Assignment Task:
Read the chapter 1 and 2 of Social Policy and Social Change: Toward the Creation of Social and Economic Justice. Jimenez, J., Pasztor, E. M., Chambers, R. M., & Fujii, C. P. (2015).
Chapter 1:
Q1. What is the definition of social policy? Provide two examples
Q2. According to Jimenez et al. (2015) how are social problems created in the United States?
Q3. What is the definition of social justice? Is there anything you would change or add to this definition?
Q4. Why is the profession of social work concerned with social policy?
Chapter 2:
Q1. Social policies are efforts to solve a problem, ameliorate the problem without solving it, or are efforts to _____________ the problem.
Q2. What is a "policy window"?
Q3. What are common beliefs or ideologies shared by liberals and conservatives?
Q4. What does it mean to identify as a "radical" on the political spectrum?
Q5. What are the five parts of the policy analysis framework?
Q6. What are the major social welfare policies in the United States? What do you think is missing?