SOCWORK 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Government Spending, Neoliberalism, Southeastern Conference

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SOCWORK 1AA3
• Professor: ALL

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Goal: help people through difficult times retirement, unemployment, decrease in income, Welfare state the network of laws, policies, programs and service throughout the country that helps people in difficult situations. Social programs & services: mental health services, child care, child welfare, income security programs. We see the development of social welfare emerging from industrialization and capitalism that further embeds an emphasis on individual labour, and unemployment as the worst possible thing. >multiplier effect: if more people are employed, more people are spending their money, leads to more employment. Shift from institutional view of social welfare. Gained widespread appeal during the recession of the 80"s. Ideology: any consistent set of social, economic and political assumptions, beliefs, values and ideals. |deology is the power of ideas to maintain or confront discrimination, oppression and inequality. Dominant ideology: is the one that supports and represent the position and supports the interests of the dominant group. Mike harris, stephen harper, margaret thatcher, ronald reagan.