SOCIAL POLICY PLANNING AND EVALUATIONModule SOCIAL POLICY ANALYSIS AND PLANNING PROCESSES
Academic Year 2025/2026 - Teacher: MARIA TERESA CONSOLIExpected Learning Outcomes
Knowledge of the main characteristics of Italian social policies and of the tools for their analysis and planning
Course Structure
Required Prerequisites
Basic Knowledge on sociology, public policy and methodology of social research
Attendance of Lessons
For students attending lectures, team working and the presentation in class of a group work / seminar are expected
Detailed Course Content
The course aims to offer a reconstruction of the general framework of social policies in Italy focusing on the evolution of the welfare systems and the main features of the Italian welfare system. The final part of the course introduces the main models of social planning and is connected to the study of the second part on the evaluation of social policies and interventions.
Textbook Information
- Giorgi C. (a cura di) Welfare. Attualità e Prospettive, Roma, Carocci, 2022
- Raiteri M. "Scenari, traiettorie e nuove architetture dei diritti di welfare" in Autonomie Locali e Servizi Sociali n.3 pp. 503-516, Il Mulino 2017
- Siza R. “Le politiche sociali che dividono. L’impatto sul lavoro sociale”, homelessbook.it, 2020, pp. 5-37
- Belotti E., Arbaci S. "Regimi di welfare, sistemi abitativi e spazializzazione della disuguaglianza: uno sguardo internazionale sulla letteratura comparativa negli studi abitativi e di welfare" in Politiche Sociali n.1 pp.35-62, Il Mulino 2024
- Consoli T. "Ripensare la dimensione pubblica dell'homelessness in Italia" in Consoli e Meo (ed) Homelessness in Italia: biografie, territori, politiche, FrancoAngeli 2020, pp. 231-249
- Sciotto E. " L'apprendimento procedimentale tra dimensione amministrativa e agire sociale: il caso della co-progettazione" n Autonomie Locali e Servizi Sociali n.1 pp. 219-238, Il Mulino 2024
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | What is Social Policy | |
| 2 | Welfare state in Italy | |
| 3 | The territorial dimension of italian social policies | |
| 4 | Welfare and social needs | |
| 5 | Right of Welfare | |
| 6 | Policy Impact | |
| 7 | Right to housing | |
| 8 | Welfare regimes, housing systems and spatialisation of inequality | |
| 9 | Homelessness | |
| 10 | Co-planning |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Written exam on the whole program for non-attending students
Group seminars in classroom and written essay for attendants
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
1. What is the meaning of social policy and which are the characteristics of the Italian welfare system
2. According to which principles can we describe the right to welfare and the eligibility to the welfare services? Choose an example of social policy in Italy