Social work policy and practice (Organization, community and society)

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Politics, rationalism, and social welfare.
    Government and social welfare.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Defining poverty: where to begin?
    Preventing poverty: the social insurance programs.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Helping the -deserving poor-: aged, blind, and disabled.
    Ending welfare as we knew it: temporary assistance for needy families.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Fighting hunger: nutrition policy and programs in the
    Improving health care: treating the nation's ills.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Changing paradigms in the poverty wars: victories, defeats, and stalemates.
    Providing social services: help for children, the elderly, and people with mental illness.
    Challenging social welfare: racism and sexism.
    Implementing and evaluating social welfare policy: what happens after a law is passed.