Social Policy

Social Justice in Social Policy

It is claimed that social justice is firmly on the political agenda and is a major concern of numerous policy documents, think tanks and research units. However, ̳social justice‘ can be seen as a poorly defined ̳motherhood and apple pie‘ term. Virtually everyone is in favour of ̳social justice‘ but their interpretations of the term vary widely (there are many different varieties of apple!). We ...

Social Planning and Social Policy

This chapter seeks to help you understand the concept of social planning and social policy. It will enable you to appreciate the interrelationship between planning, policy and development as the ultimate objective. It will also acquaint you with social planning experience in India since last fifty years, which would help you understand as to how approach and focus of planning and policies have ...

Social medicine and social policy.

Social medicine as a term has achieved acceptance in medical education and medical practice, although there is still some question as to its acceptance in reality. The term had its origin in the vigorous nineteenth-century efforts at both medical and social reform, combining the two in a recognition of the intimate connection between social factors and the causation of disease. Henry Ernest Sig...

Globalization and Social Policy

Objectivity of Social Science and Social Policy

The fact that the points of view, not only of the contributors but of the editors as well, are not identical even on methodological issues, stands as a guarantee that the Archiv will not fall prey to any sectarian outlook. On the other hand, agreement as to certain fundamental issues is a presupposition of the joint assumption of editorial responsibility. This agreement refers particularly to t...