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2025-2026 / SOCI2258-1

Sociological analysis of social intervention policies

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Master in labour sciences, research focus3 crédits 
 Master in labour sciences (60 ECTS)3 crédits 
 Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculty of social sciences)3 crédits 

Lecturer

Laura Beuker, Jean-François Orianne, Didier Vrancken

Substitute(s)

Marie Muselle, Laura Beuker, Rachel Brahy

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course actualizes and implements social policies in order to question the reconfiguration of social welfare.

It is based on :

  • Discussing the contemporary evolutions of the Welfare State.
  • Provide an empirical perspective of the theories of the Welfare State : analyses of practices, systems and discourse

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course, the student will be able to :





  • analyze social policies and the evolution of the Belgian Welfare State,
  • handle the complexity of the "social" and its evolution,
  • master the references and the theoretical knowledge related to the theories of the "social",
  • apply them to a field of social intervention.
Moreover, through this learning, the student will have developed his capacities of critical analysis and reflection. 

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

The course represent a straight continuation of the course : Sociological analysis of social politics.
SOCI2257-1 is corequisite.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures and interaction with students

The course is based on Didier Vrancken's books " Social Barbar " and "Les invisibilités barbares" and on Welfare State's theories (additional texts possible).


The objective is to reveal the main concepts and the paradigms of social policies in order to confront them with contemporary societal developments.. 

The course aims to be participative and feeds on student's opinions and reflections.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Blended learning


Further information:

-Mainly face-to-face course

-Occasionally, work sessions at home are also scheduled.


-Exceptionally, and if necessary, the course may switch to video conferencing.

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- MyULiège


Further information:

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- MyULiège


Further information:  Books: Vrancken Didier, Social Barbare, Charleroi : Couleurs Livre, 2010 and Les invisibilités barbares, Liège-Genève, Presses de l'Université de Liège-Ies éditions, 2019.+ Various vectors (Articles, Powerpoint, video, intervention, etc.).





 

 

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

None

Contacts

Rachel Brahy : Rachel.Brahy@uliege.be 

Marie Muselle : Marie.Muselle@uliege.be 

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