Social Policy Essays

Should the US Legal Drinking Age Change?
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Jul 2019
Introduction: Underage drinking is a big problem today in America and is only getting worse. According to the CDC, “excessive drinking is responsible for more than 4,300 deaths among underage youth each year.”...

Arguments For and Against the Legalisation of Marijuana in New Zealand
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Jul 2019
Introduction: This essay will discuss the arguments for and against the legalisation of Marijuana. Firstly, the history of Marijuana use in New Zealand will be discussed. Followed by the physiological and psycholo...

Trump Administration and Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
Example essay. Last modified: 16th May 2019
Introduction: Trump’s Controversial and Continuous Fight to End TPS The United States has allowed the entry of more than 3.2 million refugees since 1975. These refugees serve as a living reminder that immigra...

Gender Quotas in the United States
Example essay. Last modified: 16th Apr 2019
Introduction: More than 130 countries around the world have enacted various forms of gender quotas, to ensure a certain number of those running for or holding legislative office are women. These quotas have become...

Analysis of the Dream Act Proposal
Example essay. Last modified: 16th Apr 2019
Introduction: Citizenship Path for Dreamers Introduction Immigrant children brought to the United States illegally by their parents have lived their lives as Americans but are not citizens. Mexican immigrant...

Impact of 'Femvertising' Movement on Government Proposals
Example essay. Last modified: 12th Apr 2019
Introduction: Can a theoretical movement like ‘Femvertising’ have a tangible impact on government proposals? In 2014, Always released the ‘Like a girl’ commercial intending to turn a phrase that had bec...

Immigration in the Last 20 Years: Effect on Community Diversity
Example essay. Last modified: 3rd Apr 2019
Introduction: Immigration trends in the last 20 years and its effects on population and diversity in communities’ Abstract This paper discusses the key importance of immigration, specifically Mexican immig...

Donald Trump's Discriminatory Legislation
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Apr 2019
Introduction: Introduction The words of the First Amendment of United States Constitution protect individuals against discrimination. Free speech and free exercise of religion are included in this important Fir...

The United States Death Tax
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Apr 2019
Introduction: Abstract The United States death tax originated in 1916 and has been reformed many times throughout the years. Over the last 100 years, 2010 was the only year in which heirs to an estate did not h...

Influences of the New Poor Law on Contemporary Welfare Reforms
Example essay. Last modified: 27th Mar 2019
Introduction: Since 2010 there has been a multitude of problems that have arisen which indicates how much of the New Poor Law’s (1834) ideologies and beliefs have influenced today’s social policy. One can tell...

Terrorism Policy in the US
Example essay. Last modified: 25th Mar 2019
Introduction: The transformation of terrorism shifted around September 11th, 2001, when the United States was attacked by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda, and has been embroiled in asystematic warfare in the ...

The Affordable Care Act: History and Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 22nd Mar 2019
Introduction: The Affordable Care Act – ACA A public policy that expressed shared responsibility successfully changed health insurance in the United States.  A reform that covered the entire insurance market...

Gun Policy in the US: Advantages and Disadvantages
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Mar 2019
Introduction: Gun Policy from Criminal Justice Perspective Overview The conflict concerning the control of guns in the United States of America has increased over the years because of the increased number of...

Proposal to De-criminalise Recreational Cannabis Use in Australia
Example essay. Last modified: 22nd Feb 2019
Introduction: In Australia there is a metaphorical ‘war on drugs’ that has failed comprehensively and as a result there is an ever-increasing level of support for the movement for drug reform.[1] There are a p...

Negative Impacts of Donald Trump's Wall
Example essay. Last modified: 21st Feb 2019
Introduction: The Negative Repercussions of a “Yuge” Wall in America: U.S-Mexico Border Increasing border security has been an ongoing discussion in the United States for many decades, particularly in recen...

Increasing the Minimum Wage in America
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Feb 2019
Introduction: Raising the lowest wages in America has always been a controversial topic. The Federal Government establishes the minimum hourly wages that a worker can be paid and as such, these standards of income...

Arguments For and Against Open Borders
Example essay. Last modified: 15th Feb 2019
Introduction: To what extent do states have the right to exclude foreigners from settling within their borders? This question is concerned with the relationship between states and their members. In debates on i...

School Shootings in Atlanta: Causes and Solutions
Example essay. Last modified: 5th Feb 2019
Introduction: Gun violence and gun control have become a highlighted issue within the United States. In recent years there has been a vast increase in young adults engaging in gun violence, or being caught up in s...

Net Neutrality and Freedom on the Internet
Example essay. Last modified: 5th Feb 2019
Introduction: Net Neutrality: The end of internet freedom The internet has been one of the greatest technological advances ever seen in the last 40 years. It has opened the doors to many new advances in many ot...

The Beveridge Report of 1942: Aims and Impact
Example essay. Last modified: 14th Aug 2018
Introduction: (The Making of the Welfare State, 1942 – 1951) Examine the extent to which the AIMS of the Beveridge Report of 1942 had been achieved by 1951. From the Cradle to the Grave In 1941 the wartime c...

Comparing Social Welfare Systems: UK and Germany
Example essay. Last modified: 14th Aug 2018
Introduction: This paper will seek to compare the social welfare systems of England and Germany with regard to how they cater for the elderly. The paper will approach the issue by firstly discussing the theoretic...

Planning and Compulsory Act 2004 | Evaluation
Example essay. Last modified: 14th Aug 2018
Introduction: The Planning and Compulsory Act 2004 was enacted as a response to criticism of the Compulsory Purchase system in England and Wales. Identify the key issues of statute and analyse the likely reactio...

Does Poverty Exist in the Uk?
Example essay. Last modified: 14th Aug 2018
Introduction: Does Poverty exist in contemporary Britain? The answer to this question depends to a large extent on how poverty is defined and measured. It is, like many sociological issues, an ‘essentially conte...

Belfast Travellers: Services and Policies
Example essay. Last modified: 14th Aug 2018
Introduction: Case Study – Belfast Travellers The case study examines the provision of accommodation and other services for the travelling community in the Belfast area over a 30 year time period. During this ti...

Social Exclusion's Relationship With Poverty
Example essay. Last modified: 14th Aug 2018
Introduction: Is The Term ‘Social Exclusion’ Just A New Euphemism For Poverty? Introduction In some quarters the terms social exclusion and poverty are used almost interchangeably. This has led some wr...