What socio-political system do I live in?

Activity title

Exercise 6. What socio-political system do I live in?

Overview

The exercise is carried out after learning Chapter 5 of the theoretical part.

Exercise content:

– Looking at the list of social welfare services in Exercise 5 and using knowledge of politics of learners, discuss together in which socio-political system the learner lives: in a liberal, social-democratic or conservative one.

– What would social policy be like in different systems?

Objectives

The learner is able to relate the provision of common and public goods to      social policy.

Materials

List of social welfare services compiled in Exercise 5.

Time

Minimum 20 minutes

Group size

–

Instructions for trainers

The teacher prepares different government coalitions based on existing parties in the country and, if necessary, helps to enliven the discussion with guiding questions.