The Future of Social Policy in the European Communities

1977 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-270
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
International Committee ◽  
National Council ◽  
Economic Production ◽  
The Future ◽  
Action Programme ◽  
The Uk

ABSTRACTThe National Council of Social Service is the major voluntary body in the United Kingdom responsible for social welfare. Its paper on the future of social policy in the European Community was submitted to the EEC Commission by its International Committee, after widespread consultation with a large number of national and local voluntary agencies in the UK. The paper outlines the Community's present approach to social policy. The aims of its Social Action Programme are by no means valueless, but it has still tended to regard the human being chiefly as an instrument of economic production. Consequently, while the Community may be relevant to industry and governments, it has little attraction for the public at large. If the Community is to have any real meaning as a community it will need to give much greater priority to social policy, and to achieving social justice throughout the member states. Furthermore it should pursue policies which will strengthen the sense of Community identity and citizenship and should introduce greater democracy within its institutional structure and operations. The paper recommends a number of specific measures within the broad field of social policy which might achieve these goals. These include proposals concerning employment, working conditions, income maintenance and distribution, migrant workers, health and social services, consumer and environment policy, overseas development and institutional democracy.

Thinking about Religious Welfare and Rethinking Social Policy in the British Context

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 613-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rana Jawad
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Welfare Provision ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Role Of Religion ◽  
Ways Of Being

The role of religion in social welfare provision, and more broadly in shaping the development of state social policy in the UK, has become an issue of increasing prominence in the last decade raising both new challenges and opportunities. This article brings together new and existing research in the field of religion and social action/welfare in the British context to present a preliminary discussion of how and why religion, as a source of social identity and moral values, matters for social policy. The key argument is that religious welfare provision goes beyond the mixed economy of welfare paradigm and has the capacity to challenge the Utilitarian underpinnings of mainstream social policy thinking by giving more relative importance to ethical issues such as self-knowledge and morality, in addition to the more conventional concepts of wellbeing or happiness. The article proposes the concept of ways of being in order to bring together these moral ideational factors that underpin social welfare.

Touzel, Bessie

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjorie Johnstone
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Definition Of

Bessie Touzel (1904–1997) left her mark on the local, provincial, and national levels in Canadian social services. Through her visionary development of concrete strategies for developing social policy, and establishing equitable welfare standards, she contributed lasting blueprints for social action and a re-definition of social responsibility.

scholarly journals What Drives the Recruitment of Migrant Workers to Work in Social Care in England?

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shereen Hussein ◽  
Martin Stevens ◽  
Jill Manthorpe
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Adult Care ◽  
Demographic Profile ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The Social ◽  
British Commonwealth ◽  
The Uk

This article outlines the reasons for the recruitment of migrant workers by the adult care sector in England, as revealed by participants in a multi-method study. The background to the study is the changing socio-demographic profile of the social care workforce, notably the employment of non-UK citizens in large numbers from outside traditional recruitment sources within the British Commonwealth. The article reports on 136 individual interviews with different stakeholders from the English social care sector undertaken in 2008–2009. Drawing on a theoretical framework developed during the first phase of the study, the analysis revealed a two-fold explanation of the demand for migrant workers in the English care sector. First, to fill specific staff vacancies, either through direct recruitment of workers from outside the UK or among those already in the UK; and, second, a more strategic, but less common, decision to recruit migrants with specific characteristics. The implications for social policy are set in the context of political concerns about migration and concurrent political aspirations to improve social care through resolving recruitment difficulties.

scholarly journals Globalization and Asian Pentecostalism in the Twenty-First Century

Pneuma ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 500-520
Author(s):  
Connie Au
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
First Century ◽  
Humanitarian Relief ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Prosperity Gospel ◽  
The Future ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Totalitarian Regimes ◽  
Do So

Abstract This article aims to explore the development of Pentecostalism in Asia under the tide of globalization since the beginning of the twenty-first century. It will do so in three sections. First, it investigates megachurches and the prosperity gospel in Asian countries and regions that enjoy a greater extent of liberty and where neo-capitalism has emerged. Second, the article discusses the situation of Pentecostalism in countries ruled by totalitarian regimes. Pentecostalism cannot grow freely there, but it is relatively safe for Pentecostals to provide humanitarian relief and social services. Third, the article illustrates how migration as a major phenomenon of globalization has influenced pentecostal mission. It focuses on African Pentecostals who engage in trades in China and the Filipino/a Charismatics who are migrant workers. In the conclusion, the article discusses how the coronavirus pandemic has been reshaping globalization and Pentecostalism and offers a possible way to see the future.

Social Policy and Development Centre. Social Development in Pakistan: Annual Review 1999. Karachi. Social Policy and Development Centre and Oxford University Press. 1999. Pakistan Rs 395/(Pb). 166 pages.

1999 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.R. Kemal
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Economic Sanctions ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Development Centre ◽  
Social Events ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Action Programme ◽  
The Impact

This Report on Social Development in Pakistan is a welcome addition to the economic literature on Pakistan; it reviews the development and policies during the past year (1999) in the perspective of long-run trends. The 1999 issue has been enriched by an analysis of the impact of economic sanctions on Pakistan's economy. The five chapters of the Report discuss crises in the economy focussing on short- and long-run problems, the impact of the economic sanctions, the IMF package, and, alternative strategies of economic and social development, the future outlook for social development in Pakistan, the Social Action Programme and Social Safety "Nets. Data and important social events during the year are presented in the annexures.

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