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Introducing SA452 - To gain a more detailed understanding of the core course structure and its various components - This lecture introduces the course, defines key terms and different approaches to social policy, and outlines the historical evolution of conceptual and practical approaches to social policy.

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 * Introductory course pack readings**

Dean, Hartley (2006) ‘What is social policy?’. Chapter 1 in Social Policy. Short Introductions Series, pp1-12. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Deacon, Bob (2007) ‘The international and global dimensions of social policy’. Chapter 1 in Global Social Policy and Governance. pp3-23. London: Sage. [Also available as an e-book via the library].

Hall, A. and J. Midgley (2004) ‘Local, national and global dimensions’. Chapter 1 in Social Policy for Development. London: Sage.
 * Essential Readings**

WeD Group (2008) Social policy for sustainable wellbeing. ESRC Research Group on Wellbeing in Developing Countries, University of Bath. Briefing Paper No 4/08, www.welldev.org.uk

De Haan, Arjan (2009) How the Aid Industry Works. Sterling VA: Kumarian.
 * Recommended readings**

Glenn, J. (2009) ‘Welfare spending in an era of globalization: the North-South Divide’. International Relations, 23(1), pp. 27-50.

Hall, A. (2006) ‘From Fome Zero to Bolsa Familia: Social policies and poverty alleviation under Lula’, Journal of Latin American Studies, 38(4), November.

Mkandawire, T. (2004) ‘Social Policy in a Development Context: Introduction’, Chapter 1 in Social Policy in a Development Context pp1-26, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan. (also available online as a 2001 UNRISD Working Paper).

Tendler, J. (2004) ‘Why social policy is condemned to residual category of safety nets and what to do about it’. In T. Mkandawire (Ed.), Social Policy in a Development Context,. London: Palgrave, pp.119-142 [Chapter 6].

ODI (2000) ‘Can there be a global standard for social policy? The “social policy principles” as a test case’, ODI Briefing Paper, Overseas Development Institute, May. www.odi.org.uk

Thin, N. (2002) ‘Social concepts and principles’. Chapter 2 in Social Progress and Sustainable Development. pp12-31, London: Intermediate Technology.

Yeates, N., ‘The idea of global social policy’, in N. Yeates ed. (2008) Understanding Global Social Policy, Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 1-24.