SWP 302 Study Guide - Final Guide: Progressive Tax, Precarious Work, Pink-Collar Worker

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SWP 302
• Professor: Janet Balfour

Document Summary

Gender & social policy: his and her states of. Feminist overview of social welfare: feminist writers / theorists argue globalization, pluralization, gender, labour force, social care. Health care: women more likely than men to be in contact with health system, caring roles, maternity needs, more frequent psychological diagnosis. Education: women majority of students in post-secondary, yet teachers in elementary school > women, college/university teachers > men. Income support: women receive larger part of income from social programs, but still have higher rates of poverty (ex. C(cid:396)i(cid:373)i(cid:374)al justi(cid:272)e (cid:455)ste(cid:373): (cid:272)o(cid:374)side(cid:396)ed (cid:858)(cid:373)as(cid:272)uli(cid:374)e(cid:859) a(cid:396)ea of welfare, men more represented in system, women more overrepresented in family cases with legal aid, women more often victims of assaults. Tax system: women 46% of income, men 30%, not able to access greater subsidies & tax breaks. Policy linked to neoliberalism & worker citizenship work your way out of poverty. Single-parents (most often women) require support from state to support family/children.