Social Welfare Policy Questions

Identify and discuss the philosophical and tactical approach (i.e., the social action strategy for achieving social change) that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., took to the Civil Rights movements and how that approach differed from other approaches to social change that had been tried previously or since.
- What social action and policy action principles did he emphasize in this social movement?
- How did he rally supporters to his cause both those who identified in his racial/cultural group and those outside of it?
Describe and discuss the key issues and government policy responses related to the gender rights tensions and movement in the 1970s.
- What social action strategies did the activists involved in the Women’s Movement adopt or engage in to rally support and influence social change related to greater gender equality?