Social Welfare Policy and Services

SOCW 410Spring 2015

Welcome

• Introductions

• Brief Overview

• Syllabus

• Assignments

American Social Welfare Policy: A Pluralist Approach, 7th Edition

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Values, Ideology, and Social Welfare Policy

• Social welfare policies are shaped by a set of social and personal values

• Recent U.S. social welfare policy has been largely shaped by values around:

Self-sufficiency, work, and the omniscience of the marketplace.

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Policy is Created in Context

• Personal Experiences• Social and Generational Experiences• Political Ideologies• Economic Ideologies• Values

https://www.beloit.edu/mindset/2018/

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Definitions of Social Welfare Policy

• Richard Titmuss– “a series of collective interventions that

contribute to the general welfare by assigning claims from one set of people who are said to produce or earn the national income to another set of people who may merit compassion and charity.”

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Social Problems and Social Welfare Policy

• Social welfare policy often develops in response to social problems

• An expression of social altruism• Social welfare policies also relieve the

social & economic dislocations caused by the uneven nature of economic development

Why ordinary people need to understand power

Eric LiuEric Liu is a civics educator and founder of Citizen University, which brings together leaders, activists and practitioners to teach the art of effective and creative citizenship.

http://www.ted.com/talks/eric_liu_why_ordinary_people_need_to_understand_power

SOCIAL POLICY FORUMAssignment

Popular News Sources• New York Times• Christian Science Monitor• USA Today• News Gazette• Mother Jones• Washington Post• Time Magazine

SUMMER 2013TIME Magazine

Social Policy Forum

• Article Title• Source• Relation to Social Welfare Policy