Examine how the role of the state has changed over time (less of a role in provision and employment, more emphasis on commissioning services from the market)

In terms of your work for 4SC009 –will present you here with a plan, guide and a set of academic resources which you can use to get started with this.Hopefully this will enable you to begin your work.Structure and key themes would recommend a structure along these lines, and have included some bullet-points here of things that you could aim to discuss within each section. The word counts are just rough estimates –so you may want to write more about the state and less about the family (for example), it’s entirely up to you.Introduction (200 words)All that your introduction needs to do is provide the reader with a brief summary of what will be covered over the course of the essay, and you may also wish to give a bit of an indication about what will feature in your conclusion. It would also be a good idea here to briefly explain what is meant by a mixed economy of welfare. Remember to write in the third person (so “this assignment will be looking at…” rather than “I am going to belooking at…”). A key point is to make sure that everything mentioned in your introduction actually appears in your main body (sometimes people say they will discuss things in the introduction that they never end up mentioning in the main part of the essay). Care Act 2014 (400 words)You then want to allow around 400 words to describe the Care Act 2014, its importance in UK social care and relevance to the mixed economy of welfare. Some points to consider here would be:Explain why the Act came into being (it replaced 9 separate pieces of legislation – so the system was previously quite complex)-The six key principles of the Care Act 2014 (see the PowerPoint from week 9 if you have forgotten these)-Well being (this is a key aim of the Care Act 2014, so including a definition and some discussion of this would be good)-Safeguarding-Needs assessments (for people with care and support needs and their carers)
State (400 words)Once you have looked at the Care Act 2014, you can move onto describing the roles played by each area of the mixed economy of welfare insocial care. Key things to look at here would be.Define what is meant by ‘the state’.Discuss the four roles of the state (employment, provision, commissioning and regulation),Examine how the role of the state has changed over time (less of a role in provision and employment, more emphasis on commissioning services from the market)-You could look at some data to show how state provision of social care has declined (see my links at the bottom of this email for reading material!)-Role of the CQC in regulating service

What is the difference or is there a difference to maternal mortality as it pertains to race?

Racial disparities in maternal mortality and maternal care

What is the difference or is there a difference to maternal mortality as it pertains to race?Is there any social theory that can support or ascertain a reason to the contrast in figures as it pertains to race?Are there any suggestions that can lead to solutions to tackle the racial disparities in maternal mortality?

Does the policy encourage some people to behave in a way that could create other issues or inefficiencies down the road?

Assignments must be completed individually. For each assignment, collect a news article, dated May 1 of this year at the earliest.

Assignment Questions

Background

Provide relevant background information and data necessary to understand the context of the policy mentioned in the article. Cite any additional reference used and provide credits for any graph, picture or data borrowed from another source.

Policy

What policy is the article about? What makes it a fiscal policy?

According to the article, what purpose is the policy intended to achieve?

 Analysis

Who stands to gain and who stands to lose from the policy? Why?

What unintended consequences may result from this policy, if any? (Does the policy encourage some people to behave in a way that could create other issues or inefficiencies down the road?)

Discussion

Does the policy follow a more Keynesian, Monetarist or Austrian approach? Why?

What other policy could have been followed instead to achieve the purpose mentioned in 2b? Explain. (Note that not doing anything can sometimes also be a policy.)