MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Graduate Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

WEL4300

Social policy

6 points + 3 hours per week + Caulfield

Synopsis Historical perspective on social policy. The welfare state; retreat from the welfare state. Social policy: definitions, concepts, models. Current issues in social policy. Policy development at the agency level. Substantive areas of policy: privatisation, employment/unemployment, disability, family.

Assessment Written (4500 words): 100%

References

Beilharz P Arguing about the welfare state Allen and Unwin, 1992

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