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Elective Module Social Policy: Approaches to Global Social Change (SOA-M-3-SOP-WMD-ILV)

Department
  • Master's Program Social Work, Social Policy & Management
Course unit code
  • SOA-M-3-SOP-WMD-ILV
Level of course unit
  • Master
Year of study
  • Fall 2024
Semester when the course unit is delivered
  • 3
Number of ECTS credits allocated
  • 5.0
Name of lecturer(s)
  • Prof. Dr. habil. Gebrewold Belachew
  • Guibert Isabelle, MA MA
  • Saavedra Macias Francisco Javier, PhD
Learning outcomes of the course unit
  • Guibert:
    • Gain awareness of
    - the interconnection between peace studies and social work
    - the different meanings and expressions of violence
    - the plurality of peace and your personal understanding of peace
    - conflict as a potential for transformation
    - inner peace as a prerequisite for interpersonal and social interaction
    - your own needs and feelings
    - cultural lenses
    • Practice communication tools for conflict transformation
    • Explore your own conflicts, and thereby increase your empathetic qualities
    • Gain insight into your communication styles to identify mechanisms leading to dysfunctional communication and generating misunderstandings in the private sphere, at work, in society
    • Improve your listening and expressing skills
    • See through new lenses and take a step back from your own (cultural) worldview
    • Enhance your abilities by balancing mental, physical, emotional, spiritual skills
    • Learn through experiencing

    Saavedra:
    Exploring and discussing the social and psychological impact of CoVID19 Pandemic on young people. To explore the complexity of the social, political and psychological factors that interact and affect public healt.
Recommended optional program components
  • none
Course contents
  • (Development) cooperation and awareness raising in international NGOs to promote global civil society
    Dealing with the mobilization of international NGOs
    International social lobbying / advocacy
    social campaigning & international networking
    Case study analysis of socio-structural problems of selected social groups
    Peace and conflict transformation (peace studies)
    Optional: excursion to international organizations (Brussels, Geneva, Vienna, to NGOs; connection with conferences, workshops, symposiums
    Optional: joint courses with other universities on socio-political content, strategies and solutions
Recommended or required reading
  • Avineri, Netta; Graham, Laura R.; Johnson, Eric J.; Conley Riner, Robin; Rosa, Jonathan (Hg.) (2018): Language and Social Justice in Practice. Taylor and Francis. First edition. Boca Raton, FL: Routledge.
    Chapin, Rosemary Kennedy (2017): Social Policy for Effective Practice. A Strengths Approach. 4th ed. Milton: Taylor and Francis.
    Deacon, Bob (2014): Global Social Policy and Governance. Thousand Oaks: SAGE.
    Deacon, Bob (2013): Global Social Policy in the Making: The Foundations of the Social Protection Floor. Bristol: Policy Press.
    Hoefer, Richard (2019): Advocacy practice for social justice. Fourth edition. New York: Oxford University Press.
    Jansson, Bruce (2016): Social welfare policy and advocacy. Advancing social justice through 8 policy sectors. Los Angeles: SAGE.
    Plesch, Michael; Hawighorst, Christiane (2020): NGOs und Zivilgesellschaft als Akteure der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit: Komparative Vorteile, Synergien, Abhängigkeiten und Herausforderungen. In: Sangmeister; Wagner (Hrsg.): Engagement und Verantwortung der Zivilgesellschaft in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit. Baden-Baden: Nomos.
    Nesmith, Ande A.; Schmitz, Cathryne L.; Machado-Escudero, Yolanda; Billiot, Shanondora; Forbes, Rachel A.; Powers, Meredith C. F. et al. (2021): The Intersection of Environmental Justice, Climate Change, Community, and the Ecology of Life. Unter Mitarbeit von Lacey Sloan. Cham: Springer International Publishing; Imprint Springer (Springer eBook Collection).
    Ross, Dyann; Brueckner, Martin; Palmer, Marilyn; Eaglehawk, Wallea (Hg.) (2020): Eco-activism and social work. New directions in leadership and group work. Abingdon, Oxon, New York: Routledge (Indigenous and environmental social work).
    Rubin, Herbert J. (2018): Advocacy for Social Change. Coalitions and the Organizations That Lead Them. Milton: Routledge (Solving Social Problems Ser).
    Spicker, Paul (2014): Social Policy: Theory and Practice. Bristol: Policy Press
    Spicker, Paul (2014): Social Policy: Themes and Approaches. Bristol: Policy Press.
    Standish et al. (eds.) (2022): The Palgrave Handbook of Positive Peace. Zürich: Springer Nature.
    Tice, Carolyn J. (2019): Macro Social Work Practice: Advocacy in Action. Thousand Oaks: SAGE.

    Available on Sakai/Resources:
    - DIETRICH, WOLFGANG (2005): "Peace - Remarks on the Difficult History of a Key Cultural Term", SOSKinderdorforum, Vol. 30 (Innsbruck), 11-15
    - ESTEVA, GUSTAVO (2011): "Intercultural Inspiration: The Life and Work of Raimon Panikkar" in Dietrich, Wolfgang and Others (Eds.): The Palgrave International Handbook of Peace Studies: A Cultural Perspective, New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 570-585
    - GALTUNG, JOHAN (1969): "Violence, Peace and Peace Research", Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 69, 167-191
    - LEDERACH, JOHN PAUL (2003): The Little Book of Conflict Transformation; Intercourse, Good Books
    - ROGERS, CARL R. & RICHARD E. FARSON (1987): "Active Listening". In R.G. Newman, M.A. Danzinger, M. Cohen (eds). Communicating in Business Today. D.C. Heath & Company
    - ROSENBERG, MARSHALL (2003): Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, PuddleDancer Press.
    - SATIR, VIRGINIA (1988): The new peoplemaking, Palo Alto, CA: Science and Behavior BooksPartly available on Sakai/Resources:
    - BRAUD, WILLIAM AND ROSEMARIE ANDERSON (1998): "Conventional and Expanded Views of Research", in Transpersonal Research Methods for the Social Sciences: Honoring Human Experience, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 3-26
    - EUROPEAN COMMISSION (1998): What? Me? A Racist? Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
    - FREIRE, PAOLO (1972): Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Harmondsworth, Penguin Books
    - INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMICS & PEACE (2022): Global Peace Index 2022: Measuring Peace in a Complex World, Sydney
    - WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT (2022), New York, Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
  • The course comprises an interactive mix of lectures, discussions and individual and group work.

    • Interactive teaching and participatory learning
    • Unconventional teaching approaches involving mind, body, spirit, heart
    • Inputs and open discussion
    • Individual and collective work (reading, reflection, exchange, creativity, diverse forms of communication and expression)
Assessment methods and criteria
  • Reflection paper: "Personal report"
Language of instruction
  • English
Work placement(s)
  • none
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