Social Policy and Social Justice

1974 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Pinker
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Social Division ◽  
Moral Ideals ◽  
The Social

In this review of the changing relationship between social policy and social justice I will be concerned with three main areas of debate. Firstly, I wish to attempt a clarification of the moral ideals of social welfare which find expression in those criteria of social justice by which people in similar states of need are treated differently. My second concern is to review and redefine what constitutes the social division of welfare in Britain today. Thirdly, I wish to explore the extent to which these ideals of social welfare complement or conflict with one another.

Local Policy Discretion in Social Welfare: Explaining Subnational Variations in China's De Facto Urban Poverty Line

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Yu Guo ◽  
Alex Jingwei He ◽  
Fei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Intergovernmental Relations ◽  
Urban Poverty ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
The Social ◽  
Developmental Policies ◽  
Policy Arena

Abstract How do subnational agents exercise policy discretion in the social welfare sphere? To what extent do they do so as a result of various bureaucratic and fiscal incentives? The literature has documented several explanatory frameworks in the context of China that predominantly focus on the realm of developmental policies. Owing to the salient characteristics of the social policy arena, local adaptation of centrally designed policies may operate on distinctive logics. This study synthesizes the recent scholarship on subnational social policymaking and explains the significant interregional disparities in China's de facto urban poverty line – the eligibility standard of the urban minimum livelihood guarantee scheme, or dibao. Five research hypotheses are formulated for empirical examination: fiscal power effect, population effect, fiscal dependency effect, province effect and neighbour effect. Quantitative analysis of provincial-level panel data largely endorses the hypotheses. The remarkable subnational variations in dibao standards are explained by a salient constellation of fiscal and political factors that are embedded within the country's complex intergovernmental relations and fiscal arrangements. Both a race-to-the-top and a race-to-the-bottom may be fostered by distinctive mechanisms. The unique role of provincial governments as intermediary agents within China's political apparatus is illuminated in the social policy arena.

SOCIAL WELFARE OF MIGRANT WORKERS IN THE EU: COMPARATIVE MODELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE LEGAL INTEGRATION SYSTEM OF THE EAEU STATES

2021 ◽  
pp. 115-124
Author(s):  
Dmitry V. Agashev ◽  
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Sergey G. Trifonov ◽  
Kristine V. Trifonova ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Social ◽  
Security Relations ◽  
Legal Space ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Eu

The article assesses the EU legal system as a unique institutional unit and highlights its features. It deals with the comparative legal aspects of the regulation of the social welfare of migrant workers in the EU and the EAEU. Attention is paid to the study of legislation on social welfare for migrant workers in the EU, as well as the possibility of realizing the experi-ence accumulated within the EAEU. It is emphasized that the use of comparative models con-cerning the social welfare of migrant workers in the EU and the EAEU can be productive, taking into account the analysis of the state and dynamics of the EU's legal policy in its historical development. The authors have analyzed the historical stages reflecting the difference within the EU approaches to the regulation of social welfare relations for migrant workers. The emphasis is on the role of EU administrative institutions, which provide a balancing approach to the key principles and social policy settings, due to the desire to eliminate distortions and possible conflicts between the norms of states. At the same time, EU members have the competence within the existing common standards of financial security obligations to expand the estab-lished standards and this makes the EU's social policy geographically differentiated. It is noted that the allied states, formed on trade and economic grounds, such as the EU and the EAEU, are characterized by an objective desire for a single legal space, with the uni-fication of approaches on the social welfare of migrant workers throughout the Union. Never-theless, in complex interstate unions, it is impossible to abandon the principle of multi-level regulation of social and security relations, and in this sense, the situation in the EU and the EAEU is quite similar. The current state of EU law in terms of regulating the relations under consideration largely preserves national legal regimes, and each of them, through its special legal means, determines a different amount of social rights of migrant workers. In the context of the EAEU, a similar approach should not be considered productive, since it does not contribute to the goals of this interstate association, defined by Article 4 of the Treaty on its creation. Therefore, within the framework of the EAEU, it is advisable to fix as early as possible the uniform standards in the area of social welfare of migrant workers, estab-lishing a relatively narrow range of powers of the member states of the Union.

scholarly journals Equality, Social Justice and Social Welfare: A Road Map to the New Egalitarianisms

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eithne McLaughlin ◽  
John Baker
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Political Theory ◽  
Road Map ◽  
The Way

This paper summarises the way equality has featured in the disciplines of social policy and political theory leading up to the presentation of a new egalitarianian framework for thinking about and acting for equality. The paper presents a broadly chronological, integrated review of the place of equality within the subjects concerned. The longstanding problems of universalism and targeting are themes which recur throughout, and in New Labour's approach to equality and social justice.

scholarly journals INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF SOCIAL PROTECTION OF FAMILIES RAISING CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

2021 ◽  
pp. 239-244
Author(s):  
Tetiana Shapovalova ◽  
Daryna Shuminska
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Welfare Provision ◽  
Raising Children ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Families With Children

Introduction. At present, the priority of social policy in Ukraine is to ensure a fair standard of living for all categories of the population who find themselves in difficult life circumstances, including families raising children with disabilities. Over the past 5 years, the number of Ukrainian families raising children with disabilities has increased by 20% according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. This is due to various environmental, social, economic, and other factors that harm the general health of the population. In the research circle, scholars consider the family as a center for the upbringing and development of a child with a disability, because for this child, the family is primarily the main environment for rehabilitation. However, the family cannot be considered solely from the point of view of rehabilitation, because the family is a social group that carries out its activities based on a common economic, domestic, moral, and psychological way of life. Families with children with disabilities face many difficulties and problems, from medical to social, but the most pressing and common problems of such families are financial. Given the economic situation in Ukraine and the economic opportunities of Ukrainian families, it is safe to say that the social security system in Ukraine is not able to fully help families raising children with disabilities financially, as benefits are insignificant and the variability of such benefits is negligible. This actualizes the study of social protection of families with children with disabilities, in particular the study of international innovative methods of social welfare provision to this category of the population. The aim of the article is a theoretical analysis of global innovation mechanisms and approaches to social welfare provision to families raising children with disabilities for their further implementation in Ukraine. Methodology. The theoretical foundation of this article is based on world socio-economic theories, scientific approaches to solving problems of social welfare, and the social work theories. General scientific research methods were used, in particular, structural-functional to reveal the types of social assistance and existing technologies and methods of calculating social benefits for families raising children with disabilities in Ukraine; comparison – to study the world's innovative social welfare technologies. Results. It has been confirmed that the social welfare provision to families raising children with disabilities is one of the priority tasks of social policy both in Ukraine and in the world. An analysis of international innovative mechanisms and approaches of social welfare provision to families, who raise children with disabilities has been carried out. Improvement of the Ukrainian social welfare system has been suggested by introducing world tendencies of social protection of families raising children with disabilities.

LEFT-WING EXTREMISM IN MODERN RUSSIA:DEFINITION, CLASSIFICATION, TRENDS

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
I.L. MOROZOV
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
New Left ◽  
Social Protest ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Active Population ◽  
Mass Consciousness ◽  
The Social ◽  
Extremist Groups

The article examines the process of activization of the leftwing extremist groups in modern Russia. The author draws attention to the social protest rallies that have unfolded in recent years and coincided with the growing demand for social justice in the mass consciousness of Russians. Modern leftwing extremist groups, according to the author, may be based on on the orthodox authoritarian, new left or anarchist idiological patforms. It is anarchism that will be dangerous as a form of youth radical protest. The only effective way to prevent leftwing extremism is a developped state social policy aimed at equalizing the level of income between the various strata of the economically active population, as well as helping lowincome categories of citizens. Special attention should be paid to the development of social elevators which open up new prospects for Russian youth.

Public Opinion and the Demand for Social Welfare in Britain

1981 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Whiteley
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Policy Formation ◽  
Welfare Spending ◽  
The Social ◽  
Policy Making Process

ABSTRACTThis article discusses the role of public opinion in the social policy making process. It argues that existing accounts of social policy formation are inadequate in their treatment of public opinion, and inconsistent in their estimation of its importance. It then goes on to examine detailed examples of the role of public opinion in policy making; and finally tests two hypotheses concerning the sources of the demand for social welfare spending on the part of the British electorate.

scholarly journals Canadian Copyright: History, Change, and Potential

2011 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Bannerman
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
Nous Pouvons ◽  
Progressive Change ◽  
Middle Power ◽  
The Social ◽  
Le Canada ◽  
Premiere Partie

ABSTRACT The first part of this article reviews Canada’s international copyright history and the role Canada has played in international copyright from the nineteenth century to the present day. In part two, the author asks whether we can be optimistic or pessimistic about Canada’s role, and the role of international institutions more generally, in promoting solutions to the social policy and social justice concerns raised by the expansion of intellectual property. The author argues that Canada’s history, while demonstrating Canada’s potential to support progressive change, has not borne out certain middle power ideals.RÉSUMÉ Dans la première partie de cet article, je passe en revue l’histoire du Canada, le droit d’auteur international et le rôle qu’a joué le Canada dans le droit d’auteur international du XIXe siècle à nos jours. Dans la deuxième partie, je me demande si nous pouvons être optimistes ou pessimistes en ce qui concerne le rôle du Canada dans la promotion des solutions face aux préoccupations par rapport aux politiques sociales dans le domaine du droit d’auteur international. Je soutiens que l’histoire du Canada, tout en démontrant le potentiel du Canada pour appuyer le changement progressif, n’a pas démontrée certains des idéaux d’une puissance moyenne.

scholarly journals Social Policy Responses to the Covid-19 Crisis in China in 2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (16) ◽  
pp. 5896 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quan Lu ◽  
Zehao Cai ◽  
Bin Chen ◽  
Tao Liu
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Political Crisis ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Social Suffering ◽  
The Social ◽  
Major Player

The 2020 coronavirus pandemic has catapulted China into a serious social and political crisis. This article focuses upon how Chinese social policy has responded to the Covid-19 crisis. It reveals that the Chinese welfare state has woven a comprehensive social safety net to mitigate the social suffering of Chinese society in the mid- and post-crisis periods. Different types of social policy programs have been combined and synthesized, including social insurance, social assistance, and social welfare arrangements. Facing the challenges of the new risks caused by the pandemic, the collaboration of the Chinese state and intermediary social welfare organizations has played a crucial role in providing both cash benefits and social services (benefits in kind). For the first time, social policy in China has acted as a major player for coping with the negative outcomes of a pandemic. This article concludes that the pandemic-related crisis has justified an interventionist approach and logic, driven by the state’s welfare system, which favors a model of “big government”. However, this model also requires justification and legitimation.

scholarly journals THE APPLICATION OF LAW, GOING TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT (AN ANALIZYNG OF THE RIIL SCIENTIFIC)

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 134
Author(s):  
Faisol Azhari
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
Application Of Law ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Law

Law or law order are not made to be observed and to be logical rational study only but to be done. Of course the application of law in society gets concretization proccess where the regulation of general and abstract normative law given for special, concrete and casuistic problems. It is not enough to implement limitted law on legal norms only normatively in societ, we have to observe more on social phenomena to implement the law flexibly. The implementation of law which is able to creat efective communication between the members of society, and not release from the final objective or the main goal of the legal politic namely to reach social welfare and protection as the integral part of the social policy, that is the implementation of law into the law enforcement.

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