SWP 132 Lecture 6: Lecture 6

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SWP 132
• Professor: Charlotte Akuoko- Barfi

Document Summary

Other assumptions of a liberal ideology include: take a-historical worldview, that is, a fresh start can always be made. Neo-liberalist assumptions social problems are shared, affect all equally and can be solved by negotiation. little recognition of the unequal resources and power people bring to the negotiations liberalism places emphasis on individual freedom. Tensions: class inequality thrives in liberal societies. (pg 63) liberal ideology erases structural inequality and portrays all people as equal, with common problems, gives no consideration for class structure. Bishop (cid:862)li(cid:271)eralis(cid:373) helps keep oppressi(cid:448)e s(cid:455)ste(cid:373)s i(cid:374) pla(cid:272)e (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:272)o(cid:374)sta(cid:374)tl(cid:455) dire(cid:272)ti(cid:374)g our atte(cid:374)tio(cid:374) to the good and bad individuals in the system and, therefore, away from the s(cid:455)ste(cid:373)s a(cid:374)d stru(cid:272)tures the(cid:373)sel(cid:448)es. (cid:863) pg (cid:1010)(cid:1009) The alternatives to a neoliberal framework: a conservative framework seeks to preserve the neoliberal ideologies and structures, progressive or radical seeks to change the existing social structures.