SOWK 1000 Lecture 2: What is the Welfare State in Canada: Part 1 - Sep 18, 2015
30 Sep 2015
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A definition: critical reflections on the definition, 3 types of social welfare programs, examples of each type of program, 4 other forms of welfare in welfare state, review questions, conclusion. 1 a definition of the welfare state: *in lecture slide* Organized power: government acting through, legislation to establish. Programs to transfer funds &/or fund or provide services. Regulations for example to specify minimum wages, hrs of work, health. Program administration for example by establishing conditions for eligibility & application form. Modify market forces: in market society, most ppl depend on selling their labour for wage or salary, there may be reasons why ppl who depend on selling their labour cannot do so. In definition the author refers to these reasons as social contingencies . Social contingencies may include: unemployment, lack of education &/or training, illness, workplace accident, maternity or paternity, care of children, care of family members, disabling condition, death.
