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North, South, East, West: Comparative Social Policy

Postgraduate | MAQ-SOCX811 | 2019

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Head to East Asia, Africa and Latin America to analyse welfare frameworks. Explore the motivations behind various governments’ approaches to their social policies.Interrogate social policy experiments that have taken place around the world.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
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North, South, East, West: Comparative Social Policy

About this subject

  • At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

    1. explain interdisciplinary approaches and frameworks for the study of comparative social policy
    2. compare and contrast social policy designs from around the world
    3. understand key processes involved in social policy development
    4. situate developments in Australian social policy internationally
    5. further develop vocational and research skills
    6. discuss and present relevant research findings
    7. communicate policy information and social research in a discussion paper.

Entry requirements

To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.

Others

Admission to Master of Policy and Applied Social Research

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
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