CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY

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This course examines social welfare issues, the U.S. system of social welfare, and its interrelationships with direct practice and the delivery of services. This course focuses on social policy content that shapes social programming and impacts social work practice. The course introduces a conceptual social justice framework and provides analyses of contemporary social policy issues through the lense of values and power. Through critical inquiry, students will become knowledgable about social policy's impact on human rights and social, racial, economic, and environmental justice.