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    A- Two social problems that the family ‘often gets the blame for’ is crime and educational behaviour. The new right view say that the family are the cause of these problems because of the decline of the traditional nuclear family and the growth of family diversity. B- one way professionals police and regulate families is that doctors tell parents what to do and give parents advise using their expertise. For example they can tell parents what to do or give their children if they are ill or

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    Social Policy and its application to Social Service Provision HNC Social Care Learning Outcome 1 Submission Date /2015 Sarah Monteith BC0094270 Word count 1‚667 SCENARIO ONE Miss Ruth Smith is a young mother in her mid-twenties who is unmarried and has two young children‚ one who is disabled. Miss Smith has an inherited condition which has resulted in small stature and curvature to the bones of her spine and legs. She has limited strength although mobile and able to drive. Ruth is currently

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    Social Policy. In 1999‚ the Pentagon decided to form a Domestic Violence Task Force comprised of 24 members‚ 12 civilian and 12 military (Somerville 2009). The task of the panel was to investigate and evaluate to issue of domestic violence within the military scope. In their 2001 initial‚ and only‚ report the task force referred to domestic violence as a “pervasive problem that transcends all ethnic‚ racial‚ gender‚ and socioeconomic boundaries” that would not be tolerated in the Department of defense

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    Social assistance policies May‚ 2011 Ethics class The mixed public-private health care system in the United States is the most expensive in the world‚ with health care costing more per person than in any other nation‚ and a greater portion of gross domestic product is spent on it than in any other United Nations member state except for East Timor (Roehr‚ 2008). As I speak with my father‚ a design engineer who was laid off for about 2 years‚ Health care was one of his biggest benefits while

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    Social Policy Theories and Concepts Essay What do you understand by ‘Stigma’ and do you agree that social policies can stigmatize people? If so‚ what is the solution? In this essay I will discuss what my understanding of the word ‘Stigma’ is‚ whether I agree or not if social policies stigmatize certain groups of people and if so‚ what are the solutions to these stigmas attached to these groups. “Stigma is a mark of disgrace that sets a person apart. When a person is labelled by their illness

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    Ideology is a highly contested phenomenon used in politics‚ social science and philosophical discourse. Heywood (2003‚ p12) defines ideology as ‘a more or less coherent set of ideas that provides the basis for organised political action whether this is intended to preserve‚ modify or overthrow the existing system of power.’ According to Freeden (2003) we are all ideologists in the sense that we prescribe to certain political views in our environment. He goes on to say that ideologies are competing

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    Social Policy To gain a better understanding of Social Policy we need to look at its definition: Social Policy is the study of social services and the welfare state. In general terms‚ it looks at the idea of social welfare‚ and its relationship to politics and society. The principal areas relate to Policy and administrative practice in social services‚ including health administration‚ social security‚ education‚ employment services‚ community care and housing management; Social

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    Social Issue – Diabetes Type 2 Examine a contemporary social issue (which may or may not have been covered during the module) paying particular attention as to why this issue has become problematic and for whom. Also‚ consider what should be done about your chosen issue and any role that nursing/social work might have in dealing with it. A social issue can be defined as ‘social conditions identified by scientific inquiry and values as detrimental to human well-being’ (Manis 1976). I believe that

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    Chapter#4-Political Culture and Ideology In the textbook‚ American Political Culture is described as the extensive communal opinions‚ standards‚ and morals citizens have in correlation with the government‚ as well as in relation with each other. One of the contributing factors that make the culture that way is suffrage‚ which is the right to vote. For example‚ our thoughts in suffrage went from the belief that white men who own property are allowed to vote to all citizens who are adults‚ besides

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    Social Policy – On Anti-Smacking Bill: In this essay‚ I am going to discuss‚ identify and outline my selected social policy; I will also explain why I selected this social policy and why it is a social policy; I will Identify and describe the interest groups who helped define this problem and have set the agenda; the objectives of this social policy will be outlined and explained‚ arguments of the interest groups will be linked to their political ideology or ideologies. I have chosen the “Anti-smacking

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