A MASSAGE TO NIGERIA GOVERNMENT Social policy primarily refers to guidelines, principles, legislation and activities that affect the living conditions conducive to human welfare. The Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics defines social policy as an interdisciplinary and applied subject concerned with the analysis of societies responses to social need. It seeks to foster in its students a capacity to understand theory and evidence drawn from a wide range of social science disciplines, including economics, sociology, psychology, geography, history, law, philosophy and political science. Social Policy is focused on those aspects of the economy, society and policy that are necessary to human existence and the means by which they can be provided. These basic human needs include: water, food, and shelter, a sustainable and safe environment, the promotion of health and treatment of the sick, the care and support of those unable to live a fully independent life; and the education and training of individuals to a level that enables them fully to participate in their society.[1] The Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy at Harvard University describes social policy as public policy and practice in the areas of health care, human services, criminal justice, inequality, education, and labor.[2] Social policy might also be described as actions that affect the well- being of members of a society through shaping the distribution of and access to goods and resources in that society.[3] Social policy often deals with wicked problems.
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