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 196-215 Social Work and Social Change 1

Note

Available as 196-315 at 3rd-year level, 196-415 at 4th-year level.

Credit Points

16.7 2nd, 3rd and 4th year

Coordinator

Assoc. Professor Wendy Weeks

Prerequisites

Selection into the Bachelor of Social Work course.

Semester

1

Contact

One 90 minute lecture and one 1 hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

This subject explores the development of social policy and community services in Australia. It includes an historical analysis of approaches to 'welfare' or well-being, and considers social work practice within the context of social inequality, as it is produced and re-produced through socio-economic class, race, ethnic and gender power relations.

Assessment

Written assignments of up to 5000 words or equivalent.

Prescribed Texts
  • Bryson, L, Welfare and the State. Macmillian, London, 1992;.
  • Wilson, J., Thomson, J. & Anthony, V. (eds), The Australian Welfare State: Key Documents and Themes. Macmillan, South Melbourne, 1996.
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