Unit One is the introductory unit of this course and considers the basics in Social Welfare Policy (SWP) and programs. It seeks to identify and explain key terms and concepts employed in policies and programs. The definition, description and dynamic of policy and programs in social welfare are discussed to provide you with the theoretical foundations and framework to deal with difficulties encountered by students in mastering the vocabulary deployed in SWP.
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State social welfare policy is a big and meaty topic for political science research, but it is hardly an extraordinary one. It is important because the social welfare policies of the states affects millions of lives, often providing a crucial safety net that cushions the needy from the hard floor of poverty. Yet is not an exceptional topic, as the principles that guide political action–and systematic research–are common across a wide range of policy areas.
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Crumpton’s course notes for Social Welfare and Social Policy taught at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
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Social policy can be described in two ways. First, it is an academic subject to research and to study and second, it is something that has an impact on the real world. Government, business and voluntary organization all have policies that are experienced by families and individuals. With half the world's population living below the two-dollar-a-day poverty line, ineffective social policies can be the spark for state breakdown. Lack of opportunity, authoritarian rule, gross inequity, exclusion and deprivation – all increase the likelihood of a state’s delegitimization and withdrawal of its citizen’s support, leading to social disintegration, conflict, and violence.
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Course notes for graduate level course in American social welfare and social policy.
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Journal of Social Science for Policy Implications
The descriptive analysis of the terminology used in social policy in the Federal Republic of Germany aims to the comprehension of the concepts and the various terms used, in order to, ultimately, demonstrate the differences and particularities that exist among them. The theoretical approaches as those are formed by academic knowledge, as well as the professional practice in Germany are also taken into consideration. Furthermore, the practical application of the terms that describe state sociopolitical intervention are presented and analyzed. The analysis clarifies the differentiation between the concepts of social policy, social state (Sozialstaat) and welfare state (Wohlfarsstaat) , and at the same time underlines the importance of particularities in the establishment of social security structures based on the use of specific terms and concepts. Great emphasis is placed on the practical aspect of the social policy exercised, i.e. the way that this concept is involved with the various social security systems and with the meaning that the organisational and operational principles of these systems have.
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Social Policy Zones
This essay searches and analyses deeper into the definition of social policy separately, looking at the different views of how it is put across by different scholars and institutions and solely looking at how the definitions complement with relevancy of social policy in the Zimbabwean realities or context. It goes further to look into how these definitions complement the relevancy of social policy in Zimbabwe in addressing the social needs, choices and ambitions of citizens. Social policy has a bearing in the Zimbabwean situation because there are special movements which are and must be addressed concerning issues to do with racism, gender, ecology, politics, economy, and all other issues which have to do with promoting social protection and equity. By the end of this essay the reader must have an in-depth knowledge of what social policy is, the change it seeks to achieve and its relevance in Zimbabwe linking with evidence of positive situations and negative situations which have transpired in the country and the response of the government and institutions in efforts to alleviate the burdens and problems as well as keeping in line with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and a gap open for policy change.
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Third Asian Forum for Constitutional Law
