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 196-216 Social Work and Social Change 2

Note

Available as 196-316 at 3rd-year level, 196-416 at 4th-year level.

Credit Points

16.7 2nd, 3rd and 4th year

Coordinator

Assoc. Professor Wendy Weeks

Prerequisites

196-215/315/415 Social Work and Social Change 1

Semester

2

Contact

One 90-minute lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

An examination of key contemporary social policy debates related to such issues as income security, work and unemployment, housing and community services and an examination of social work practice in relation to these issues.

Assessment

Written assignments of up to 5000 words or equivalent.

Prescribed Texts
  • Weeks W and Wilson J, Issues Facing Australian Families: Human Services Respond. (2nd ed.) Longman Cheshire, Melbourne, 1995.
  • Dalton, T., Draper, M., Weeks, W. & Wiseman, J, Making Social Policy in Australia. Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1996.
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