Social Policy Essays

Issue of Youth Homelessness
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: Legislative Policy Homelessness is defined as a state in which individuals have no access to regular nighttime residence. Many people become homeless for many reasons such as poverty, l...

Issues in Gun Control Debates
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: Gun Control Between 1966 and 2012, a study done by the journal of Violence and Victims reported there were 292 mass shootings worldwide; of these, nearly one-third took place in the Uni...

Issues in Planned Parenthood Funding
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Planned Parenthood partakes in illegal fetal tissue sale that violates what the current law states.This organization has been given a bad reputation since it was founded in October of 1916. Peopl...

Issues of Maternity Leave Policies in the US
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: DESCRIPTION The purpose of this memo is to discuss the issues related to the current maternity policy in USA and its effect on the lives of women in the workforce and their families. Th...

Juvenile Sentencing and Policy
Example essay. Last modified: 10th Aug 2022
Introduction: This paper will discuss the effect of the juvenile sentencing policy on involved stakeholders, the role of the courts in creating or enforcing the policy, and recommendations to change the policy....

Key Workers: Affordable Housing Challenges
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Jul 2018
Introduction: Abstract Affordable housing in London is an issue which affects many individuals and the problem of affordable housing in London is particularly of concern to poorer sectors within London and those i...

Labelling theory
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: PROSPER MOTSI 07475594 SWK 1002 Outline labelling theory and consider its usefulness in understanding youth crime and anti-social behaviour in Britain today. Labelling theory is the act of naming, the...

Labelling Theory for Understanding Youth Crime
Example essay. Last modified: 10th Jan 2018
Introduction: Outline labelling theory and consider its usefulness in understanding youth crime and anti-social behaviour in Britain today. Labelling theory claims that deviance and conformity results not so much f...

Legalization of Marijuana in the State of New Jersey
Example essay. Last modified: 5th Aug 2019
Introduction: Executive Summary This study explores the legalization of marijuana in New Jersey and the socio economic benefits, as well as medical benefits derived from marijuana.  Then the researchers ca...

Legalization of Marjiuana in Canada
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: The government of Canada passed a law making marijuana legal for both recreational and medical use on 17th October, 2018. These laws come after a long road of criminality and stigma to individua...

Long Term Consequences Of Residualisation Social Policy Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: For those in need of housing in the UK, many low-income and disadvantaged people and families have turned to the Government for assistance in the form of public housing. However, there has been any nu...

Lustration In Czech Republic And Slovakia Social Policy Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Twenty years after the Velvet Revolution resulting in the change of regime, common feeling prevailing in both, Slovakia and the Czech Republic is disillusion. According to the latest polls of STEM age...

Marketisation of Social Care
Example essay. Last modified: 14th Aug 2018
Introduction: The marketisation of social care will deliver efficient and equitable services. Discuss. Introduction Social care refers to a number of different aspects of social life including health, education, e...

Medicaid Funding Relationship with Nonprofit Organizations
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Sep 2017
Introduction: Introduction/Background Allard and Smith (2014) define legally incorporated, tax-exempt entities that provide specific services to be nonprofit social service organizations. They can help low-incom...

Meningitis Vaccine Policy in Saudi Arabia
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Aug 2018
Introduction: Meningitis Vaccine Policy During Hajj Overview of the Essay This essay looks at the meningitis vaccine policy during Hajj in Saudi Arabia, first looking at the healthcare system in Saudi Arabia, in t...

Mental Health Issues in Parents: Service Provisions
Example essay. Last modified: 13th Jul 2018
Introduction: Provide a critical evaluation of current methods of working and service user provisions in the area of parents with a mental health problem, drawing upon developing knowledge and research. Introducti...

Merthyr Vale History and Development
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: Communities developed within the post-colonial era, and the purpose of making different communities was to build a good relationship between the communities of people and the Government. This wa...

Middle Class Crisis: Economic and Social Benefits of Setting a Fixed Progressive Tax in the US
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Nov 2021
Introduction: This research seeks to explain how the US government could stabilize the decline of middle class families by establishing a fixed progressive tax....

Minimum Wage Debate in the US
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Sep 2017
Introduction: Minimum wage has been a subject of sustained and polarizing debate in the realm of U.S. labor economics right from the time the Department of Labor came into existence in 1913 (Neumark, Salas &...

Multiculturalism in Social Policy
Example essay. Last modified: 14th Aug 2018
Introduction: Introduction The 1948 British Nationality Act, granted favorable immigration rights to Citizens of Commonwealth countries (Giddens, 4th ed. 2001:264). This, along with offers of job opportunities due...

National Family Caregiver Support Act & Social Policy
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: NFCSA & background In the year 2000, the Older Americans Act (OAA), originally enacted in 1965, was amended, providing pathways of support to family caregivers of the elderly; as wel...

National ID cards in the UK: Debates For and Against
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Jul 2018
Introduction: “Introducing National ID cards in the United Kingdom.” The concept of this scheme to introduce National ID card in the UK, is so that any legal citizen of the United Kingdom should be able to con...

National minimum wage which covers the whole of south korea
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Introduction The third edition of Collins dictionary defines that the minimum wage is the lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay an employee according to a law or agreement. South Korea in...

Negative Effects of Legalizing Marijuana (weed)
Example essay. Last modified: 27th May 2021
Introduction: While many people experience a relaxing effect from smoking marijuana, there are others who experience forgetfulness, concentration problems, delayed reactions, severe anxiety, panic attacks, and can become paranoid...

Negative Impacts of Donald Trump's Wall
Example essay. Last modified: 21st Feb 2019
Introduction: The Negative Repercussions of a “Yuge” Wall in America: U.S-Mexico Border Increasing border security has been an ongoing discussion in the United States for many decades, particularly in recen...

Negative Impacts of Guns and the Importance of Gun Control
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Citizens with firearms have a sense of security especially when they carry those weapons with them. For some, it also provides a sense of safety and confidence. However, there are those who are n...

Neo-Liberals versus Social Democrats in Security and Tax
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Sep 2017
Introduction: What are the different views of neo-liberals versus social democrats with regards to social security and taxation? One of the most important features of democracy, that allows it to be such a succe...

Net Neutrality and Freedom on the Internet
Example essay. Last modified: 5th Feb 2019
Introduction: Net Neutrality: The end of internet freedom The internet has been one of the greatest technological advances ever seen in the last 40 years. It has opened the doors to many new advances in many ot...

New Labour's Immigration Policy
Example essay. Last modified: 15th Dec 2020
Introduction: A report on new labour immigration policy UK. The aim of the following report is to provide a summary and analysis of UK immigration policy under New Labour governments....

New Labour's Policy for Childcare
Example essay. Last modified: 13th Jul 2018
Introduction: Title: New Labour’s policies in relation to children and families maintain a focus upon control of family life rather than supporting families. Critically evaluate the statement with reference ...

New Public Management (NPM) in Secure Training Centres
Example essay. Last modified: 13th Jul 2018
Introduction: 1. Introduction The management and organization of the public services in the UK became an issue of intense debate and discussion in the early eighties, coming under intense pressure for large-scale ...

NHS and Community Care Act | Critiques
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Jul 2018
Introduction: “Community Care is really care by families which is really care by women; and it always will be!” Discuss Introduction When Margaret Thatcher came to power in the late 1970s one of her Go...

Obesity in the United Kingdom: 2010-2015 Policy on Obesity and Healthy Eating
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Executive Summary The objective of this assignment is threefold. First of all, it is intended to analyze the available research so as to provide assessment of the magnitude of obesity in...

Organisational Structures in Social Work
Example essay. Last modified: 13th Jul 2018
Introduction: Organisations Working Separately and Individuals Working in Isolation are no Longer an Option Introduction This paper will consider the key ideas and theories underlying organizations. In doing so th...

Parental Influence on Consumption and Abuse of Alcohol
Example essay. Last modified: 15th Sep 2017
Introduction: Douglas Scott Burton Adolescence is the years from which puberty begins in childhood to when puberty ceases in adulthood. Generally, it is divided into three stages: early adolescence which overall ...

Planning and Compulsory Act 2004 | Evaluation
Example essay. Last modified: 14th Aug 2018
Introduction: The Planning and Compulsory Act 2004 was enacted as a response to criticism of the Compulsory Purchase system in England and Wales. Identify the key issues of statute and analyse the likely reactio...

Planning Theory And Practice Social Policy Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: To say I was originally enthusiastic about the commencement of studying planning theory would be an exaggeration. I had come back into my studies having just completed a placement year in the public s...

Police Corruption Policing
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: ‘Getting results in policing is more important than how they are achieved’. Discuss this statement with reference to the notion of police ethics. Ethics is essential to policing as ethical pol...

Policies for Partnership Working in Health and Social Care
Example essay. Last modified: 13th Jul 2018
Introduction: The partnership between health and social care services policies in UK Introduction For the past decade or so, the focus within health and social services has been on improving all-round services thr...

Policy Analysis and Development: How Education Inequality Leads to Incarceration
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Problem Overview  The history of education inequality is dated back to before the Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka ruling. Prior to Brown vs Board of Ed, African Americans were...

Policy Analysis: Cannabis Legalization in the State of Florida
Example essay. Last modified: 27th May 2021
Introduction: This paper attempts to discuss and analyze the policy options and considerations on marijuana while considering existing polices on the subject to provide appropriate recommendations for Florida....

Policy Changes for Working and Single Parents
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Sep 2017
Introduction: Compare the way that successive governments have responded to the needs of working parents. Introduction This paper aims to compare the way that successive governments have responded to the needs of ...

Policy Development in the Hospitality Industry
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Aug 2018
Introduction: Introduction Standards and quality control within the hospitality industry are of critical importance, particularly within the kitchen and food safety areas of these businesses. Within this paper, th...

Policy Development to Reduce Language Barriers in Healthcare
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Policy Memorandum Abstract Policy-making processes enable organizations to not only improve upon productivity and efficiency, but to avoid breaching rules and regulations. Witho...

Policy Implications of Psychology Model of Mental Disorder
Example essay. Last modified: 13th Jul 2018
Introduction: This essay will review the article ‘Policy implications of a psychological model of mental disorder’ (Kinderman, P., Sellwood, W. and Tai, S., 2007), and discuss how this article is relev...

Policy Making as Social Values and Not Science
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Evaluating the claim of Greenhalgh and Russell that policy-making is about the negotiation of social values and not simply a rational and scientific process. Introduction Much e...

Policy of Sport Development
Example essay. Last modified: 10th Jan 2018
Introduction: In this essay the writer is going to attempt to explore the policy of sport development and physical activities. The writer is going to discuss the policy in depth, why the policy was made, what was i...

Policy on Refugees and Integration in Costa Rica
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Jul 2018
Introduction: COSTA RICAN GOVERNMENT POLICY ON REFUGEE AID AND INTEGRATION INTRODUCTION: THE AMBIGUOUS STATUS OF THE REFUGEE AND COSTA RICA The problem of the refugee originates as a peculiarly twentieth century p...

Politics and Social Policy in Australia
Example essay. Last modified: 10th Jan 2018
Introduction: Social policy are the guidelines used for the changing, maintenance or the creation of living conditions that are perceived to be conducive to the welfare of human beings or people. This is what makes...

Poverty and Social Exclusion
Example essay. Last modified: 13th Jul 2017
Introduction: Poverty Social Exclusion Is social exclusion just a new term for poverty? Discuss. This essay will begin by defining the key terminologies used within the main text, beginning with the two definitions...

President Clinton Was Accused by Critics of ‘foreign Policy Incompetence’. How Accurate Is This Charge?
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Introduction Bill Clinton was the first exclusively post- Cold War president, committed just sporadic concern to foreign policy issues. While he was more concerned about the global econo...

Privatization of the NHS: Staff and Patient Views
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Jul 2018
Introduction: Staff and Patients Perception on the Government’s Proposal of the Part Privatization of the NHS Anne Cook 1. Abstract The National Health System (NHS) provides medical care, generally free at the...

Pro-Natal Policies Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Dec 2017
Introduction: Pro-Natal Policies in Norway Background Norway’s average fertility rate over the past 10 years is about 1.9, compared to Singapore’s average of 1.25 over the same period (The World Bank, 2014). F...

Problems in Defining Poverty
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Jul 2018
Introduction: Title: Relief of poverty “is widely perceived to be the central aim of the social security system. With poverty itself being such a complex phenomenon, it is hardly surprising that differing ap...

Processes of Policy Making
Example essay. Last modified: 22nd Nov 2017
Introduction: Cherry Amor B. Dawal   Policy making process: In running a healthcare organization it is very important to have a well comprehensive written policies, by way of making a policy it has to undergo s...

Program for Bullying Awareness
Example essay. Last modified: 15th Sep 2017
Introduction: Dominique Bibbs Proposal Introduction Young Scholars with Voices (YSWV) is a non-profit organization founded in 2012 to prevent and raise the awareness of bullying amongst adolescent youth. YSWV pro...

Prohibtition of Alcohol in Gujarat
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Jul 2018
Introduction: LESLIE DO REGO FYBA B. SECTION 1: Gujarat has a sumptuary law in force that proscribes the manufacture, storage, sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages. Prohibition has been in place ever sinc...

Proposal for HIV/AIDS Awareness Project
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Jul 2018
Introduction: PROPOSAL FOR SETTING UP A HIV/AIDS AWARENESS PROGRAMME FOR SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN IN THE KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE Table of Contents (Jump to) 1. Service and Market Assessment The HIV/AIDS Pandemic So...

Proposal for Youth Teamwork Project
Example essay. Last modified: 13th Jul 2018
Introduction: Leicester co-operative project Introduction The intention within this report is to present a proposal for a business project that will assist in addressing the socio-economic needs of the multi-cultu...

Proposal to De-criminalise Recreational Cannabis Use in Australia
Example essay. Last modified: 22nd Feb 2019
Introduction: In Australia there is a metaphorical ‘war on drugs’ that has failed comprehensively and as a result there is an ever-increasing level of support for the movement for drug reform.[1] There are a p...

Public Awareness Campaign Review: Homelessnesss
Example essay. Last modified: 28th Mar 2018
Introduction: Obispo, Stacey L.   In 2011, there were 46.2 million individuals in the United States that were living in poverty (National Coalition for the Homeless, 2014). The majority of these individuals are...

Public Housing Policy in the USA
Example essay. Last modified: 4th Oct 2017
Introduction: Public Housing Public housing, introduced at federal level in 1937, provides for low-cost housing through public financing by means of publicly owned and managed multi-family developments. Several ci...

Public Office And Private Lives Social Policy Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: The development of the media and high speed information exchange brings private lives of public officials to public discussion......

Regeneration Schemes in Detroit Michigan
Example essay. Last modified: 1st May 2018
Introduction: As a result of increased mobility, cities are constantly changing. People move in from towns and rural areas and become concentrated in urban ones and then the pattern reverses and the move is from th...

Relation Between Social and Economic Development
Example essay. Last modified: 3rd Aug 2018
Introduction: Introduction Social scientists for the financial management has been the major crucial aspect to achieve goal of both social and economic development. Some of the debates regarding the role of social...

Relations Between EU and BRIC Countries Social Policy Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: BRIC, is an acronym apparent first used in Goldman Sachs investment bank by Jim O’Neill in 2001. It contains four largest and fastest growing emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India and Ch...

Relationship between Law, Policy and Public Health
Example essay. Last modified: 27th May 2021
Introduction: Understanding what law and policy does for public health is very important. Public health intervention is very important. It is very important for the public health professional to make an assessment of the population, so that a well-defined intervention can be tailored to fit that specific target population....

Relationship Between Welfare Policy and Healthcare in the UK
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Jul 2018
Introduction: I – Health and Public Policy Introduction: Social Policy is public policy that relates to health, employment, poverty, education and welfare issues and focuses on social services and welfare st...

Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2019
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2019 Abstract Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer death in the US. Screening through use of colonoscopy ...

Report on Modernising Social Services
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Jul 2018
Introduction: Introduction The “Modernising Social Services” report (Secretary of State for Health 1998) concerns New Labour’s policy for improving social services that emphasises the important role this pla...

Residual welfare model in Hong Kong
Example essay. Last modified: 28th Feb 2017
Introduction: Residual view of social welfare Social welfare is a significant issue in a society. The social issues let us know which welfare should provide and to what extent the welfare can be provided. In fact,...

Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act
Example essay. Last modified: 3rd Aug 2018
Introduction: Erica D’Souza The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act: Impediments of Implementation Introduction to the Subject: The present paper basically focuses on the problems and imped...

Role of Institutions in Policy Making
Example essay. Last modified: 13th Jul 2018
Introduction: INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of institutions in influencing policy outcomes. First part of the paper provides a brief introduction to the study of institutions in pol...

Role of Institutions in Social Policy
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Jul 2018
Introduction: Explore with examples the role of institutions in influencing policy outcomes. The following will discuss the role that institutions can or may have in influencing public policy outcomes, and where r...

School Shootings Annotated Bibliography
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: The United States has experienced more school shootings between 2009 and 2018 than multiple other countries combined.  Kids all over the country have been in situations with guns in their sc...

School Shootings in Atlanta: Causes and Solutions
Example essay. Last modified: 5th Feb 2019
Introduction: Gun violence and gun control have become a highlighted issue within the United States. In recent years there has been a vast increase in young adults engaging in gun violence, or being caught up in s...

Science Empiricism Rationalism
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: The term 'social science' is a misnomer which masks the necessarily different epistemic methods and...

Scotland and England's Homeless Legislation Comparison
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jun 2023
Introduction: This report has been prepared at the request of Stevenage Haven board members. It will outline the changes within Homelessness legislation whilst also charting the comparisons with Scotland’s legislation. Housing in Context     Introduction This report has been prepared at the request of Stevenage Haven board members....

Service brokerage: Learning disability services
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Apr 2017
Introduction: Service Brokerage “Explore the role of models of commissioning such as service brokerage and direct payments in the provision of services for people with a learning difficulty/disability” ...

Service Provisions for the Homeless in Britain
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Jul 2018
Introduction: Social welfare, democracy and government Set out below is an evaluation of how social welfare, democracy, and government relates to the issue of service provision to avert or solve homelessness in Br...

Should Governments Regulate Encryption?
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Nov 2021
Introduction: This report will analyse if governmental regulation of encryption is worth the violations of privacy. Specifically, this paper will compare the pros and cons of regulating encryption which can violate citizen’s privacy or assist in seizing criminals....

Should Jobs Be Reserved For Women?
Example essay. Last modified: 10th Jan 2018
Introduction: Most of the high level jobs are done by man, should government encourage a certain percentage of these jobs to be reserved for women ? Most of the high level jobs are done by men, I am not totally agr...

Should Sports Betting Be Legalized in the US?
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Sports Betting in America  Within the past five years, the sports market in the United States has risen to over ten billion dollars and accumulating for a total of more than seventy...

Should the Legal Drinking Age in the US be Lowered?
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: “Why the legal drinking age should never be lowered to eighteen”  “It is critical that parents, teachers, and mentors educate the youth about underage drinking well in advance...

Should the State or Federal Government Put Laws into Place to Prevent Bullying?
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Today, bullying is one of many issues people face everyday, it affects the lives of many and damages people emotionally and physically as well. According to the “Do Something article”, it sho...

Should the US Legal Drinking Age Change?
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Jul 2019
Introduction: Underage drinking is a big problem today in America and is only getting worse. According to the CDC, “excessive drinking is responsible for more than 4,300 deaths among underage youth each year.”...

Social Care Practice Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jun 2020
Introduction: An Investigation of Principles, Care Strategies and Theories Related to Social Care Practice Part One This section provides a summative assessment of the principles, care strategies and theories that ...

Social Enterprises for Community Development
Example essay. Last modified: 13th Jul 2018
Introduction: Provide an account of the history of the emergence of social enterprise and community development in the U.K. Social enterprise is a social mission driven organisation which essentially trades in the...

Social Exclusion's Relationship With Poverty
Example essay. Last modified: 14th Aug 2018
Introduction: Is The Term ‘Social Exclusion’ Just A New Euphemism For Poverty? Introduction In some quarters the terms social exclusion and poverty are used almost interchangeably. This has led some wr...

Social Housing Provision Changes Since 1980
Example essay. Last modified: 12th Sep 2024
Introduction: Did the Housing Act of 1980, which granted tenants the “right to buy” council property, along with other housing policy geared towards a neo-liberal attitude to economics...

Social Influences on Conformity
Example essay. Last modified: 10th Jan 2018
Introduction: I would like to write an essay on social influence conformity and how it is exhibited in society. I want to use one real-life example in my essay, which will help to understand discussed question with...

Social mobility
Example essay. Last modified: 26th Jun 2015
Introduction: What is social mobility? Drawing on different perspectives, assess the impact of the education system on opportunities and life chances on the basis of social class. What implications does this have f...

Social Policy Essay: What is Social Policy?
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: What is social policy? Social Policy Social Policy refers to the development of welfare, social administration and policies of the government used for social protection. Social policy is related to th...

Social Policy Essays - Cyber Security Information
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Cyber Security Information The Effectiveness of US Cyber Security The inevitable and continuous advancement in technology brings the terror of cyber dilemma. There are many risks that involved the...

Social Policy Essays - New Deal Policy
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Labour’s New Deal policy is a strategy to assist many people to obtain vocational skills and find employment. Following an overview of British Welfare Ideology history, the specific attributes o...

Social Policy Essays - Social Policy For Sex Offenders
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Social Policy For Sex Offenders Children’s protection and safety has become a prominent legislative issue of the 90s and for the millennium. It appears that more and more legislation will continue...

Social Policy Essays - Structural Consensus
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Welfare, the Individual, and Inequalities: A Structural Consensus Evaluation Using the two competing welfare ideologies of conservatism and marxism,and their different assumptions concerning the ̵...

Social Policy: Descriptive and Analytical
Example essay. Last modified: 15th Sep 2017
Introduction: Social policy as an academic subject is both descriptive and analytical. Discuss drawing on at least three academic references. In this essay the author will define social policy as an academic subjec...

Social Problem & Policy Assessment Paper: Homelessness in The Veteran Population
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Introduction According to the Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW), homelessness is among the twelve challenges listed in the “Grand Challenges for Social Work” (AASWSW...

Social Problem and Policies of Affordable Housing
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Affordable Housing Social Problem The United States has been struggling for years to combat the issue of affordable housing. Affordable housing is defined as “housing for whi...

Social Problem and Policy Analysis of Poverty
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Final Policy Analysis Topic: Poverty Introduction  As Nelson Mandela once said “As long as. Poverty, injustice, and gross inequality persist in our world, none o...

Social Problem and Policy Assessment Paper on Opioid Addiction
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Determining a social problem to zero in on is no easy task. Currently, the news is focusing in healthcare, women’s rights, gay rights, and police brutality. These issues hit home for several in...

Social Problems in the UK | Analysing the British Welfare State
Example essay. Last modified: 12th Jun 2017
Introduction: IS THE BRITISH WELFARE STATE RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL PROBLEMS? Introduction The idea of a welfare state can be taken to have different meaning depending on the way it is applied...

Sport and Physical Activity in Social Exclusion Policy
Example essay. Last modified: 14th Aug 2018
Introduction: Critically assess the contribution that sport and physical activity can make in meeting social policy objectives around social exclusion   Introduction This report seeks to assess the contributio...

Stakeholders Involved in Decision Making
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Jul 2018
Introduction: Mitchelle Malijan     In every policy making process, the elements involved, and the most engaged people are those who are on the higher ranks of the organisational chart, such as the board of di...

Stamp Duty: Policy Evaluation
Example essay. Last modified: 13th Jul 2018
Introduction: EXAMINING STAMP DUTY: AN IDEAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE MACHINE AND A BURDEN TO BRITISH CITIZENS Stamp duty can be a costly part of any number of common transactions in Britain – from buying a home to in...

Strategic Plan for Florida Department of Correction
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: The agency that this paper is focused on is the Florida Department of Corrections this agency is charged with the management, protection, custodianship, as well as authority over the close to 100...

Strategies for Addressing Inadequate Housing
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: The environment of one’s residence has probably the most significant impact on their satisfaction, behavior, and health since people spend most of their time at their homes. Decent housing ...

Strategies for Policy Formation
Example essay. Last modified: 29th Nov 2017
Introduction: Loui Rhey C. Irang   Problem Identification In order to truly understand the development of the policy, problem should be identified. In the setting of policy analysis, the idea of problem defin...

Strategies for Preventing Youth Homelessness
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Youth Homelessness Youth Homelessness is described as a condition and experience of young people who are between the age of 13-24 and are living without their parents or caregivers but a...

Strategies to Reduce Police Brutality
Example essay. Last modified: 6th Aug 2019
Introduction: Police officers were once called peacekeepers however now they seem to be nothing more than law enforcement officers. More and more people are becoming victims of police brutality which is unethical ...

Sugar Tax in New Zealand
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: 3.2 socio-scientific issue: Sugar Tax in New Zealand Introduction: ‘A sugary drink tax or soda tax is a tax or surcharge designed to reduce consumption of drinks with added sugar....

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Jul 2021
Introduction: here is a wide variety of public assistance programs available for people in the U.S. Citizens and non-citizens, can directly apply online for government support, also known as welfare. Two commonly used supplemental nutrition programs used by people with low-income are WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) and Food Stamps, also known as Snap (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). ...

Sustainable Development And Its Definitions
Example essay. Last modified: 11th May 2017
Introduction: Sustainable development was defined by (Brundtland, 1987) as a development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own need. Economist...

Sustainable Development Housing
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Apr 2017
Introduction: Course title- Sustainable urban development and transport Essay title- Sustainable Housing “within the context of present day housing provision, Finance and economic factors in the UK” Hous...

T.H. Marshall's Theory of Citizenship
Example essay. Last modified: 28th Feb 2017
Introduction: Critically discuss T. H. Marshall’s theory of citizenship as outlined in Citizenship and Social Class (1949/1992). At the centre of the development of citizenship in modern Britain is the pioneerin...

Teenage Violent Crime Rates in the US
Example essay. Last modified: 15th Sep 2017
Introduction: Erica Goncalves What do teenagers do after school? Research states that “1 in 5 children in the United States are unsupervised after school”. This leads to teen violence. Teen violence a...

Terrorism Policy in the US
Example essay. Last modified: 25th Mar 2019
Introduction: The transformation of terrorism shifted around September 11th, 2001, when the United States was attacked by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda, and has been embroiled in asystematic warfare in the ...

The Affordable Care Act: History and Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 22nd Mar 2019
Introduction: The Affordable Care Act – ACA A public policy that expressed shared responsibility successfully changed health insurance in the United States.  A reform that covered the entire insurance market...

The Ageing Population in Mauritius
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Feb 2017
Introduction: Discussions Impact of aging population in Mauritius The first objective of this study aims to provide a thorough understanding of the actual impacts of aging population in Mauritius. Si...

The American Welfare System; a Failed Policy
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: For two decades, the United States (U.S.) has exemplified a country that is both focused on maintaining an independent society and providing financial assistance for those in need. In 1992, Bill ...

The Beveridge Report of 1942: Aims and Impact
Example essay. Last modified: 14th Aug 2018
Introduction: (The Making of the Welfare State, 1942 – 1951) Examine the extent to which the AIMS of the Beveridge Report of 1942 had been achieved by 1951. From the Cradle to the Grave In 1941 the wartime c...

The Changing Face Of Youth Transitions Social Policy Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Whether a young person is from a richer or poorer family may determine the age and the level of difficulty of going from a young person to an adult. The definition of youth transition seems vague. It ...

The Community Facilities Provision
Example essay. Last modified: 10th Jan 2018
Introduction: CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Preface Community facilities is the important element in one neighbourhood area because this kind of facilities is the place where the resident used to reach their living ne...

The Controversy over the ‘Medical Assistance in Dying’ Legislation
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: The true societal cost of medical assistance in dying (MAD) may be the degradation of the value of the lives of our most vulnerable. Medically assisted dying is very controversial and has been de...

The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933: Ethics and Law in Business and Society
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction:   Introduction The purpose of this policy paper is to understand the history behind the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 and evaluate its main purpose towards society. ...

The influence of modern technology on Society
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: 1. Introduction While technology is often described as the most important influence upon society (ref), it remains a subject which deserves further study. This situation is generally accepted, w...

The Labour Party and New Labour
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Jun 2017
Introduction: The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the left in Britain. Its formation was the res...

The poverty trap
Example essay. Last modified: 28th Feb 2017
Introduction: SHORT ESSAY Topic: Getting households out of the poverty trap requires a greater focus on the “demand” side rather than the “supply” side. Introduction Despite the substantial amount of resea...

The Primary Socialization Phase Social Policy Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Primary socialization could be more important than secondary socialization as the primary socialization phase is the basic step that an individual takes to enter into society. Socialization has been d...

The U.S Government’s Role in Consumer Data Protection
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: With modern technology and new data algorithms being created, many data privacy concerns have also been raised. Consumers are the biggest stakeholders when it comes to sharing data in exchange fo...

The United States and European Union Refugee Policies
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: The United States and European Union Refugee Policies and their Responses to the Worldwide Refugee Crisis 1. General Introduction Each day individuals worldwide are forced to ma...

The United States Death Tax
Example essay. Last modified: 12th Feb 2025
Introduction: A submission of a sample essay from a social policy student about The United States Death Tax. Search UKessays.com for expert-led academic writing services on subjects like social policy....

The Violence Against Women Act V. The NRA
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction:  In 1994 President Bill Clinton signed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) into law in hopes of protecting victims of domestic abuse (Lynch). Originally introduced as part of the Violent C...

Theory of Change for Women's Community Support Group
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Sep 2017
Introduction: Describe the program logic Explain logic of change ( theory of change) that underpins it Who are we aiming to support and why-the target group This program is aimed at supporting a group of young wo...

Title X: The Nation’s Program for Affordable Birth Control and Reproductive Health Care
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: For more than 40 years, Title X family planning clinics have played a critical role in ensuring access to a broad range of family planning and related preventive health services for low-income, u...

To What Extent Does the Welfare State of 2018 Resemble Beveridge’s Original Vision?
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: The welfare state – defined as a system whereby a nation supports its citizens’ health and well-being, particularly those who are socially or financially vulnerable – originates from we...

Trade-centred Approaches to Poverty Reduction
Example essay. Last modified: 10th Jan 2018
Introduction: Question: In the context of the current race to meet the MDG goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2015, what advantages and disadvantages does the global community face in advancing trade-centred ap...

Transportation Policy and Regulations
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Transportation Policy and Regulations Transportation has always been a key component of our economy. “Throughout history, the United States has attempted to create policies and establi...

Trump Administration and Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
Example essay. Last modified: 16th May 2019
Introduction: Trump’s Controversial and Continuous Fight to End TPS The United States has allowed the entry of more than 3.2 million refugees since 1975. These refugees serve as a living reminder that immigra...

Ugandan Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Jul 2018
Introduction: A social analysis of the current Ugandan poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP), known as the poverty eradication action plan (PEAP, 2004/5-2007/8) Introduction Uganda, with the help of a number of ...

UK Alcohol Prevention Programs in Schools: Critique
Example essay. Last modified: 14th Aug 2018
Introduction: A critique of a particular method of prevention or intervention with reference to alcohol Drug and alcohol abuse is a major concern for governments in most Western countries. Each year significant am...

UK Housing Shortage Strategies
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Jul 2018
Introduction: What Can the Government Do to Solve the Housing Shortage in the UK? Abstract The price of homes in the United Kingdom has doubled over the past ten years and house building is at the lowest level si...

UK Legislation on Maritime Cultural Heritage
Example essay. Last modified: 14th Aug 2018
Introduction: How does current UK legislation define and value maritime Cultural heritage? Abstract The paper investigates UK maritime law with regards to its definition of maritime cultural heritage and the value...

UK Policies to Prevent Online Spam
Example essay. Last modified: 13th Jul 2018
Introduction: “Spam is one of the most significant challenges facing the Internet today. Its rapid growth threatens the convenience and efficiency of electronic messages and undermines user confidence online mor...

Ultimate Poverty Reduction Strategy Social Policy Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: A dynamic, growing global economy is the ultimate poverty reduction strategy” (Colin Powell, July 2001). Discuss this assertion in the light of economic development in “India” and by...

Underclass Exclusion Unemployment
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Critically consider liberal accounts of the ‘underclass’. To what extent is a focus on cultural characteristics useful in aiding our understanding of social exclusion. Use of the term social e...

Urban Structure in a Global Society
Example essay. Last modified: 27th Jul 2021
Introduction: How should a modern, globalized society adapt its urban structure? A comparison of four texts....

US Crime and Legislation in the 1990s
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Jenna Hammerslag GOVT 6316: Case Study 01/09/19 In the country of your choice, pick any issue which got onto the government’s agenda (at national or sub-national leve...

Vigilant and vigilante
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Civil policing arrangements aim at restoring justice within the society through the use of social justice structures. Capehart and Milovanovic suggest that the restoration of justice requires the rel...

Was PURPA Beneficial to the US Electric Power System?
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Was PURPA beneficial to the US electric power system? PURPA (The Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act) enacted in 1978 as a part of National Energy Act, had a revolutionizing impact on...

Welfare State and Social Policies in Britain
Example essay. Last modified: 13th Jul 2018
Introduction: What are the essential characteristics of ‘conservative’ welfare states? Given that welfare states are normally associated with left of centre governments, and the supposed hostility of conservat...

Welfare State Development in the UK
Example essay. Last modified: 10th Jan 2018
Introduction: Modern welfare state development is generally considered to lead to social security or benefits payments, social housing provision, health provision, social work and educational services. Together the...

Welfare To Work Programmes
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2017
Introduction: Welfare to work programmes have been used by governments since the 1980’s to articulate a desire to replace passive support for unemployment and active measures to help encourage people to g...

What Age Should Marriage be Allowed?
Example essay. Last modified: 31st May 2017
Introduction: People should be allowed to get married only after age of 30 Marriage is one of the most important systems which keep the continuation of the social unity through marriage between a man and a women...

What Is Social Policy?
Example essay. Last modified: 10th Jan 2018
Introduction: Essay Topic: What is social policy and why is it controversial? Write an essay in which you explore the topic of social policy giving consideration to differing theoretical debates, positions and arg...

Whistle Blowing Theory And Whistleblowers Protection
Example essay. Last modified: 5th May 2017
Introduction: The aim of this paper is to present the theory of whistleblowers protection, analyze the mechanisms for protection that surrounds it and draw out recommended whistle-blowing protection for Republic of...

Whole Community: A Government-centric Approach for Emergency Preparedness
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Introduction The inevitability of change has become the one constant of modern community life (Plodinec, Edwards, & White, 2014). Some changes can be anticipated such as natural disa...

Why Feminine Hygiene Products Should be a Human Right, Not a Luxury.
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Sep 2019
Introduction: Why Feminine Hygiene Products Should be a Human Right, Not a Luxury. The last time you walked into a public restroom or bathroom at school or work, how much did you pay for the toilet p...

Why Gun Control Is a Priority
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: “He had a red spot on his stomach, and he was lying on his back, not moving,” Mr. Vorhies, 37, a senior software engineer at YouTube, said in an interview that he had been sitting at his desk...

Why is Ethical Considerations Important in a Social Research? Illustrate your answer with examples from real research.
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Feb 2017
Introduction: In this assignment I will attempt to define ethics and explore its significance when conducting social research. Firstly I will present many different views of ethics in social research by analyzin...

Working Together to Safeguard Children | Policy Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 13th Jul 2018
Introduction: This paper will consider the impact of the “Working Together To Safeguard Children” child protection policy on the clinical practice of the nursing profession in a general community clinic. The c...

Would Universal Basic Income Reduce Inequality?
Example essay. Last modified: 13th Jul 2018
Introduction: Could a universal basic income build the base of a fair society? In a world in which the rich are growing wealthier and the poor poorer, lower job security levels and technological advances, income i...

Youth Justice Policy in the UK
Example essay. Last modified: 16th May 2017
Introduction: Youth Justice Policy In order to evaluate why developments in youth justice policy and practice since 1997 are a cause for celebration and concern, the ideological motivations and the wider social and...

Youth Mental Health Issues Facing Australians - Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 12th Apr 2017
Introduction: Introduction: the problem Mental and substance use disorders are among the most important health issues facing Australians. They are a key health issue for young people in their teenage years and...

Youth Violence Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 13th Jul 2017
Introduction: Youth violence is increasing and quickly becoming one of the major concerns in American today. Frequent youth violence can be found at schoolyard, at home, outside, and everywhere in the community. Wh...