SOCWK300R Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Richard Titmuss, Human Services, Incrementalism
7 Feb 2019
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Socwk 300r - lecture 2 - introduction to canadian social policy. Defining social policy influenced by societal values and ideologies, domestic and international factors, sensitive to diversity. Human beings have diff. attributes, but common attribute = we"re all human beings. Worldviews and physical and human attributes describe human beings, but do not define human beings. Utopian thinking: if people are poor, unemployed, etc. = want canada to change drastically in ways to benefit them. Study of social policy helps us to understand how world views influence members feel about: social power (including personal power and freedom) social justice. Nature of human rls. rls. b/w people and society. Social policy: about making decisions that are, in perception of those making them, in best interests of canada and canadians. What are social policies? in wake of world war ii and the great depression:
