Marginal Groups

Study:	Social Work - 3. semester
Code:	31887
ECTS:	3.0
Course coordinators:	prof. dr. sc. Zoran Šućur izv. prof. dr. sc. Danijel Baturina
Exam dates:	12. 06. 2024. 26. 06. 2024. 10. 07. 2024. 28. 08. 2024. 11. 09. 2024. Exam registration: Studomat

Literature:
A. Giddens; Sociologija; Nakladni zavod Globus (2001), str. 106-118, 124-133, 144- 166 V. Ilišin, F. Radin; Mladi uoči trećeg milenija; IDIS (2002), str. 27-46 B. Perasović; Urbana plemena; Hrvatska sveučilišna naklada (2001), str. 94-110, 383-412 A.M. Rose; Potkultura starih: tema za sociološko istraživanje; Potkulture, 3 (1988), str. 102-106 Z. Šućur; Siromaštvo; Pravni fakultet u Zagrebu (2001), str. 40-53, 83-93, 101-112 Z. Šućur; Socijalna isključenost: pojam, pristupi i operacionalizacija; Revija za sociologiju, (1-2) (2004), str. 45-60 M. Štambuk; Siromaštvo kao sastavnica sociokulturnog identiteta Roma; Kako žive hrvatski Romi. Zagreb: Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar (2005), str. 133-158 I. Živković, Ž. Šporer, D. Sekulić; Asimilacija i identitet; Školska knjiga (1995), str. 10-28, 33-41 T. Vučković Juroš; Socijalna isključenost seksualnih manjina u Hrvatskoj; Revija za socijalnu politiku, (2) (2015), str. 195-218 Z. Šućur; Romi kao marginalna grupa; Društvena istraživanja (2000), str. 211-227 B. Šverko; Značenje rada u životu pojedinca: radne vrijednosti, važnost rada i otuđenje; Uvod u psihologiju: Suvremena znanstvena i primijenjena psihologija. Zagreb: Grafički zavod Hrvatske (1991), str. 17-20 T. Matković; Politika zapošljavanja i nezaposlenost; Socijalna politika Hrvatske. Zagreb: Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu (2008), str. 168-172 Z. Galić, D. Maslić Seršić, B. Šverko; Financijske prilike i zdravlje nezaposlenih u Hrvatskoj: Vodi li financijska deprivacija do lošijeg zdravlja; Revija za socijlanu politiku (3) (2006), str. 257-260
Optional literature:
Ž. Šporer; Koncept društvene isključenosti; Društvena Istraživanja, (1-2) (2004), str. 171-193

Description:

The course provides knowledge and information about the processes of marginalisation and exclusion (manners of dropping out of the "mainstream", consequences and mechanisms of inclusion). Also, through this course the most significant problems of Croatian society are identified (poverty, unemployment, exclusion, discrimination etc.). Starting from marginal groups within wider society, students become acquainted with the features, challenges and coping strategies of common marginal groups, that the majority of social welfare services come from. In that sense, this course draws on knowledge gained in the courses of sociology, social demography and social policy, and serves as a preparatory course for a group of courses in the area of social policy and social work.

Course description
- Concept of marginal groups, processes and dimensions of marginality
- Concepts, theories and challenges of poverty
- Definitions, forms and mechanisms of social exclusion
- Causes, forms and consequences of unemployment
- Subcultures and countercultures: escape from marginality
- Ambivalence of the position of youth: "privileged"marginality
- Social status of older persons, challenges of ageing and subculture of senior people
- Social status and challenge of integration Društveni položaj i integracija migranata
- Social status of migrants, migration mechanisma and challenges of social integration of migrant population.
- Social status and integration of the Roma
- Gender and marginalization: differences, roles and inequalities
- Stigma, social roles and marginalization of sick and persons with disability
- Social exclusion of sexual minorities

Cognitive Skills:

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

1. explain the meaning of concepts of marginalisation, social exclusion and subculture

2. recognise, identify and explain main theoretical approaches to problems of marginalisation, social exclusion and subcultural social position, and report about advantages and disadvantages of different theoretical approaches

3. explain and discuss main social causes and consequences of marginalisation, social exclusion and subcultural social position

4. connect theoretical perspectives and concepts with concrete problems of certain marginal, socially excluded and subcultural groups

5. indicate and compare main strategies used by individual groups for solving ptoblems of marginalisation and social exclusion

6. formulate main obstacles and/or advanatages of individual strategies for solving problems of marginalisationa nd social exclusion

7. reexamine social factors that cause and maintain pproblems of marginlisation and social exclusion and the challenges that the users of social services are faced with

8. recommend approaches to users of social services taking into consideration social factors of marginalisation and social exclusion

Practical and Generic Skills:

After successfullly mastering the course, students will be able to:

- publicly present acquired knowledge and skills orally and in writing;

- collect and analyse data and information from various sources;

- express themselves in a clear and structured manner while explaining their standpoints;

- present conclusions and recommendations in the formulatin of social policies that address problems of marginalisation and social exclusion

Matching Assessments to Learning Outcomes:

Forms of testing knowledge

1.1. Mid-term examinations

1.2. Written examination

1.3. Oral examination

1.1. Mid-term examinations

Mid-term examinations include testing learning outcomes on the level of recalling, understanding and application of knowledge to new facts. Exam may be passed through three mid-term examinations that will be held duringt he semester, each accounting for up to 20, 25 or 15 grade points respectively. Full-time students are permited to attend mid-term exams if they have one or less absences from respective lecture group.

Mid-term examination will contain single and multiple choice questions, write-in questions and match-with-the letter questions, which require factual knowledge, application of concepts and theories to specific problems/situations and connection of concepts/theories with an appropriate example from literature/practice.

Mid-term exams for students who attend semminars will contain questions that relate to main findings and concepts of articles presented within the semminar sessions.

1.2. Written examination

Includes testing learning outcomes on the level of recalling, understanding and application of knowledge to current events in society. Students who did not pass the exam through mid-term examinations will take written examination during regular examination periods.

Written examination will contain twenty multi-stage questions which require short essay-form answers, asking for demonstration of factual knowledge, explanation of concepts/theories analysed in the course, and application of concepts and theories to problem oriented questions/described situations or examples.

1.3. Oral examination

Students may not take oral examination until they have passed the written part (mid-term examinations or written examination). Oral examination includes questions that require understanding of concepts and theoretical approaches, and their comparison, explanation, clarification and connection of facts. Students may confirm the grade earned in the written examination or demand additional assesment, where they can improve, maintain or worsen the final grade by one grade. In case of unsatisfactory oral examination, students have to take the written examination again.

Consultations schedule:

prof. dr. sc. Zoran Šućur:
Mon13:00-14:00 & Thurs 12:00-13:00
Location: Nazorova 51, room 1
izv. prof. dr. sc. Danijel Baturina:
Winter semester:
Monday 10 - 12 h

Summer semester:
Monday 13 - 15 h
Location: Nazorova 51, room 5 f