Introduction to Social Welfare, Introduction to Social Welfare Policy: Power, Scarcity and Human Needs, The Anatomy of Social Inequality and Social Welfare Policy: Analysis and Formulation

Social Work ◽  
1980 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
Social Welfare Policy ◽  
Human Needs

Social Welfare Policy

2020 ◽  
pp. 444-463
Author(s):  
Joel Blau
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
First Century ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Social Welfare Policy ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Historical Factors

This chapter examines the main themes in social welfare policy. These themes include the assumption that poor people are responsible for their own poverty; a belief in the marketplace as the best means of addressing human needs; and a consequent wariness of federal social welfare interventions. Analyzing social welfare policy’s multiple and conflicting roles, it then traces these themes as they have manifested themselves throughout U.S. history. The chapter concludes by contending that while these historical factors may have all contributed to less comprehensive social welfare policies, their inadequacies effectively reopen the issue of what social welfare should become in the twenty-first century, when neoliberalism and rising income inequality have heightened the fears of so many Americans about their declining standard of living.

Social Welfare Policy in South Africa

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Horman Chitonge ◽  
Ntombifikile Mazibuko
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
Social Welfare Policy
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