social policy

/ˌsoʊʃəl ˌpɑləsi/

Other forms: social policies

Definitions of social policy

1. noun

   a policy of for dealing with social issues
   types:

   apartheid

   a social policy of racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa

   glasnost

   a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems

   social action

   a social policy of reform (especially socioeconomic reform)

   nativism

   the policy of perpetuating native cultures (in opposition to acculturation)

   affirmative action

   a policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities

   fence mending

   social action to improve poor relations (especially in politics)

   type of:

   policy

   a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government