SOWK 3100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Labour Candidates And Parties In Canada, Family Caregivers, Voluntary Sector
2 Mar 2018
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What is policy: public policy is (cid:494)anything a government chooses to do or not to do(cid:495) (cid:494)policy-making is the fundamental activity of governments. Social problems in the past: poverty and hunger. Immigrants subject to discrimination: people with mental illness or disabilities were institutionalized, differences were not acknowledged. Role of government: to aid, support or supplement, to facilitate or ensure the conditions to maximize meaningful employment. Individuals are able to exercise informed choice, based on: information, mobility, competence, resources (principle of capability vs. capacity: social services are like other good neo-liberalism is based on the premise. Changing labour market the perfect storm: changing expectations for family caregivers role of women, economic factors increased cost for pensions. Social policy immigration and labour market: offset to aging labour market highly qualified immigrants with skills, training existing workers offset skills for the economy with smaller cohorts. Investment i youth skill development important determinant of skills.
