Social policy is the study of policy solutions to the problems of education, inequality, poverty, crime, and other issues faced by society’s families and children. It is an interdisciplinary field to which the disciplines of economics, sociology, and political science contribute in equal measure. It is a basic-science field with a strong applied-research focus that can prepare students for careers in government, nonprofits, and the private sector. Students who undertake the social policy minor will work with faculty who are experts in the study of poverty, the labor market, social demography, family structure, educational inequality, political participation, organizational dynamics, and health and welfare policy. They will be strongly grounded in social science training and will apply that training to real-world applications and policies. In the minor, students will be motivated to think about how knowledge translates into policy solutions, making this an appropriate specialization for young people who plan to attend law school, programs in public health, or graduate school in the constituent social science field
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{"title":"Directed Democracy: The People and Government","authors":"C. B. Scharf","doi":"10.4324/9780429302350-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429302350-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":212519,"journal":{"name":"Politics and Change in East Germany","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133414400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
THE AMERICAN ECONOMY IS THE largest and most productive in the world. Not only does it have the highest per capita levels of productivity and output of any industrialized country, but even its modest growth in 1992 surpassed the performance of the other major industrialized countries. The American economy faces serious short-term problems and long-term challenges, however. As past Economic Reports of this Administration have stated, the Nation cannot take sustained, long-term economic growth for granted. It must pursue wise economic policies that improve the foundation and performance of the economy. Such policies are by nature limited but not passive. Activist economic policy reforms can greatly improve the performance of the American economy, laying a better foundation for the economic growth that provides expanded employment opportunities, not just for new entrants into the labor force but for those seeking upward economic mobility, a higher standard of living, a richer legacy of prosperity for our children, the resources to help pay for nontraditional goods and services such as a healthy environment, and assurance that America's economic and geopolitical leadership will extend into the next century. Because the last 4 years have been so challenging to the American (indeed, to the world) economy and more recent economic performance has not been what Americans have come to expect, two currents of opinion have gained currency, based on a lack of accurate information and faulty analysis. The first, which can be labelled "declinism," puts forth the notions that America has been in substantial decline, that America is lagging behind its economic competitors, that economic collapse is just around the corner, that the United States is deindustrializing, or that foreigners will soon own all (or at least too much) of America. These complaints cannot survive a thorough scrutiny based on readily available factual information and sound economic analysis. To be sure, the American economy does, indeed, face serious challenges, but it does so from a position of great strength and with the tools and experience needed to overcome them. On one point, however, the prophets of declin-
{"title":"Economic Policy","authors":"C. Scharf","doi":"10.4324/9780429302350-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429302350-4","url":null,"abstract":"THE AMERICAN ECONOMY IS THE largest and most productive in the world. Not only does it have the highest per capita levels of productivity and output of any industrialized country, but even its modest growth in 1992 surpassed the performance of the other major industrialized countries. The American economy faces serious short-term problems and long-term challenges, however. As past Economic Reports of this Administration have stated, the Nation cannot take sustained, long-term economic growth for granted. It must pursue wise economic policies that improve the foundation and performance of the economy. Such policies are by nature limited but not passive. Activist economic policy reforms can greatly improve the performance of the American economy, laying a better foundation for the economic growth that provides expanded employment opportunities, not just for new entrants into the labor force but for those seeking upward economic mobility, a higher standard of living, a richer legacy of prosperity for our children, the resources to help pay for nontraditional goods and services such as a healthy environment, and assurance that America's economic and geopolitical leadership will extend into the next century. Because the last 4 years have been so challenging to the American (indeed, to the world) economy and more recent economic performance has not been what Americans have come to expect, two currents of opinion have gained currency, based on a lack of accurate information and faulty analysis. The first, which can be labelled \"declinism,\" puts forth the notions that America has been in substantial decline, that America is lagging behind its economic competitors, that economic collapse is just around the corner, that the United States is deindustrializing, or that foreigners will soon own all (or at least too much) of America. These complaints cannot survive a thorough scrutiny based on readily available factual information and sound economic analysis. To be sure, the American economy does, indeed, face serious challenges, but it does so from a position of great strength and with the tools and experience needed to overcome them. On one point, however, the prophets of declin-","PeriodicalId":212519,"journal":{"name":"Politics and Change in East Germany","volume":"196 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124356199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Directed Democracy: The Party Role","authors":"C. B. Scharf","doi":"10.4324/9780429302350-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429302350-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":212519,"journal":{"name":"Politics and Change in East Germany","volume":"459 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132268986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"National Security and Foreign Relations","authors":"C. B. Scharf","doi":"10.4324/9780429302350-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429302350-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":212519,"journal":{"name":"Politics and Change in East Germany","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127128075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conclusion","authors":"C. Scharf","doi":"10.4324/9780429302350-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429302350-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":212519,"journal":{"name":"Politics and Change in East Germany","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130221398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social and Political Differentiation","authors":"C. B. Scharf","doi":"10.4324/9780429302350-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429302350-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":212519,"journal":{"name":"Politics and Change in East Germany","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131120163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Past and Future in the GDR","authors":"C. Scharf","doi":"10.4324/9780429302350-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429302350-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":212519,"journal":{"name":"Politics and Change in East Germany","volume":"120 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133338779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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