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1635 (v.9) SW 121 - Introduction to Welfare



 

Area:

Department of Social Work and Social Policy

Contact Hours:

3.0

Credits:

25.0

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly
This unit's syllabus introduces and explores the historical shaping and reshaping of the Australian welfare state. This includes- institutional and residual approaches to welfare, debates around the development of universal and selective services, equality of opportunity and of outcome, positive discrimination the competing discourses shaping social policy and welfare debates (conservative, liberal, social democratic, Marxist and social construction views of welfare), aspects of the current Australian 'welfare reform agenda'. Perspectives draw on a critical examination of human service provision as well as approaches to social problems and techniques for studying social phenomena via case studies on poverty and unemployment, ethnicity, race and gender inAustralia.


Availability

YearLocationPeriodInternalArea ExternalCentral External
2003Bentley CampusSemester 2Y Y

- Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
- Central External refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area.


 
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