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In United States Politics , social policies are those which regulate and govern human behavior in areas such as sexuality and general Morality . Social policies are in contrast to other, more traditional forms of political policy, such as Foreign Policy and Economic Policy . Modern-day social policies may deal with the following issues:
Social policy may be influenced by Religion and the religious beliefs of politicians. Political Conservative s as a whole generally favor a more traditionalist approach that favors individual initiative and private enterprise in social policy. Political Liberal s, on the other hand favor the guarantee of Equal Rights and entitlements to all people and tend to favor state regulation or insurance to support this. In Europe and Canada , social policy usually refers to policies affecting the social conditions under which people live. Important areas of social policy in these countries are:
In most European countries, those types of insurance are made mandatory by Law . As a result, for example, the number of people without health insurance is very small, other than in the US. However, those policies are facing additional challenges in recent years, as the population is aging and the number of contributors dwindling, while there are more and more beneficiaries. Social policy is thus becoming an important challenge for politicians and policymakers. Social policy often deals with issues which Rittle & Webber (1973) called Wicked Problems . SEE ALSO REFERENCES Rittel, H. & Webber, M. (1973). Dilemmas in a General Theory of Planning. ''Policy Sci'' 4:155-169. EXTERNAL LINKS
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