POSC240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Economic Opportunity Act Of 1964, Working Poor, Human Capital
16 Feb 2017
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Social welfare policy: direct or indirect goal oriented activity by government to improve the well being of people who are hurt by unregulated social and economic forces. Welfare state: a range of government agencies and programs that provide services and benefits to the population. Public welfare: are the programs designed to allocated resources (state aid) to improve the general level of living for all people. Economic security: people have enough of what it takes to meet their basic needs (i. e. food, clothing, shelter) Material sufficiency: can have money for basic needs, but need the tangible resources to get their material wants. Promotion of dignity: just because a person does not have the resources or the materials necessary, (cid:449)e should(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ake the(cid:373) feel (cid:271)ad fo(cid:396) reaching for help. Economic definitions (poverty is the result of the production and dist(cid:396)i(cid:271)utio(cid:374) of goods a(cid:374)d se(cid:396)(cid:448)i(cid:272)es); you do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e e(cid:374)ough e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) resources to purchase what you need: absolute poverty, relative poverty.
