Introduction to Social Policy Concepts

(5 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This module equips students to recognise the extent to which ideology, 16 politics and values influence and shape social policy and encouraged to question patterns, assumptions and normative concepts and constructs generated by social policy. Students will explore multiple contexts shaping social policy across international, supra-national, national and local levels. Learners will be given an appreciation of the key skills of rigorous analysis and critical reflection informed by continuously evolving political, ethical, theoretical, and material contexts that shape social policy making. The module is designed to equip learners for a deeper exploration of specific policy issues and debates throughout further studies of social policy.