United nations seminar on social welfare

1949 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-227
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Social Welfare

Minimum Essential Standards of Living research in Ireland

2020 ◽  
pp. 39-54
Author(s):  
Bernadette Mac Mahon ◽  
Robert Thornton
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Social Consensus ◽  
Minimum Income ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
Standards Of Living ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Budget Standards

This chapter focuses on the history and development of budget standards research in Ireland, from the Low Cost but Acceptable approach that was used to assess adequacy to the more recent adoptions of the Minimum Income Standards methodology. It talks about the Minimum Essential Standards of Living (MESL), which is rooted in social consensus about the goods and services that everyone in Ireland should be able to afford. It also discusses the United Nations' definition of a “minimum acceptable standard of living.” The chapter analyzes the most recent MESL results that are discussed in the context of social welfare adequacy. It also points out how the MESL research has had an impact in policy debates around adequacy in Ireland.

scholarly journals MESSIANISMO E CULTURA DE BEM-ESTAR SOCIAL NAS NAÇÕES UNIDAS: poder, violência e políticas públicas na construção da identidade onusiana

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 415
Author(s):  
Elisabete Cristina Cruvello da Silveira
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Member States ◽  
Historical Interpretation ◽  
The United Nations

O artigo discute as afinidades e ambiguidades entre messianismo e cultura de bem-estar social no espaço das Nações Unidas, em torno da seguinte questão: como poder, violência e políticas públicas conformam-se concretamente em seu espaço,manifestando-se em sua identidade? Sistematiza a discussão em dois eixos articulados: identidade emblemática onusiana econjuntura internacional do passado e do presente. Aponta analistas das Relações Internacionais que contribuíram para a interpretação histórica, como Bauman, Moniz Bandeira, Fonseca Júnior, Garcia, Bertrand e Senarclens. Verifica que as Nações Unidas abarcam uma dialética de identidades, dependendo da lente adotada pelo analista para sua interpretação e do tipo de serviço que presta aos Estados Membros. Conclui que poder, violência e políticas públicas configuram-se no bojo das Nações Unidas, como instituiçãovoltada para a disseminação do ideário messiânico e de cultura de bem- estar social.Palavras-chave: Messianismo, cultura de bem estar social, Nações Unidas, políticas públicas.MESSIANISM AND CULTURE OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN THE UNITED NATIONS: power, violence and public policies in the construction of onusiana identityAbstract: The article aims to discuss the affinities and ambiguities between messianism and welfare culture within the United Nations,around the following question: how power, violence and public policies conform specifically in their space, manifesting itself in itsidentity? The discussion is systematized in two articulated axes: Brazilian flagship identity and the international conjuncture of the pastand present. Points out International Relations Analysts, that contributed to the historical interpretation, as Bauman, Moniz Bandeira,Fonseca Júnior, Garcia, Bertrand and Senarclens. It verifies that the United Nations cover a dialectic of identities, depending on thelens adopted by an analyst for its interpretation and the type of service it provides to Member States. It concludes that, power, violence and public policies configure the bulge of the United Nations as an institution dedicated to the dissemination of the Messianic ideals and culture of social welfare.Key words: Messianism, culture of social welfare, United Nations, public policies.

Intergovernmental Channels: Activities in the Social Field

1960 ◽  
Vol 329 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-43
Author(s):  
Martha Branscombe
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Welfare Programs ◽  
Social Field ◽  
Social Welfare Programs ◽  
Social Council ◽  
The Social ◽  
The United Nations

While the principle of intergovernmental co operation in the field of social welfare was well established prior to World War II, the current widespread activity and proliferation of channels have developed in direct response to the postwar social upheavals and the rising tide of newly in dependent nations. Present intergovernmental co-operation is conducted through a multifarious network of international or gans. There are those linked to the United Nations as well as a more diffuse group of intergovernmental organs with an independent existence. The Economic and Social Council, an organ of the United Nations, which bears the main responsi bility for United Nations social policy is also the co-ordinator of the specialized agencies' social welfare programs. In addi tion to the complex structure of intergovernmental organiza tions, their efforts encompass all facets of the social field. In such an enormous undertaking the major problem is the co ordination of these activities and the channels through which they move.—Ed.

Community Development and Social Welfare in Urban Areas

1960 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 10-13
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Editorial Note ◽  
Wide Spread ◽  
African Development ◽  
Full Report ◽  
The World ◽  
The United Nations

Editorial Note: A European Seminar on this subject was held in Bristol, England in Septem ber, 1959 as part of the United Nations European Social Welfare Programme. The following article, containing a summary of the main points, is being printed here because of the wide spread interest in "urban cpmmunity development" which has recently sprung up around the world. The full report of the Seminar is available from the United Nations office in Geneva. It was prepared by Mr. P. H. K. Kuenstler of the African Development Trust in London, who directed the Seminar.

Social Work and the United Nations

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin S. Mama
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Nongovernmental Organizations ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
International Association ◽  
Social Council ◽  
Consultative Status ◽  
The United Nations

The profession of social work has a long and rich history of participating in and influencing the work of the United Nations and its affiliate agencies, almost since the inception of the institution. This history includes not only the work of social work or social welfare organizations as accredited nongovernmental organizations, but also of individual social workers who were trailblazers in the field of international work. The founding conference of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945 played a key role in establishing what has come to be a formal relationship between civil society and the United Nations. Article 71 of the United Nations Charter cemented this relationship by allowing the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to make consultative arrangements with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) (United Nations, 2003). The number of NGOs at the founding conference numbered 1,200; at present there are 3,900 NGOs that have consultative status with ECOSOC (Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2014). Three of the leading social work organizations that have consultative status with the United Nations are: International Association of Schools of Social Work (received consultative status in 1947), International Federation of Social Workers—(received consultative status in 1959), and International Council on Social Welfare (received consultative status in 1972).

Problems and trends of social welfare in Switzerland and the world today

1966 ◽  
Vol 6 (60) ◽  
pp. 115-129
Author(s):  
Walter Rickenbach
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
International Conference ◽  
World Today ◽  
The World ◽  
The United Nations

Definitions.— Social welfare is a relatively recent field of activity and knowledge. The notions themselves are therefore constantly evolving. In addition to a certain number of social workers and social workers' associations, the United Nations as well as the International Conference of Social Work have attempted to define them. There is an increasing tendency in various countries to differentiate between social welfare and social work.

scholarly journals The Children’s Right to Music Project

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandi Curtis ◽  
Guylaine Vaillancourt
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Cultural Rights ◽  
Music Making ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
Innovative Program ◽  
United Nations Convention

Sponsored by the Canadian Heritage Human Rights Grants and Contributions Program, the Children's Right to Music Project is an innovative program which increases awareness of the rights of children with disabilities as outlined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Children, in the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, and in the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities. Its focus on the rights of children to music represents a creative approach which moves beyond "mere accommodation" to genuine community engagement; it moves the focus from special education and social welfare to a focus on human rights; it increases an understanding  of the implication of these rights as they pertain to children with disabilities' rights to music, music making, and active participation in the community, within the full scope of its social and cultural life; and it increases understanding of, resources for, and skills in making music accessible to children with disabilities.

Cassidy, Harry Morris

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosalie Blair
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Civil Servant ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Social Reformer ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
School Of Social Work ◽  
The University

Harry Morris Cassidy (1900–1951) was a Canadian academic, social reformer, civil servant, and, briefly, a politician. A pioneer in the field of social work, he was also the founding dean of the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley, in the early 1940s. He then worked for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. He subsequently became dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Toronto.

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