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Question 1. Reisch (2014/17) argues that social policy can be divided into three categories: social welfare policy, fiscal welfare policy, and occupational welfare policy.

a. Briefly describe the three categories of social policy - providing an example of each.

b. Explain how such a categorization can be seen as, in the words of Richard Timuss, "social division of welfare."

Question 2. Blau (2014/17) argues that there are five significant features of the contemporary U.S. economy that provide the context for social policy.

a. Briefly describe each.

b. Describe how at least one of these features of the U.S. economy (or one of the others discussed in class) shapes the policy milieu of your practice of social work and/or your clients' lives.'

Question 3. Blau (2014/17) articulates "Three Conservative Myths about Social Welfare and the Economy." Discuss one - summarizing Blau's argument for why it is a myth. If you disagree with Blau, say why you do and provide evidence for your view. If you agree, say why it is important to understand and debunk the myth.

Question 4. Blau (2014/17) and Schiele (2014/17) argue that social policies and programs not only provide basic necessities to marginalized people and communities, but also serve to regulate both the economy and the lives of people of color in ways that promote the dominant paradigm. Choose a sector of the economy - e.g., housing, food, health care and describe how social welfare programs/policies (a) boost profits in that sector and (b) regulate the lives of people of color? (You might also find that Coates [2014] and Willse [2010] have useful contributions to this subject.)

Question 5. Reisch (2014/17) and Warde (2017) identify key features of the Elizabethan Poor Laws and those that followed in the early United States (e.g., reforms articulated in the Report of the Committee on Pauper Laws). Articulate briefly five of these features and how their remnants can be seen in current social welfare policy.

Question 6. Roll (2014/17) articulates various social changes that led to changes both in women's relationship to the economy and in societal view of gender roles. Discuss the relationship you see among two or more of these changes - or how Roll's analysis is lacking.

Question 7. Reisch (2014/17) articulates seven stages of policy development. Briefly describe them.

Question 8. Collins (2007) discusses three dimensions of oppression - the institutional, the symbolic, and the individual. Briefly describe each, as well as how you see them in the context of social welfare policy (e.g., in formation, implementation, evaluation).

Question 9. Explain a policy that may have had unintended consequences, and explain why that may have happened. What can we do to try to avoid such consequences?

Question 10. Caputo (2014/17) notes: "Structuring problems is an important activity for policy analysts," for the way that we define a problem will dictate, in part, the solutions we consider. Pick a social problem, and define the issue in two different ways, showing how various articulations of the issue lead to disparate solutions. (You might also find that Coates [2014] and Willse [2010] have useful contributions to this subject. Reisch [2014/17] also discusses the social construction of social problems.)