Chapter 1-2 Flashcards
to get A (34 cards)
Laissez-faire
based on limited govt involvement, individualism
Conservative perspective
individuals are responsible for taking care of themselves with little or no govt intervention
Humanitarianism
dominant vale that guided the development of social welfare system
Social work
primary profession that works within the social welfare system and those the system serves
Social welfare
services provided to the poor, govt expenditures, tax breaks for members of upper/middle class
Liberal perspective
govt is responsible for ensuing the availability of social & economic structures ( support for those who cannot meet their own needs)
Residual perspective
views social welfare as serving only those with the most problems or greatest need ( supports individualism)
Institutional perspective
everyone has needs throughout life, society is responsible for supporting those needs by providing services & benefits
The statute of laborers act
required all able-bodied individuals to accept any type of employment within their parish
The poor law reform act 1834
mandated that all reforms of outdoor relief be abolished
Indoor relief
placing those who could not care for themselves in settings other than their own homes
Outdoor relief
providing cash assistance that allowed individuals to remain in their own homes
New deal
emergency legislation that provided assistance for the jobless & poor
Social security act 1935
economic system+vacillation=invariable leave many people without resources +- unemployment
Public assistance
based on NEED
Social services do?
advocate for social & economic justice, assist persons/families/groups improving their lives
Enlightenment
introduced the idea of individualism & personal responsibility
A dialectical process
discussion of the opposing “truths”
Social services influenced by?
Judea christian humanitarianism, social darwinism
Elizabethan poor laws 1600s
1.govt responsible for those in need
2. govt authority to force people to work
3. govt enforcement of family responsibility
4. local responsibility
Categorization of poor
worthy poor( children, age, disability)
able-bodied (unworthy poor)
Rev War
move to outdoor relief, in-kind benefits
specialization & social action ( Dodrthea Dix)
campaigned to improve the treatment of the mentally ill in jails & almshouses
Social action ( settlement house movement Jane Addams)
the idea that impoverished neighborhoods resulted from economical educational & political exclusion rather than individual deficiencies