- The Welfare State and Social Welfare Policy

Catalog description

This course presents the social policy questions: "Who gets what? Any why?" It provides students with an analytic framework for comprehension of welfare state policies through the process of policy formation and implementation. This course situates the welfare state historically, and discusses the development of key social welfare programs and policies. Students learn the skills to analyze social welfare policies and to advocate for changes at the local, state, and federal levels.