Online Courses Handbook 2003

3681 (v.7) Social Policy 303

Area:	School of Social Work and Social Policy
Contact Hours:	3.5
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	1635 (v.9) SW 121 - Introduction to Welfare or any previous version
Moral, political and legal theory, positive discrimination and affirmative action, freedom and responsibility, human needs and their definition. The state in a democratic society, the individual and the state. Social science and social policy, the policyanalysist. Impact of social policy. The welfare state - theories, future of the welfare state.