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European Summer Program
Université Catholique de Lille
Syllabus
Course title: The French Health and Social Care
System: Ideals and Reality
Credits: 6 ECTS credits
Teaching language: English
Teacher in charge of the course: Laure LIENARD, MSW, Institut Social de Lille,
Université Catholique de Lille
Specialist lecturers: Emilie DUVIVIER, PhD ; Laurence PISTERS, MSW, CAFERUIS ;
Estelle SOUDANT, Msc Sociology. Institut Social de Lille, Université Catholique de Lille.
Grant Douglas, MPhil, Université Catholique de Lille (Intercultural Studies)
Academic calendar: 27 June to 21 July 2017
1) COURSE PRESENTATION
Course objective:
At the end of the course, students will have had an overview of the French welfare State,
including the system of Health Care and the organization of Solidarity at a national and local
level, in a social, historical, and cultural perspective. Students will be familiarized with the
question of the relation between health and social care through a focus on 3 topics: health and
poverty, working with the elderly, and the status of children & child protection.
They will be able to analyse the historical and cultural factors that lead to the implementation
of specific health and social policies targeting vulnerable groups.
Students will be able to confront the French system and French cultural vision of health and
solidarity to that of their home country, thus gaining critical insight regarding both.
Prerequisite:
To take this course, students should have good level of academic English. Students should
also be in their 2nd year or more. The course is mainly targeted to students having taken at
least one course in Health, Social Work, Sociology or Social Policy, at their home university.
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Content:
The French Health and Social Care System: Ideals and Reality:
The introduction of the course will offer a critical perspective on the Welfare State in France,
where solidarity was originally envisioned as a “sacred debt” to the people (we will question
the evolutions of the responsibilities of State, Community, and the Individual, and the notion
of “public service”). We shall study the development of the French model of welfare State in a
European perspective, including a historical overview, and review some of the ground
principles in the funding of the system of health care and solidarity. We shall conclude this
first part by exploring contemporary challenges and debates for social and medical work, in a
context of globalization, neoliberal hegemony, “risk-society”, and growing individualism.
Focus:
I.
Health and poverty
This part of the course will focus on the question of the inequalities regarding access to health
care, as the French lower class and the lower-middle class are subjected to rising social
uncertainty and precariousness. We shall study the notion of health determinants in a
sociological perspective, and question the link between social conditions and biology. Finally,
we will give an account of the various initiatives that have been launched in order to reduce
health care exclusion, and complete the course with a visit to a local non-profit involved with
the homeless.
II.
Ageing
Thanks to better health care and living conditions, French society is confronted to the
question of the ageing of its population. Even though old age does not necessarily rhyme with
problems and issues, it is necessary to take into account these new needs and offer adapted
social support. In this course, we shall define “old age”, and focus on new issues and
challenges our country strives to adapt to, through its social care system, its social policies,
and social care professionals. We will explore various options for the support and housing of
this population, and visit a local retirement community.
III.
Crossed perspectives on childhood
The last part of the course will offer an insight on the contemporary sociological context of
child protection, by exploring how legal evolutions at a national and international levels are
revealing of ever-changing social representations regarding childhood. What is the status of
children in our societies? How does the national and international legislation on the rights of
children offer new fields for reflection and debate? We will then present different types of
support systems implemented in France to deal with “marginalized” youth, through a couple
field visits.
Includes 9 hours of Intercultural Communication (link to course module description).
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2) WORKLOAD
It shows the student workload both in class and homework:
Form
Number of
hours
Comments
Includes 9 hours of Intercultural
Communication
Class teaching
Cultural conferences
36 hours
4 hours
TOTAL
40 hours
Off-site training, fieldtrips
Homework
includes 1-3h
instruction
includes 1-3h
instruction
includes 2.5-4h
instruction
15 hours
Student total
workload
59 to 65
hours*
Visit to Bruges
Visit to Brussels
Visit to memorial sites of WW1
*Note: 1 contact hour = 60 minutes, whereas some academic systems use 45- or 50-minute contact hours.
3) EDUCATIONAL METHODS
Lecture, debate, case-studies, fieldtrips, group work, share of experiences.
4) ASSESSMENT
Form
Continuous
assessment
(percentage break
down 20%)
Final exam
(percentage break
down 60%)
Number
Duration
Comments
Homework assignment (3 field
reports including a comparative
analysis)
1
1 hour
Others (student
participation…)
(percentage break
down 20%)
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oral group presentation
5) READINGS
INTRODUCTION : the welfare state in France
Robert CASTEL, les Métamorphoses de la Question sociale, éd Gallimard, 1993
Francis DEMIER, Histoire des Politiques sociales, éditions Seuil 1996
Gosta ESPING ANDERSEN, The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, Princeton University
Press, 1993.
Pierre KHALFA (coord), En finir avec la compétitivité, Fondation Copernic, 2012
Yvette RAYSSIGUIER, Josiane JEGU et Michel LAFORCADE, Politiques sociales et de santé,
Presses de l’EHESP, 2012 (2è édition)
Pierre ROSANVALLON, L’Etat en France de 1789 à nos jours, éd Points Histoire, 1993
Catherine SEBBAH, Sophie ANDRE, Le Système de protection sociale en France, éd ASH,
2007
Arnaud CHERON, « Protection sociale, coût du travail et productivité », Cahiers français :
quel avenir pour la protection sociale ?, La documentation française, juillet-août 2014.
European Observatory on Health System and policies, Health System Review, 2015
Brigitte KRUKIC “Quel avenir pour l’Etat Français?” in Cahiers Français : la Place de l’Etat
aujourd’hui, la Documentation Française, mars-avril 2014
Béatrice MAJNONI D’INTIGNANO, « L’augmentation des dépenses de santé : jusqu’où ? »,
Cahiers français : La Santé, quel bilan ?, La documentation française, juillet-août 2012
Bruno PALIER, « la Protection sociale, une diversité de systèmes », Cahiers français : quel
avenir pour la protection sociale ?, La documentation française, juillet-août 2014.
HEALTH
* Les déterminants sociaux de la santé. Les faits. Sous la direction de Richard Wilkinson,
Michael Marmot, Auteur, OMS, 2004.
* La Santé de l’Homme, n°397, septembre-octobre 2008, « Comment réduire les inégalités
sociales de santé », Précarité et santé. Lebas Jacques, Auteur; Chauvin Pierre, Auteur,
Flammarion, 1998
* La progression de la précarité en France et ses effets sur la santé. Haut comité de la santé
publique, Auteur, Grémy François, Directeur de publication, Éditions ENSP (École Nationale
de Santé Publique), 1998.
* Le livre blanc de l'accompagnement social. Éd. Fédération nationale des associations
d'accueil et de réadaptation sociale, 2011.
* Les inégalités sociales de santé : écrits. Aiach Pierre, Auteur, Economica.
* Les inégalités sociales de santé : Déterminants sociaux et modèles d'action. Moleux
Marguerite, Auteur, Schaetzel Françoise, Auteur, Scotton Claire, Auteur, La Documentation
Française, 2011.
ANTHROPOLOGY and SOCIOLOGY OF CHILDREN AND CHILDHOOD
Corsaro W.-A., 1997. The Sociology of Childhood. Thousand Oaks-California: Pine Forge
Press.
Erny, P., 1972, L’enfant et son milieu en Afrique, Paris, Payot.
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Déchaux, J-H., “Consecrating the Child. Perspectives on a Contemporary Passion ”, Revue
française de sociologie 3/2014 (Vol. 55), p. 537-561.
Hochshild A.R., 2003, ‘Love and Gold’ / La mondialisation de l’amour maternel, traduit dans
Nouvelles Questions féministes XXIII(3): 2004: 45-60.
Hochschild, Arlie R. “Love and Gold.” ed. Ehrenreich, Barbara, and Arlie R. Hochschild.
Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy. New York:
Metropolitan Books, 2003. 15-30.
James A. & Prout A. (Eds.), 1990. Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood. London:
Falmer Press.
Leiderman, P.H., 1977, Culture and Infancy: variation in the Human Experience, New-York,
Academic Press.
Pen H., 2011. Travelling policies and global buzzwords: How international nongovernmental organizations and charities spread the world about early childhood in the
global south. Childhood 18(1): 94-113.
QVortrup J., 2001. Childhood as a social Phenomenon revisited. In M. Du Bois-Reymond, H.
Sünker & H.-H. Krüger, Childhood in Europe. Approaches, Trends, Findings (215-232). New
York: Peter Lang.
HISTORY OF CHILDHOOD
Ariès P., L'Enfant et la vie familiale sous l'Ancien Régime, 1960, Plon. English translation:
centuries of Childhood. A social History of Family Life. R. Baldick (translation). Alfred A.
Knopf. 1962.
Hamelin-Brabant L. & Turmel A. (Eds.). 2012. Les figures de l’enfance d’hier à aujourd’hui:
continuité, discontinuité, rupture, traduction. Québec, sous presse
James A. & Prout A. (Eds.),1990. Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood. London:
Falmer Press.
Schlemmer B. , 2006. ‘Le travail des enfants’: étapes et avatars dans la construction d’un
objet. In R. Sirota (Ed.), Éléments pour une sociologie de l’enfance (173-184). Rennes: Presses
Universitaires de Rennes.
Thorne B., 1987. Revisionning Women and Social Change. Where are the Children?. Gender
and Society 1(1): 85-109.
Turmel A. , 2008. A Historical Sociology of Childhood. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
This syllabus is based on information that was available at the time of publication (November
2016). Changes may occur.
For updated information about course content, please contact us: [email protected]
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