POG 316 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Amartya Sen, Neoliberalism, Graham Swift

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POG 316
• Professor: Grace- Edward Galabuzi

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Pog 316 social policy - first day. The study of human wellbeing, living a good life (dean 2012, pp. Understanding these things is the study of social policy aristotle, Life of pleasure and enjoyment, freedom and responsibility and to be a thinker and philosopher (what it is, in his opinion, to live a good life) . Not everybody in canada lives a live worth living, according to social policy researchers (doyal and gough) karl marx, german. The study of social policy entails the study of the social relations necessary for human wellbeing and the systems by which wellbeing may be promoted or, for that matter, impaired. (dean 2012, pp. 1) how do social policies either make our relationships better, or worse? (this is what social policy researchers are interested in) Social policy is concerned with the extent to which social policies succeed or fail to promote human wellbeing and with their potentially counterproductive effects. (dean 2012, pp.