311685 (v.1) SP503 Shaping Social Policy

Area:	Department of Social Work
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	9.0
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Lecture:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Workshop:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Seminar:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	This unit commences with an exploration of the shaping of the Australian welfare state through engagement with welfare discourses and philosophical debates. Students explore contemporary rationalities, technologies and strategies of government regulatinghuman service practice. Social policy concepts of equality, equity, justice and diversity are covered through the use of case study material. The unit draws upon modernist and post-modernist accounts of policy understandings
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Field of Education:	090501 Social Work
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Not Categorised *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

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