state

-          Theoretical approaches to and empirical findings to the analysis of familial generations

-          A deepenend knowldedge in scientific work

Didactic concept:
As long as the corona pandemy it enforces the seminar will be held online, which will be a new experience for most of us. We are going to explore the topics by the basic literature provided in the seminar plan. Otherwise than usual you are not required to give presentations because I am not sure yet whether the software available for this is reliable if there are many users at the same time. To organise the seminar we will use OpenOlat, because it is more flexible than Stine. There you will find the literature as well as tasks to do. If you have no OpenOlat account yet, please create one. If you are enrolled to the seminar in Stine and have an OpenOlat account you should automatically have access to the seminar in OpenOlat. If this does not work, which happens in quite a few cases, please send me an email with your OpenOlat account name and email adress. For the seminar online meetings I will give some input per video or powerpoint and will organise have a video chat so we can talk hoping for a reliable connection. We will have online meetings roughly fortnightly as was planned and I hope this suits you. The last meeting I have keept open for additional topics you may wish to be dealt with, reserve and a discussion of prospective term papers.

Literature:
The following literature may serve as general overview. It is not neccessary to read it in advance for the participation in the seminar but you are very welcome to have a look at it. The literature we will deal with in the seminar you will find in the seminar plan.

Blome, Agnes; Keck, Wolfgang; Alber, Jens (2008): Generationenbeziehungen im Wohlfahrtsstaat. Lebensbedingungen und Einstellungen von Altersgruppen im internationalen Vergleich. 1. Aufl. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.

Bude, Heinz (2003): Generation: Elemente einer Erfahrungsgeschichte des Wohlfahrtsstaates. In: Stephan Lessenich (Hg.): Wohlfahrtsstaatliche Grundbegriffe. Historische und aktuelle Diskurse. Frankfurt, New York: Campus (Theorie und Gesellschaft, Bd. 56), S. 287–302.

Esping-Andersen, Gøsta; Sarasa, Sebastian (2002): The generational conflict reconsidered. In: Journal of European Social Policy 12 (1), S. 5–21.

Gosseries, Axel; Meyer, Lukas H. (Hg.) (2009): Intergenerational justice. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press.

Knijn, Trudie; Komter, Aafke E. (Hg.) (2004): Solidarity between the sexes and the generations. Transformations in Europe. Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar (Globalization and welfare).

Kohli, Martin (1985): Die Institutionalisierung des Lebenslaufs. Historische Befunde und theoretische Argumente. In: KZfSS 37 (1), S. 1–29.

Künemund, Harald; Szydlik, Marc (Hg.) (2009): Generationen. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.

Lüscher, Kurt; Liegle, Ludwig (2003): Generationenbeziehungen in Familie und Gesellschaft. 1. Aufl. Konstanz: UVK Verl.-Ges.

Mannheim, Karl (2017[1928]): Das Problem der Generationen. In: KZfSS 69 (S1), S. 81–119.

Saraceno, Chiara (Hg.) (2008): Families, ageing and social policy. Intergenerational solidarity in European welfare states. ebrary, Inc. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (Globalization and Welfare Series).

Steinbach, Anja (2018): Generation. In: Johannes Kopp und Anja Steinbach (Hg.): Grundbegriffe der Soziologie. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, S. 129–131.

Szydlik, Marc (Hg.) (2004): Generation und Ungleichheit. 1. Auflage. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (Sozialstrukturanalyse, 19).

Additional examination information:
Prüfungsleistung: drei Essays oder Hausarbeit
Bewertungsschema: benotet

Umfang Essays: 2-3 Seiten, genaueres in der Seminarbesprechung

Umfang Hausarbeit

B.A.-Soziologie Hauptfach (6 LP): max. 15 Seiten Text

B.A.-Soziologie Nebenfach (5 LP): max. 12 Seiten text

B.A.-Lehramt Sozialwissenschaften (5 LP): max. 12 Seiten Text

Abgabetermin: 20.09.2020

Appointments
Date From To Room Instructors
1 Th, 30. Apr. 2020 14:15 17:45 AP 1, 107 - bis auf weiteres gesperrt - Ralf Och
2 Th, 14. May 2020 14:15 17:45 AP 1, 107 - bis auf weiteres gesperrt - Ralf Och
3 Th, 28. May 2020 14:15 17:45 AP 1, 107 - bis auf weiteres gesperrt - Ralf Och
4 Th, 11. Jun. 2020 14:15 17:45 AP 1, 107 - bis auf weiteres gesperrt - Ralf Och
5 Th, 25. Jun. 2020 14:15 17:45 AP 1, 107 - bis auf weiteres gesperrt - Ralf Och
6 Th, 9. Jul. 2020 14:15 17:45 AP 1, 107 - bis auf weiteres gesperrt - Ralf Och
Exams in context of modules
Module (start semester)/ Course Requirement combination Exam Date Instructors Compulsory pass
24-426 Special Sociologies (WiSe 16/17) / 24-425.10  Generations in the Welfare State Paper 8  Paper Time tbd Ralf Och Yes
24-426 Special Sociologies (WiSe 18/19) / 24-425.10  Generations in the Welfare State Term paper 4  Term paper Time tbd Ralf Och Yes
24-426 Special Sociologies (WiSe 16/17) / 24-425.11  Generations in the Welfare State Paper 8  Paper Time tbd Ralf Och Yes
24-426 Special Sociologies (WiSe 18/19) / 24-425.11  Generations in the Welfare State Term paper 4  Term paper Time tbd Ralf Och Yes
MEdSowi-LA012 Advanced Thematic Module: Special Sociology (WiSe 13/14) / 24-612.xx  Generations in the Welfare State Paper 14  Paper Time tbd Ralf Och Yes
MEdSowi-LA014 Elective in Social Sciences (WiSe 13/14) / 24-612.xx  Generations in the Welfare State Paper 14  Paper Time tbd Ralf Och Yes
SowiLA-12_VMSoz Advanced Thematic Module: Special Sociology (WiSe 14/15) / 24-612.xx  Generations in the Welfare State Paper 13  Paper Time tbd Ralf Och Yes
SowiLA-16_WahlSoz Required Elective Subject: Sociology (WiSe 14/15) / 24-612.xx  Generations in the Welfare State Paper 12  Paper Time tbd Ralf Och Yes
Course specific exams
Description Date Instructors Mandatory
1. Paper Time tbd Yes
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Instructors
Ralf Och