SOC345H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Human Services, Contingent Work, European Canadian
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Key course concepts: agency, refers to the capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices. Taxes, port and airport fees, and train and bus fares are common sources of increased user fees: austerity programs can be controversial, as they tend to have an adverse impact on the poorest segments of the population. In many situations, austerity programs are implemented by countries that were previously under dictatorial regimes, leading to criticism that the citizens are forced to repay the debts of their oppressors. The fact that we are all in this together/we all have a part in the recession" so we all have to take cut backs. Canada assistance plan (cap) 1966 1996 (regulated tax transfer: health, education, welfare) Standard employment relationship (ser) (permanent, full-time, high wage, social safety: commons compounded effects (compounded poverty) Compounded poverty (or the compounded effects of poverty) refers to the interactive and cumulative impacts of social policy decisions on a population.
