Social Work 1022A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: High School Dropouts, National Treatment, Negative And Positive Rights

• School: Western University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: Social Work 1022A/B
• Professor: Michelle Mc Intyre

Document Summary

The welfare state: protects health and well-being of citizens. Uses state power: government, bureaucracy, judiciary, impact on markets, grants, taxes, pensions, services. Tax expenditures: exemptions, deductions, rebates, credits, universal, selective. Share fundamental principle: the belief that all human beings have potential and this potential is best nurtured in an environment governed by mutuality and respect. New hospitality service opens at a local church (residual) Private welfare: can include food, emerg shelter, private pensions, dental plans, disability insurance, can be profit or non-profit. As the financial distribution changes bigger gap between rich and poor more wealth people turning to private medical care, private pensions, more poorer people turning to emerg funding sources. Public welfare: all levels of government deliver monetary benefit programs. Also enforce employment related policies nad legislation which affects income and is therefore part of the framework. Public income security 4 kinds of programs. Demogrants: based on demographics, flat rate child tax benefit.