SOCWORK 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cockney, Consumerism, Social Control
31 Oct 2013
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Info on ave: create a budget with the form and the amounts avail, look for an apartment that you could afford with the amounts given. Pamela long: trying to stay objective (doing nothing) is a political action in of itself as you are supporting the status quo: any action is a political action, cannot be apolitical. By being apolitical you are supporting the status quo thereby being political. Logical fallacy: canadian social work code of ethics requires us to act politically. Blaming the victim: blaming individs for their problems is a common approach in our soc. We feel like we don"t need to help them, it"s their choice, their fault: feel comfy cutting services or not providing them in the first place. To protect ourselves: can assure ourselves that we will never need such services because we do not have the same personal failings. Social control vs. social justice: social control. Blaming the individ for their issues and fixing them.
