SOWK 2301 Lecture 1: sowk week1
5 Feb 2019
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Social organization (structure) that is established by a set of social institutions; education, law, politics, economy (interrelated/ interdependent) Established patterns of social interactions between different relationships (roles, responsibilities, boundaries) Common element: hierarchy that result in power differences. Gives & maintains the power within the institutions & the people that operate and regulate them class system, systemic biases (ex. racism, sexism, & discrimination), barriers. Expected behaviors class system, systemic biases (ex. racism, sexism, & discrimination), barriers. Expected behaviors macrosystem larger scale, law, politics, economy the policies that result in the structural determinants . Mesosystem- social networks-live, play (school, neighbourhood) that stablish opportunity, access to resources. Microsystem-home, parents, individual (influenced by socialization, systemic norms, ideas, customs, values) Legal framework for the child"s rights the legislative context . Social assistance for the child"s family social context . Access to health care, education, socialization, recreation. Child may not identify the structural determinants, but parents may experience biases within the system.
