Social Policy (SP10002)

Lecture notes for Introduction to Social Problems and Social Policy from 06/10. Includes social policy, social problems, social constructionism, needs, claimsmakers and framing, creating policy and policy responses.

Lecture notes for The Social Construction of Poverty and Policy Responses from 13/10/22. Includes poverty as a social problem, social constructions, policy framing of poverty, and a history of poverty.

Lecture notes for Disability as a social problem or a disabling society? from 24/11/22 Includes disability policy, medical model, social model, history of disability, and policy response to disability.

Lecture notes for Human Needs and Wellbeing from 20/10/22. Includes needs, needs and policy, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, Max-Neef's Taxonomy of Fundamental Human Needs, Bradshaw's Taxonomy of Needs, state meets needs and social policy

Lecture notes for ‘Problem’ Families from 10/11/22 Include problem families, characteristics, history, England riots, policy response and evaluation.

Lecture for Family Homelessness and Policy Responses from 03/11/22. Includes housing as a need, policy responses to housing, UK housing crisis, family homelessness, family housing as an issue, consequences of family homelessness and inadequate housing.

Lecture notes for Income Inequality from 01/12/22. Includes description and analysis of The Spirit Level and problems with health, education, crime and climate change, as well as implications

notes on human needs including diagrams. This features information on Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Manfred Max-Neef's universal needs and also the goals for this millenium as set out by the United Nations.