SWP 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Social Philosophy, Radical Change, Precarious Work

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SWP 302
• Professor: Rose Ann Torres

Document Summary

Lecture 11: future of social care & new social order. History of canadian social policy spans more than 100+ years 4 broad periods: Period of establishing national system of social security. Post depression/wwi&wwii government intervention, keynesian economics. 70"s to 90"s, cuts, retrenchments, cap to chst, restrict eligibility, loss of social rights, comprehensive policy. Neoliberal, monetarist economic ideas not social policy despite government expenditures, marketization. Each period with distinct economic context & policy direction, state forms, models of social programming. Still social welfare remains but changed/changing. Marketization, centralization of federal government, fragmentation of services now private, interjurisdictional tensions. Growing inequalities of income, gender, race, etc. Loss of universal programs now means-tested, targeted. New politics of social welfare: identities and recognition. Changing roles and relations: markets, communities, state & citizens. Text talks of economic crisis being over in early 2000 but we see this currently & even more dramatic. Concerns over deficit reduction & social spending (so continued retrenchments)