Social Policy

Social policy is a plan or action of government or institutional agencies that aims to improve or reform society. The cited article says some professionals and universities treat it as a subset of public policy while other practitioners characterize social policy and public policy as two separate approaches to the same public interest, and that social policy begins with the study of the welfare state and social services. It consists of guidelines, principles, legislation and associated activities that affect the living conditions conducive to human welfare, such as a person's quality of life, and it may be described as actions that affect the well-being of members of a society by shaping the distribution of goods and resources and access to them. Policies grouped under this entry are those on social welfare.