Social policy

Katarina H. Thoren is a University Adjunct at the School of Health Sciences and Social Work Vaxjo University in Sweden. She is also a PhD Candidate in social work at the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago. Her main research interest includes comparative welfare state policy, activation and labour market policy, social assistance policy and programmes and the implementation and organisational practices of social policy. She is a member of the RAPSE (Research Group on Activation Policy and Social Exclusion) at Vaxjo University. 

G. Slapper (1993) Corporate Manslaughter An Examination of the Determinants of Prosecutorial Policy, Social Legal Studies, 2/4 423-443. 

Ward, V., House, A. and Hamer, S. (2011). Exploring knowledge exchange A useful framework for practice and policy. Social Science Medicine, pp. 1-8. 

Social policy in general and social protection and safety nets in particular are critical in reducing poverty and deprivation. The relationship between social policy, social protection, and safety nets is illustrated in figure 2.1, and their respective roles are delineated below. 

An adequate social protection system is an important element of any comprehensive strategy to reduce poverty and vulnerability. Social protection systems include the set of public interventions aimed at supporting the poorer and more vulnerable members of society, as well as helping individuals, families and communities to improve their risk administration (Holzmann and Jorgensen 2001). This set of interventions includes social insurance, labor market policies, social funds, social services, and safety net (social assistance) programs. 

Mont, Daniel. 2004. Disability Employment Policy. Social Protection Discussion Paper 0413. Washington, DC World Bank. 

In current usage, the word "petroleum" has attained an almost magical meaning due to its importance to several aspects of modem life, influencing economic, policy, social factors. The price of petroleum is an important factor which will affect the character, rate and terms of future societal development. 

Thrupp, M. and Tomlinson, S. (2005) Education policy, social justice and complex hope . British Educational Research Journal, 31(5), 549-56. 

Binding occupational exposure limit values reflect feasibility factors related to social acceptability. When the results of environmental monitoring have to be compared with OELs, factors that influence exposure and that entail preventive policies are considered. For these values member states shall establish a corresponding national binding occupational exposure limit value based on but not exceeding the community limit value. That is, a binding limit means a minimum requirement. 

Social policy - how the organization will interface with society... 

SOCIAL ETHICS AND ENERGY POLICY PRESENT GENERATIONS... 

Nowhere is this concern with individual rights more crucial than in questions concerning the justice of energy policy. Distributive justice demands that the benefits and burdens of energy policy be distributed in ways that respect the equal dignity and worth of every individual. A prims facie violation of justice occurs when social benefits and burdens are distributed unequally. Particularly troubling inequalities occur when the benefits of policy go to the powerful and wealthy, while the burdens are distributed primarily among the poor and less powerful. 

Consider, as an example, the logic of a policy decision to build and locate an electric generating plant or oil refinery. Economic considerations such as the availability of ample and inexpensive land, and social considerations such as zoning regulations and political influence, would play a major role m such a decision. In practice, this makes it more likely that plants and refineries, as well as waste sites and other locally undesirable land uses, will be located in poorer communities whose population is often largely people of color. 

For the freshmen and sophomores, the Seminar appears to be the first classroom opportunity to study scientific aspects of a changing global environment in relation to social and humanistic issues and to link these to current public policy discussions reported in the press. Class members have recommended that multidisciplinary global change instruction be made a requirement for all college... 

In the near future new drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer s disease are expected to be licensed, and it would be extremely valuable to be able to compare them in a clear and well-defined framework. In addition, if economic evaluation is to inform health and social care providers and policy-makers about the potential impact of new interventions in practice, estimation of the value for money of these new interventions requires consideration of (a) the perceived and objective risks and benefits of care (b) attitudes of people with... 

Institute of Psychiatry, Kinffs CoUeyy Ijmdon and Professor of Social Policy at tin London Scisoot ofEconomia and Political Science London, UK... 

Martin Knapp is Professor of Health Economics and Director of the Centre for the Economics of Mental Health at the Institute of Psychiatry, and Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. Much of his work focuses on the economic aspects of mental health services and health policy. He is also actively involved in work looking at economic aspects of long-term care for older people. 

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