Assignment : Understanding the Welfare State Essay
4.1 Discuss the work of the European Union in Shaping Social Policy
What is the EU and what is the relationship with the UK?
How is Social Policy formed in the EU?
What is the Eu approach to issues such as education and training, health and safety at work, workers’ and women’s rights and poverty?
How popular has EU influence on UK social policy been?
Comment on the future?
4.2 Identify and evaluate the policies that have had an effect on Britain (choose 2)
Identify 2 EU policies that have had an effect on SP in the UK
Use employment and health as the policies
What effect have they had?
How/why?
What are the strengths/weaknesses of each of these 2 policies? Include evidence/theories/opinions/stats to support.
Your opinion based on these strengths/weaknesses?
Conclusion: Very short; few sentences telling the reader what you spoke about and what your overall thoughts are – use the essay title if it helps
