SOCWORK 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Social Safety Net, Unemployment Benefits, Neoliberalism
26 Nov 2017
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Federal- trade, foreign policy, defence, indigenous relationships. Social welfare: characterized by the range of programs and services available to canadian citizens. State used its power as government through law. Goal: help people through difficult times: the role of the state is highly debated. State plays a central role (social democratic) Network of laws policies, programs, throughout the country that helps people in difficult times: social programs & services. Mental health services, child care, child welfare: social policy. Laws regulations, rules, that provides framework for social framework: social safety net . Social welfare: emerging from industrialization and capitalism that further embeds an emphasis on individual labour and unemployment as the worst possible thing. Few worker protections: labour movement developed began organizing workers. Transition from private to public: regulation of markets, stock market crash of 1929, wwii. 1942 marsh report social minimum, blue print for modern social security system: keynesian economics.
