Description of modern theory of social policy
Title: Description of modern theory of social policy
Category: /Law & Government
Details: Words: 1548 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Description of modern theory of social policy
Category: /Law & Government
Details: Words: 1548 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Social Policy
The name 'social policy' is used to apply
1. to the policies which governments use for welfare and social protection
2. to the ways in which welfare is developed in a society, and
3. to the academic study of the subject.
In the first sense, social policy is particularly concerned with social services and the welfare state. In the second, broader sense, it stands for a range of issues extending far beyond the actions of government
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intended to improve the efficiency of the workforce and some philanthropic measures. The classification excludes legal welfare (redistribution through the courts), the voluntary sector and the informal sector. The importance of the idea was, however,
"h to draw attention to different patterns of redistribution
"h to explain that different kinds of redistribution (for example by tax or by benefits) can have similar effects, and
"h to broaden the scope of social policy as a subject.