Unit-viii, social policy in india-Lakshman g sagar

Social Policy-Concept and Scope
An understanding of social policy is vital for engaging practically with social work values, dealing with political and ethical questions about responsibility, rights, our understanding of ‘the good society’. The concept of “social policy” has often been misunderstood or misrepresented in recent development literature, relegated a secondary order of importance after economic policy. It has been depicted as a reactive tool to address the social consequences of market failure or social casualties. This conventional view relates that social policy must concern itself with ensuring equitable access to social services such as healthcare and education and must also respond to social challenges and market failures by providing social security systems and structures to support vulnerable and marginalized groups in society. But social policy is much more than that. Within this understanding, social policy is an approach or an agenda to social equity that requires the mainstreaming of social equity concerns within all public policies and programs.

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