Paper-I: Social Policy and Social Planning

Paper-I: Social Policy and Social Planning

SEMESTER – III

Objectives:

• Acquire theoretical understanding about social policy and social development in the changing socio- economic context.

• Develop Understanding about the different sectoral polices and programmes relating to social development.

• Acquire knowledge about concept relating to human development and macro social work practice approaches.

UNIT I: Social Policy- Concept, need, constitution based for social policy and social welfare policy; Relationship between social policy and development.

UNIT II: New economic policy and changing concept of social development and welfare state – Concepts of state, market and civil society – their inter-relationship-people’s participation in development – Concept of sustainable development.

UNIT III: Models of social policy: Residual – welfare; achievement – performance; institutional – redistributive models; Changing perspectives in social development.

UNIT IV: Social policy and social planning – Social policy formulation, contribution of research, role of social worker, different sectoral policies and their implications; Policies and measures concerning social welfare in general and of women, environment, poverty alleviation programmes in particular.

UNIT V: Social indicators of development- Human development index; Concept of social work macro practice and methods.

• IMPORTANT QUESTIONS:

                                   Social Policy and Social Planning Important Questions

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