SURVEY OF SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY AND POLICY ANALYSIS.

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Pre-requisites: graduate standing in the MSW program. Focus is on the impact of the political economy on the social welfare system and the pursuit of social justice. Social welfare history, social values, social policies, institutions, and basic services and programs are explored, especially those that affect populations-at-risk. Defines and clarifies the ways in which the social welfare system influences and is shaped by political, economic, social, environmental, and cultural forces.