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Example social policy dissertation topic 4:
Solidarity in community-based social policy networks: Time for a new approach.
Catholic social teaching defines ‘solidarity’ as ‘a firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good, that is … the good of all and of each individual, because we are all really responsible for each other’ (Coote, 1989, p. 150). Noting the effect of present day welfare programme cuts due to austerity measures, this dissertation, by focusing on community projects in the Blackbird Leys estate in Oxford (one of the ten most deprived areas in the country), asks whether community solidarity and ‘balanced reciprocity’ is the way forward. The paper presents a wide variety of primary sources, including interviews and surveys.
Suggested initial topic reading:
- Coote, N. (1989). ‘Catholic social teaching’, Social Policy and Administration, Vol. 23(2), pp. 150-160.
- Dreze, J. and Sen, A. (1989). Hunger and public action. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Fitzpatrick, T. (2011). Welfare theory. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
