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Foundations of Social Policy (SOCI90011) // Further information

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Further information

  • Texts

    Prescribed texts

    Readings will be provided online through the subject's LMS site prior to the commencement of semester.

    Recommended texts and other resources

    •Mark Considine, Enterprising states: The public management of welfare to work, Cambridge University Press, 2001.

    •R,E Goodin (ed) The theory of institutional design, Cambridge University Press, 1996.

    •Jan Kooiman (ed) Modern Governance: New Government-Society Interactions, Sage, 1993.

    •Robert Putnam, Making Democracy work, Princeton University Press, 1993.

    •Steven Smith and Michael Lipsky, Non-profits for Hire: The welfare state in the age of contracting, Camb. Mass., Harvard University Press, 1993 K. Walsh Public services and Market Mechanisms: Competition, Contracting and the new public management, Houndsmills, Macmillan, 1995

  • Related Handbook entries

    This subject contributes to the following:

    TypeName
    Specialisation (formal)Sociology
    Specialisation (formal)Sociology
    Specialisation (formal)Sociology
    Specialisation (formal)Sociology
    MajorSustainable Cities, Sustainable Regions
    MajorTailored Specialisation
    MajorGovernance, Policy and Markets
    Informal specialisationSociology
  • Links to additional information

    http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/ssps

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    This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.

Last updated: 3 November 2022