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Read:

https://www.socialworktoday.com/archive/marapr2007p24.shtml Chapter 2, “Thinking About Public Policy: How Choices Are Made,” pages 32–50. Chapter 1, “The Social Scientific Perspective.”

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Understanding Social Change
Understanding Social Change As Weinstein explains in our text on Social Change, our contemporary understanding regarding social change is that it may be intentional or it may be unintentional. In other words, individuals or social movements can intentionally cause social change (either progressive or regressive). It is equally true that unintended changes in society can result from environmental changes, migrations of people responding to war, climate change, cultural clashes, and urbanization. Drawing from your readings, discuss one example of intended or unintended progressive social change and one example of intended or unintended regressive social change. In light of the probability that there will always be proponents of change as well as persons seeking to maintain the status quo, discuss how human services professionals may play a role in advancing progressive social change or regressive social change. Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components: Differentiate between progressive and regressive social change. Resources Discussion Participation Scoring Guide.

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Discussion2 Public Policy and Response to Social Change

Discuss three models for the development of public policy (public choice, group theory, and elite theory) and the suitability of each model for human services. Recognizing that community opinion, informed small groups, or the political elite may be the dominant source of social problem identification, make a judgement about the best source on which to rely, depending on the subject matter. Draw on your reading of Simon’s Public Policy text, Chapter 2 when considering your analysis of whether one or another of the models is most suitable. Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components: Discuss the appropriate application of policy development models to identified community social problems and issues. Resources Discussion Participation Scoring Guide.