Social Policy Essays

Report on Modernising Social Services
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Introduction: Introduction The “Modernising Social Services” report (Secretary of State for Health 1998) concerns New Labour’s policy for improving social services that emphasises the important role this pla...

Relationship Between Welfare Policy and Healthcare in the UK
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Introduction: I – Health and Public Policy Introduction: Social Policy is public policy that relates to health, employment, poverty, education and welfare issues and focuses on social services and welfare st...

Comparison of Responses to Immigrants: France and UK
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Introduction: A comparison/contrast between social security benefits available to immigrants coming to live in France and immigrants coming to live in the United Kingdom. In the first instance, it is important to ...

Stakeholders Involved in Decision Making
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Introduction: Mitchelle Malijan     In every policy making process, the elements involved, and the most engaged people are those who are on the higher ranks of the organisational chart, such as the board of di...

High DUI Rates in America: An Evaluation
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Introduction: America’s Ludicrously High DUI Rate Joshuah Rauch   Careful examination of America’s DUI rate leads to pitiful statistics. The decrease over the last 30 years fails to be enough. Increased pub...

Privatization of the NHS: Staff and Patient Views
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Introduction: Staff and Patients Perception on the Government’s Proposal of the Part Privatization of the NHS Anne Cook 1. Abstract The National Health System (NHS) provides medical care, generally free at the...

Contextualising Disability and Immigration in Britain
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Introduction: 1. Contextualising disability in modern Britain is a problematic task. The principal challenge of any contextualisation is perhaps the question of whose contextualization is the most apt one. Answeri...

National ID cards in the UK: Debates For and Against
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Introduction: “Introducing National ID cards in the United Kingdom.” The concept of this scheme to introduce National ID card in the UK, is so that any legal citizen of the United Kingdom should be able to con...

Proposal for HIV/AIDS Awareness Project
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Introduction: PROPOSAL FOR SETTING UP A HIV/AIDS AWARENESS PROGRAMME FOR SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN IN THE KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE Table of Contents (Jump to) 1. Service and Market Assessment The HIV/AIDS Pandemic So...

Impact of the Discretionary Social Fund
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Introduction: The introduction of the Social Fund in 1988 was politically driven. Prior to its introduction, there were available a series of grants......

International Policy Analysis: Methodology
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Introduction: 1. Introduction The last decade has witnessed many international developments that have profoundly affected the destinies of nations and humanity. The emergence of American unipolarism, the horrific ...

Impact of Mental Health Act 2007 on Children
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Introduction: ‘The amendments introduced into the Mental Health Act 1983 by the Mental Health Act 2007, amending s.131 of the 1983 Act, in relation to the informal admission of 16 and 17 year olds is, at las...

Factors That Affect the UK Pension Crisis
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Introduction: Investigating the factors that affect the UK pension crisis Introduction This review examines the background literature regarding the causes of the UK pension crisis[1], and the various measures take...

Child Support Agency: Critical Analysis of its Current State
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Introduction: Support that Needs Supporting: A Critical Analysis of the Current State of the Child Support Agency Abstract: On November 17, 2005 Prime Minister Tony Blair stated to the House of Commons that “...

Problems in Defining Poverty
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Introduction: Title: Relief of poverty “is widely perceived to be the central aim of the social security system. With poverty itself being such a complex phenomenon, it is hardly surprising that differing ap...

Demographic Profile of Perth and Kinross
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Introduction: PERTH & KINROSS: DIVERSITY DEMOGRAPICS Q. Assess the demographic profile of Perth and Kinross as evidenced in the 2001 council census. How might this demographic profile impact on community car...

Key Workers: Affordable Housing Challenges
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Introduction: Abstract Affordable housing in London is an issue which affects many individuals and the problem of affordable housing in London is particularly of concern to poorer sectors within London and those i...

Assessment of UK Policy Approaches to Poverty Reduction
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Introduction: Compare, contrast and critically assess two differing approaches to the relief of poverty. Introduction Poverty is a social problem and how best to deal with it has been the object of study and resea...

Homelessness Policies in the UK and Their Effects
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Introduction: Introduction The issue of homelessness and poverty in general are alwaswill always be on the forefront of national legislation. Although there have been recent claims from as far back as 2005 that ho...

UK Housing Shortage Strategies
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Introduction: What Can the Government Do to Solve the Housing Shortage in the UK? Abstract The price of homes in the United Kingdom has doubled over the past ten years and house building is at the lowest level si...

Financial Capability | Policy on Pensions and Debt
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Introduction: How far does policy towards pensions, debt and the financial sector reflect the public’s level of financial capability? The public’s level of financial capability is an area that is causing p...

Effect of EU Employment Policy on Management
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Introduction: EU Legal Regulations in the Areas of Employment and Social Policy and How These Have Impacted Managers/Organisations Introduction/Background The influence of the European Union has been pervasive, an...

Ugandan Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)
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Introduction: A social analysis of the current Ugandan poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP), known as the poverty eradication action plan (PEAP, 2004/5-2007/8) Introduction Uganda, with the help of a number of ...

Service Provisions for the Homeless in Britain
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Introduction: Social welfare, democracy and government Set out below is an evaluation of how social welfare, democracy, and government relates to the issue of service provision to avert or solve homelessness in Br...

Policy on Refugees and Integration in Costa Rica
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Introduction: COSTA RICAN GOVERNMENT POLICY ON REFUGEE AID AND INTEGRATION INTRODUCTION: THE AMBIGUOUS STATUS OF THE REFUGEE AND COSTA RICA The problem of the refugee originates as a peculiarly twentieth century p...