Understanding Theory Choose one theory of the US social welfare system (Industrialization and the Social Welfare System, Cycles of History, Social Control, Elite Power Theory, Economics as a Determinant of Social Welfare Policy, Critical Theory, Postindustrialization and Globalization). List the strengths and weaknesses of this theory. Does it help explain the evolution of social welfare policy in this country? Why or why not? Use the movements described in the video you watched, What the Gay Rights Movement Learned from the Civil Rights Movement in order to apply your chosen theory. You can address the movement(s) in general, or something specific such as Proposition 8, or the Supreme Court decision to legalize same-sex marriage.

Understanding Theory Choose one theory of the US social welfare system (Industrialization and the Social Welfare System, Cycles of History, Social Control, Elite Power Theory, Economics as a Determinant of Social Welfare Policy, Critical Theory, Postindustrialization and Globalization). List the strengths and weaknesses of this theory. Does it help explain the evolution of social welfare policy in this country? Why or why not? Use the movements described in the video you watched, What the Gay Rights Movement Learned from the Civil Rights Movement in order to apply your chosen theory. You can address the movement(s) in general, or something specific such as Proposition 8, or the Supreme Court decision to legalize same-sex marriage.