LAB OF EVALUATION OF SOCIAL SERVICES

Academic year

2019/2020 Syllabus of previous years

Official course title

LABORATORIO DI VALUTAZIONE DEI SERVIZI SOCIALI

Course code

EM1116 (AF:316577 AR:169310)

Modality

On campus classes

ECTS credits

6

Degree level

Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

Educational sector code

SPS/07

Period

3rd Term

Course year

1

Where

VENEZIA

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Contribution of the course to the overall degree programme goals

The governance of common goods, very often, depends on the integration of different social actors, independents each other. A lot of European States have experimented new network governance approaches. These new approaches based on participatory processes, co-accountability, use of social research techniques useful to combine scientific knowledge, preferences and practices

Expected learning outcomes

At the course's end, students will be able to:
- recognize the complexity of local governance
- design the process of local planning
- involve the local actors in the process of planning and evaluation
- use mixed method social research techniques able to support participatory process

Pre-requirements

Sociological theory
Descriptive statistics

Contents

- Introduction of meta-governance approach
- Co-production and participatory process
- Social research techniques and participation
- Local Planning and information systems
- Responsibility and social actors
- Evaluation in local planning

Referral texts

- N.A. Andersen, (2016), Il welfare delle potenzialità, il management pubblico in transizione, Mimesis, Milano
- Bertin G. ( 2011), Con-sensus method, FrancoAngeli, Milano

Assessment methods

The exam will be about meta-governance and research techniques useful for the participatory process
The study will be done on texts indicated

Teaching methods

The course will be done combining a practical and theoretical way. The first two weeks will be on theoretical issues and the other three weeks (second part) on the construction of local planning
The second part will base on the use of social research techniques able to manage the participatory processes

Teaching language

Italian

Type of exam

written

2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Poverty and inequalities" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development

Definitive programme.

Last update of the programme: 16/04/2019