social policy

(noun)

Social policy primarily refers to guidelines, principles, legislation, and activities that affect the living conditions conducive to human welfare.

Related Terms

Examples of social policy in the following topics:

  • Social Regulation

    • Social policy refers to guidelines, principles, legislation and activities that affect the living conditions conducive to human welfare.
    • The Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy at Harvard University describes it as "public policy and practice in the areas of health care, human services, criminal justice, inequality, education, and labor. "
    • Social policy aims to improve human welfare and to meet human needs for education, health, housing and social security.
    • Important areas of social policy are the welfare state, social security, unemployment insurance, environmental policy, pensions, health care, social housing, social care, child protection, social exclusion, education policy, crime, and criminal justice.
    • The term 'social policy' can also refer to policies which govern human behavior.

  • Minorities, Women, and Children

    • Minorities, women, and children are often the target of specific social policies.
    • Minorities, women, and children are often the target of specific social policies.
    • In the social sciences, the term minority is used to refer to categories of persons who hold few positions of social power .
    • One major, particularly controversial policy targeting minority groups is affirmative action.
    • Discuss government social policy toward minorities, women and children in the United States

  • The Elderly

    • There are several social policy challenges relating to the elderly, who are generally over the age of 65 and have retired from their jobs.
    • Within the United States, senior citizens are at the center of several social policy issues, most prominently Social Security and Medicare.
    • Social security is a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability, and survivors' benefits.
    • The Social Security Administration was set up in 1935 as part of President Franklin D.
    • Roosevelt's "New Deal. " Social Security is currently the largest social welfare program in the United States, constituting 37% of government expenditure and 7% of GDP.

  • Policy Adoption

    • Policy adoption is the third phase of the policy process in which policies are adopted by government bodies for future implementation.
    • The media can also play a key role in policy adoption.
    • Bush administration's proposals to change Social Security.
    • Once the relevant government bodies adopt policies, they move into the next phase of the policy process, policy implementation.
    • Bush's plan for Social Security prevented policy adoption.

  • Income Security Policy and Policy Making

    • Income security policy is designed to provide a population with income at times when they are unable to care for themselves.
    • Income Security Policy is usually applied through various programs designed to provide a population with income at times when they are unable to care for themselves.
    • While assistance is often in the form of financial payments, those eligible for social welfare can usually access health and educational services free of charge.
    • The amount of support is enough to cover basic needs and eligibility is often subject to a comprehensive and complex assessment of an applicant's social and financial situation.
    • Some schemes are based on the discretion of an official, such as a social worker.

  • Coordinating and Promoting Party Policy

    • Democratic and Republican National Committees help coordinate and promote party policies but do not organize the creation of policies.
    • The Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Republican National Committee (RNC) help to coordinate and promote party policies, although they are not the central organizations that develop these policies.
    • While the planks of platforms do not all necessarily become policies, they can lead to highly politicized debates between parties that become party policy stances.
    • The DNC and RNC promote party policy in a variety of ways through the mass media.
    • Parties also take advantage of more modern social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

  • Cohesiveness

    • Advocacy groups that form along ideological, ethnic, or foreign policy objectives tend to have higher levels of internal cohesion.
    • In the social sciences a social group has been defined as two or more humans who interact with one another, share similar characteristics, and collectively have a sense of unity.
    • Advocacy groups use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion and/or policy; they have played and continue to play an important part in the development of political and social systems.
    • Groups use varied methods to try to achieve their aims including lobbying, media campaigns, publicity stunts, polls, research, and policy briefings.
    • For the social psychologist, the level of analysis is the individual in the context of a social situation.

  • Major Life and Political Events

    • Parents appear to be a primary source of political socialization and partisanship.
    • Social groups are another source of partisanship.
    • Additionally, theorists suggested that older voters favored certain policy preferences (such as strong government pensions and old-age health insurance) which led them to favor one party over another.
    • Important childhood events, such as becoming aware of a presidential campaign, as well as events in adulthood (such as recessions, war, or shifting racial policies) could also affect one's level of partisanship.
    • Explain how parents, social groups and major life events are sources for political socialization

  • Conservatism

    • Conservatism is a social and political philosophy that supports retaining traditional social institutions and has many modern variations.
    • Liberal conservatism is a variant of conservatism that combines conservative values and policies with classical liberal stances.
    • As such, national conservatives can be distinguished from economic conservatives, for whom free market economic policies, deregulation, and fiscal conservatism are the main priorities.
    • A social conservative wants to preserve traditional morality and social mores, often through civil law or regulation.
    • Social change is generally regarded as suspect.

  • Making Policy

    • The actual development and implementation of policies are under the purview of different bureaucratic institutions.
    • However, the actual development and implementation of policies are under the purview of different bureaucratic institutions mainly comprised cabinet departments, independent executive agencies, government corporations, and regulatory agencies.
    • The best known include the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Social Security Administration (SSA).
    • Differentiate between cabinet departments, independent executive agencies, government corporation, and regulatory agencies in making policy