SOWK 3100 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Egalitarianism

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SOWK 3100
• Professor: Melissa Redmond

Document Summary

Polyani: focuses on the mobilization of communities: global economy is separating from state like economy was disembedded from social relationships is industrial revolution (support has vanished, principles, we are separated from economic activity (self care/provision) through governmental economic structures (social disintegration, we respond to these changed by demanding protection from debilitating effects of market liberalization. Paternalism for your own good : frowned on by residualists ( everyone has capacity to choice , aboriginal indians once treated as wards seen as unable to make financial decisions, examples: freud"s female hysteria, residential school systems, historic treatment of mental illness, today: youth. Canadian health act: 5 major principles: public administration, comprehensiveness, universality, portability, accessibility. Regressive tax: greater burden (relative to resources) on the poor inverse relationship b/w ability to pay and assets or income, example 1: social security taxes >> excludes interest, rent, dividends, capital appreciation, & other affluent incomes, example 2: flat tax >> non proportional affect on households.