Social Policy Hartley Dean

How much did the UK spend on social spending in 2018-19?

£572 billion.

How much did the UK government plan on spending on social policy compared to defense.

12x more

What did Aneurin Bevan say and what did she do?

Created the NHS, she said that the application of principles from sociology to a given situation is an art.

What did Titmuss create? (1955)

Some ‘states of dependencies’ are entirely man-made and subjective to a state. This is typically a characteristic we would say creates a ‘welfare-state’.

What did Titmuss believe? (1970)

He suggested pre-industrial societies were based on gift giving relationships, now due to bilateral market exchanges it is much easier to do this and you can now gift across the globe.

How did Aristotle define what is required to live a good life? Who claimed that was his answer?

“The first is a life of pleasure and enjoyment,

the second is a life as a free and responsible citizen,

the third is a life as a thinker and philosopher.”

Alberto from Jostein Gaarder’s novel, “Sophie’s World”

What did Amartya Sen claim about well-being?

She created the concept of ‘capabilities’ which may refer to any manner of things, such as what we are able to do or our freedoms. Sen argues our need for material goods is relative and depends on social context. Whereas our need for freedom is absolute.

What was Len Doyal and Ian Gough’s theory of well-being?

The intermediate human need satisfiers:

• Adequate nutritional food and water

• Adequate protective housing

• Non-hazardous work and physical environment

• Appropriate healthcare

• Security in childhood

• Significant primary relationships

• Economic security

• Safe birth control and child-bearing

• Appropriate basic cross-cultural education

What was Karl Marx’s claim on capitalism?

It was unachievable to live under capitalism freely.

What happened in Paris in regards to social policy coming about?

In 1968 there were student protests in regards to archaic rules still set in place over media censorship and the famous quote “Soyez réalistes, demandez l'impossible” (“Be realistic: demand the impossible”) came around as a way to expose the French government for how rigid they were.