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Unit Summary
Unit aim
Explores the workings of Australia's welfare system and develops an understanding of the Post-Welfare State.
Unit content
Module 1: Social Policy – An Introduction
Module 2: The Politics of Social Policy
Module 3: Researching Social Policy
Module 4: Population Policy
Module 5: Housing Policy
Module 6: The Welfare and Post-Welfare State
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
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| 1 | identify some of the central issues in social policy development and analysis |
| 2 | explain how different philosophical perspectives on social responsibility shape the policy process |
| 3 | explain the relationship between social policy and the pursuit of social justice, as well as the impact of power relationships on gender, age, ethnicity, and socio-economic class |
| 4 | describe how policies directly and indirectly impinge on practitioners in their workplaces. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- identify some of the central issues in social policy development and analysis
- explain how different philosophical perspectives on social responsibility shape the policy process
- explain the relationship between social policy and the pursuit of social justice, as well as the impact of power relationships on gender, age, ethnicity, and socio-economic class
- describe how policies directly and indirectly impinge on practitioners in their workplaces.
Prescribed texts
- McClelland, A & Smyth, P, 2014, Social Policy in Australia: Understanding for Action , 3rd edn, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Victoria. ISBN: 9780195526868.