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 |
| An exploration of 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 in Australia. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2003 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | Y | |
Current as of: October 30, 2003 13:11:55
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