FRHD 4320 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Workhouse, Voluntary Sector
20 Jan 2020
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Residual approach pre 1945 (after a problem)-calls for organized public intervention only when the resources of family and the market place break down. Elizabethan poor laws-first public legislation in response to social welfare needs of society. Worthy poor (women, children, elderly, disabled) and unworthy poor (able bodied men) Economic support must come from family first. The person in need has to be a legal resident of the community. There is work for everyone if you want to work. Speenhamland experiment-highlights the issues of wage supplementation for low income citizens. The numbers of dependent people would grow. The constitution and all its amendments include equal rights for women and the format for public elections. Institutional approach (before a problem)-calls for the existence of social welfare programs as part of the normal function of society. Social policies (many of the most important policies of our social fabric) International covenant on economic, social and cultural rights. International covenant on civil and political rights.
