SWP 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Economic Globalization, Economic Liberalism, Voluntary Sector
Document Summary
Redistribution of material resources from high levels of government to lower levels of government. Shift from national to global economic interests addressing poverty touches a lot of areas of welfare such as housing, food, etc. Purposes of social policy: aspiration or visionary (strategic policy : develop a vision to address or readdress a social issue. Levels of social policy : macro , mezzo, & micro: macro, federal/provincial/municipal. Federal : insurance based programs, responsible for these programs because they impact all canadians and not those of a particular province. Provinces : administration of programs under provincial jurisdiction (cicil rights, education, health) and for funds transfer to local governments (social housing, child care) Municipal : primarily responsible for delivery and administration of services such as ambulance, ttc, infrastructures. Responsibilities vary across provincies: supranational/international, strategic policy/legislative policy/program policy. Supranational policies requiring social policy (ex. trade agreements) Globalized capitalist and its impacts to canadian social policy.
