SOCIOL 1C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Unemployment Benefits, Welfare, Shoveler
16 Jan 2019
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A government/state system that seeks to protect the economic and social well-being of its citizens. Often thought of as a response to basic social needs that are not met by capitalism. Often thought of as directed at the most vulnerable members of a society ("the social safety net") Different nations take up and organize this system in different ways. Take a resource that we have, and spread it out. Often when you spread it out, the idea is that you"re making it more equal. Through the use of different types of social policies such as. Policies: "policy implies choice, decision-making within a range of feasible alternatives. As a society we make choices (and therefore policies) about how, or if, we respond to social concerns. To do nothing, to leave the status quo in place, is a choice also and therefore a policy decision (tituss as cited in lightman and lightman.
