The Beveridge Report of 1942: Aims and Impact The Report proposed that people in employment should pay a proportion of their pay into a fund which would then be distributed in the form of benefits…
Social Policy Essays
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Comparing Social Welfare Systems: UK and Germany This paper will seek to compare the social welfare systems of England and Germany with regard to how they cater for the elderly. The paper will approach…
Planning and Compulsory Act 2004 | Evaluation The Planning and Compulsory Act 2004 was enacted as a response to criticism of the Compulsory Purchase system in England and Wales.
Does Poverty Exist in the Uk? The answer to this question depends to a large extent on how poverty is defined and measured. It is, like many sociological issues, an ‘essentially…
Belfast Travellers: Services and Policies The case study examines the provision of accommodation and other services for the travelling community in the Belfast area over a 30 year time period.
Social Exclusion’s Relationship With Poverty This paper will examine what is meant by social exclusion and compare this with some debates about poverty to assess whether the term social exclusion…
UK Legislation on Maritime Cultural Heritage The paper investigates UK maritime law with regards to its definition of maritime cultural heritage and the value placed upon this issue.
Comparison of UK Policy Failure and Success The following will discuss whether any of the environmental protection policies have failed, or which policies have succeeded. Or more specifically one…
Community Development Challenges The concept of community development, an accepted and much lauded mechanism for interventionist and participative social development grew out of…
Globalization Theory on Welfare Provision Globalization theory implies that the nation has little autonomy in organizing its welfare provision. Evaluate this statement, referring to at least two…
Marketisation of Social Care Social care refers to a number of different aspects of social life including health, education, economic security etc. In the 1940s universal welfare…
UK Alcohol Prevention Programs in Schools: Critique This essay will attempt to provide a critique of schools-based intervention programs. It is widely accepted that schools-based intervention programs…
Multiculturalism in Social Policy This paper will explain and discuss the concept of multiculturalism and the contested nature of the term as it relates to social policy and discourses.
New Labour’s Immigration Policy The aim of the following report is to provide a summary and analysis of UK immigration policy under New Labour governments. The debates surrounding…
History of Welfare in Ireland: Poor Law and Beveridge Report This paper has aimed to briefly illustrate the changes in Ireland’s welfare system highlighting several factors such as the Poor Law (1598-1948) and…
Community Safety Initiatives | Evaluation The paper has discussed the main problems confronting those who must evaluate community safety initiatives, looking at the issues of support and…
European Telecommunications Policy on Liberalisation This paper critically discusses the European telecommunications policy which is mainly intended to liberalise all telecommunications goods and services.
Sport and Physical Activity in Social Exclusion Policy This report seeks to assess the contribution that sport, along with physical activity can make in contributing to and meeting social policy objectives…
Impact of the Acheson Report on Health Policy The Acheson report has been instrumental in shaping, directing and implementing several changes in the NHS Health policy. Several studies and research…
Community Capacity Building Strategies | Evaluation The article outlined below is an evaluation of the success or otherwise of the Community Capacity Building programmes within the United Kingdom.
Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act The present paper basically focuses on the problems and impediments that have been faced in the implementation of the Right of Children to Free and…
Relation Between Social and Economic Development Social Development and economic development has been complementary and interrelated to each other. Social development implies that institutions…
Effect of Social Policy on Personal Life The primary focus of this discussion relates children and young people and their issues in the context of ‘sexuality’ and ‘care’ although this…
Meningitis Vaccine Policy in Saudi Arabia This essay has looked at the meningitis vaccine policy during Hajj in Saudi Arabia, first looking at the healthcare system in Saudi Arabia, in terms…
Substance Misuse Prevention: Needle Exchange The UK currently has an ambiguous and sometimes conflicting set of policies with regards to some issues surrounding drug use. In the words of Rice…