Social policy and administration I
4 points * 2 hours per week * First semester * Clayton
Defining social policy and understanding the Australian community to which it applies; history of social policy in Australia; the state of policy in various fields including the study of political party policies, poverty, redistribution, health and housing.
Assessment
Assignment plan (500 words): 10% * Written assignment (2000 words): 80% * Class presentation: 10%
Prescribed text
Graycar A and Jomrozik A How Australians live: Social policy in theory and practice Macmillan, 1989