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CSV3101 | Social Policy | ||
SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE | |||
Credit Points: 15 | |||
Prerequisites: | |||
CSV1102 | Introduction to Social Analysis | ||
Description: | |||
This unit in comparative social policy provides students with theory, knowledge, and skills to understand major tendencies in policy development as they are shaping, and being shaped by, the increasingly interdependent world of the the twenty-first century. It explores key areas of social policy and economic policy, including welfare, education, health, housing, income maintenance, taxation, and employment. Australian policy and and its outcomes are compared with those of other relevant countries, in order to highlight forces which shape policy and the effects which such policies have on people’s everyday lives. | |||
This Unit is part of the following Courses / Unit Sets | |||
G36 | Bachelor of Social Science | ||
MAHE | Home Economics Major | ||
SMCCTY | Ten (10) Unit Supporting Major in Community Studies 10 Unit Supporting Major | ||
MAWCW | Welfare and Community Work Major | ||
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005) | |||
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Last Updated - Higher Education: 3/31/2006 VET: 3/31/2006