Assessment 1:Written Response to reading(10%)Due Date: Week 3
Word count: 750–800 words
Welfare Frameworks
Written task to demonstrate understanding of the foundational social policy concepts from the unit readings:‘welfare’ and ‘ideology’ from weeks one, two and three.
Select two of the provided speeches or newspaper articles.
Ensure that they represent two different ideological positions—for example, one‘Social-Democratic’ and one ‘Neoliberal,’ or one ‘Third Way’ and one ‘Liberal.’
(Note there are two newspaper articles put together to form one document. There are writers as well as speakers quoted in these articles. The ideological analysis will focus on the words used by the speakers.)
Undertake an analysis of two of the provided speeches.
Which ideology(from Fenna reading)underpins the speakers’ view ofwelfare in each
speech?
Justify your selection of these ideologies(with examples form the speech).
You will Interpret the dominant ideologies underpinning the speech by analysing the historical context and the language(words and sentences)used in the speech /article against the theoretical descriptions of welfare concepts and ideologies found in the required readings for weeks 2 and 3(Fenna).
Discuss
•Howthespeakerconceptualiseshumannature.i.ethetermstheyusetosignify people and whether they understand people as individuals or part of larger social groups and contexts.
•How,intheirview,iswelfareproduced?Whoisresponsibleforwelfare?•Whatistheroleofgovernment?
•Istheirunderstandingofwelfaresocial,occupational,orfiscal?
•Dotheyhaveuniversalortargetedapproachestosocialpolicyinmind?
All these characteristics of their view of welfare will be underpinned by a wider ideological stance that you will name and justify with reference to the language used in the speeches.
The essay will be written in formal academic style, with an introduction, a body, and a conclusion. The introduction will define and locate ideology as a key feature of policy analysis for community service work. The body will contain your logical points. The conclusion will summarise your points.
You are required to reference at least two required readings, at least two academic texts or article that you have located yourself and each speech.
The essay will be written as a Microsoft word document and uploaded to a Turnitin filtered assessment point provided on the subject Moodle site