Reference no: EM133643900
Assignment:
The chosen media news source article in the above link should describe a current or proposed social policy within Canada. Each student will provide a critical analysis of their chosen news article addressing the following areas:
A description of the major theme(s) of the article.
A critical analysis that demonstrates the following:
o Discussion of the policy making process as it relates to value driven policy making, including the application of Rein's Model of Social Policy Analysis (input, conversion process, and output) as described in class lecture and on pages 173-175 of Canadian Social Policy: A New Introduction.
o How information contained in the media article can be linked to concepts from current course material or other social science theories you may have encountered in other courses.
o An evaluation of the political ideological perspective represented within the article.
• Students will also include questions raised regarding the terms of objective reporting and social discourse, need for further information, and how this article can be linked to the assertion that the personal is political from either your experiences with this policy or those of the subject(s) of the article.