Older people within transnational families: the social policy implications

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Lunt
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Older People ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Transnational Families ◽  
The Social

Is There a Regional Subculture of Firearm Violence in Canada?

1998 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 317-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Lester ◽  
Antoon A Leenaars
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Death Rate ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Accidental Death ◽  
Homicide Rates ◽  
Firearm Violence ◽  
The Social

A study in Canada of the accidental death rate from firearms, and of suicide and homicide rates by firearms and by all other methods, for the period 1975–85, indicated that the rates were positively associated with one another. The results were interpreted using a subcultural theory of violence, and the social policy implications of the results were discussed.

The challenges of inclusive growth for the developmental welfare state

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huck-ju Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Economic Model ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
What Works ◽  
Nation States ◽  
The Social ◽  
The One ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

One of the biggest challenges for developing a new more productivist social policy approach has been the apparent absence of a new, post-neoliberal, economic model even after the global financial crisis. This chapter explores the social policy implications of the official ‘pragmatism’ of the new economic model with its ‘institutionalist’ emphases on nation states finding what works best in their own contexts rather than looking to the one size fits all approach of recent decades.

scholarly journals Polityka społeczna wobec ludzi starych w Polsce — uwarunkowania, rozwój i kierunki zmian

Ekonomia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 73-84
Author(s):  
Sylwia Wojtczak
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Older People ◽  
Senior Citizens ◽  
Population Aging ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government ◽  
Human And Social Capital

Social policy toward old people in Poland — conditions, development and directions of changesSocial policy shapes people’s living conditions. In the era of dynamic demographic changes, especially the aging of the population observed in Poland and across the world, the activity of the state focused on improving the quality of life of the elderly is particularly important. Population aging is a demographic process of increasing the proportion of older people while reducing the proportion of children in the society of a given country. Elderly people will continue to be a part of society, mainly due to the progress of civilization, advances in modern medicine and the popularization of so-called healthy living.Social policy toward the elderly should not be limited to managing the social security system and social welfare. Eff ective use of human and social capital of the elderly will be a growing challenge for this policy, and for senior citizens — spending satisfactorily the last years of one’s life. However, for some senior citizens, old age means or will mean poverty and living on the margins of civil society. The Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Polic y is responsible for the social policy of people in Poland, off ering for example in the years 2014–2020 to senior citizens such programs as “Senior +”, the Government Program for Social Activity of the Elderly ASOS or “Care 75+.” Each of the above programs have appropriate criteria that must be met to be able to use them. Are older people eager to use them, or are the eff ects of these programs already visible? This study will attempt to answer the above questions. The main purpose of the article is to diagnose and analyze selected government programs targeted at older people. In addition, perspectives for changes in social policy toward older people in Poland will be determined.

The financialisation of transnational family care: a study of UK-based senders of remittances to Ghana and Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-156
Author(s):  
Nicola Yeates ◽  
Freda Owusu-Sekyere
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Family Care ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Transnational Families ◽  
Family Structures ◽  
Family Networks ◽  
Transnational Family ◽  
The Social

AbstractTransnational families occupy centre-stage in literatures on transformations in the social organisation and relations of care and welfare because they express how social bonds are sustained despite geographical separation. This paper examines some key themes arising from a research study into remittance-sending practices of UK-based Ghanaians and Nigerians in the light of research literatures on transnational family care and development finance. The data comprises qualitative interviews with 20 UK-based Ghanaian and Nigerian people who regularly send remittances to their families ‘back home’. This paper discusses a social issue that arises from the transnationalisation of family structures and relations, when migrant family members are positioned within family networks as ‘absent providers’, and familial relations eventually become financialised. The findings show the complexities of transnational living, the hardships endured by remittance-senders and the particular strains of remittance-mediated family relationships. The financialisation of family relations affects the social subjectivity and positioning of remittance-senders within the family. Strain and privation are integral to participants’ experiences of transnational family life, while themes of deception, betrayal, and expatriation also feature. The suppression of emotion is a feature of the significant labour inputs participants make in sustaining relationships within transnational families. The paper considers UK social policy implications of the findings.

scholarly journals The ‘Deserving’ Rich? Inequality, Morality and Social Policy

2010 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 437-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
KAREN ROWLINGSON ◽  
STUART CONNOR
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Hard Work ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Wealth Creation ◽  
Work Effort ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Rich

AbstractThere is a long tradition in social policy of discussing and critiquing the notion of ‘deservingness’ in relation to ‘the poor’. This paper will apply such debates to ‘the rich’ to consider the grounds on which this group might be considered ‘deserving’. The paper identifies three sets of arguments. The first set of arguments concerns the appropriateness of rewarding merit/hard work/effort/risk-taking etc. The second concerns more consequentialist/economic arguments about providing incentives for wealth creation. And the third considers the character and behaviour of the rich. As well as discussing the potential criteria for deservingness, the paper will also debate whether the degree of income and wealth gained by the rich is deserved. Finally, the paper will discuss the social policy implications, including taxation policies, which emerge from this debate.

Compassion in Contemporary Social Policy: Applications of Virtue Theory

2011 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARY ELIZABETH COLLINS ◽  
KATE COONEY ◽  
SARAH GARLINGTON
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Community Settings ◽  
Virtuous Action ◽  
Environment Policy ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
The Social

AbstractCurrent academic debate in the social sciences and humanities is revisiting the role of virtue in civic life. This debate is relevant to social policy. We argue that virtue is already an implicit component of policy debates, but that the virtue of compassion has not received sufficient emphasis. To support our argument we review classical and contemporary arguments regarding virtue and its linkage to the ‘good society’; articulate the necessity of compassion and its application to specific policies areas (e.g., domestic violence, welfare, emergency care); and assess how compassion intersects with other virtues in the policy environment. Policy implications are identified including: recognition of the realities of suffering, the need for sufficient administrative infrastructure and trained professionals and an often long-term commitment to work in community settings. Weighing the risks, and the overall challenges of virtuous action, our analysis suggests compassion remains a compelling, yet under-utilised, basis for constructing and implementing policies.

‘I don't know what you're trying to establish’: The Housing and Urban ‘Problems’ of Visually Impaired Children

2004 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Allen ◽  
Joanne Milner
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Social Model Of Disability ◽  
The Social ◽  
Urban Problems ◽  
Impaired Children ◽  
Visually Impaired Children

This paper uses the social model of disability to examine visually impaired children's experiences of their housing and neighbourhoods and finds that they did not experience any significant problems with the design of them. The source of their problems was within these environments, and was caused by factors such as the intensity of movement, for example, from flows of traffic. We conclude by discussing the social policy implications of these findings.

Soziale Teilhabe von älteren Menschen

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Wolff
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Older People ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Soziale Teilhabe ◽  
Policy Practice ◽  
The Social ◽  
Inclusive Policy ◽  
The Right

In this book, the social participation of older people in Germany, Sweden and Switzerland (multinational) is analysed in terms of income/property, health, housing and social networks (multidimensional). Drawing on the theory of French social solidarity, the author pinpoints the minimum provisions for a social contract which the members of society conclude with each other on the basis of experiences of inequality. In doing so, they recognise themselves as free and equal and secure themselves the right to comparable and largely similar living conditions. The gap between normative standards and social policy practice can be used to describe reform proposals for an inclusive policy for the elderly.

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