How Does Social Policy Affect Social Welfare

The first chapter of this book is simply an outline to help us understand both the social policy and the American welfare state. This chapter proceeds to do so by explaining the interactions between the various forces: economic, political, and ideologic. The author defines what social policy is and how it has been developed and shaped through the influence of various factors such as social problems, values, and ideologies. The common theme of these policies are to provide a redistribution of of resources from those who are better off and wealthy to those who are disadvantaged. Social policy also benefits the economic state of America and its welfare by aiding key industries which allow economic growth and relieving social injustices. This chapter introduces important theories and philosophies such as Keynesianism, free market economics, socialism, and communitarianism. It is then explained how these ideologies have affected social welfare …show more content…
For example, in my macroeconomics class we talked about how macroeconomics is important and the policies created from it allows for a growth economically and a reduction in poverty. Another class that I have seen this material correlate with is one of my history classes in which we learned that the many policies and acts that were developed for the public good was very beneficial and helped maintain an equal society for every individual. I also learned about policies that helped against gender and race inequality in the workplace and the solutions to overcome these problems. Some questions I would ask is to Bill O’Reilly is why do you think a number of Americans are not willing to receive an education? What about those who want to receive an education but can 't due to their financial status? Was it their fault that they weren 't born in a wealthy inheritance or can it because the economy does not provide an equal