Topic: Assessment 3- Policy and Social Theory

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Policy and Social Theory Final Essay

Aim: The essay is designed to enhance your analytical and writing ability and capacity to link theory and policy.

Task: Prepare a 2000 word essay (excluding references) on the question posed below: Select any two social theories / theorists studied in this course and illustrate how the social theories / theorists chosen can be used to enhance our understanding of a particular social policy issue in contemporary Australia.

Social Theories/Theorists Learnt:
– Karl Marx and its Implications for Policy
– Durkheim and its Implications for Policy
– Weber and its Implications for Policy Analysis
– Feminist Theory
– Race and Racism
– The Frankfurt School/Critical Theory
– Foucault: Governmentality and Bio-Politics
– Modernities, Risk and Constructions of the Other
– Bourdieu: The Reproduction of Inequality
– Theories of Animal Protection
– Globalization
Kindly choose two theories/theorists out of all these listed and illustrate how the two social theories/theorists chosen can be used to enhance our understanding of a particular social policy issue in contemporary Australia.