SWRK 2040 Lecture 5: Lecture 05

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SWRK 2040
• Professor: Kelly Ann Spezowka

Document Summary

The current state of social work (as a profession) is directly related to the current state of the social welfare system (as an institution) Can"t understand the current state of the social welfare system without understanding the social, political, and economic context in which the system is shaped. And to understand this, we start with capitalism . Business = promises to maintain/raise productivity, contribute to economic growth, and raise standard of living for workers (so that they can consume more goods and keep the economic cycle going) Workers (trade unions) = promise to collaborate with capitalist business (and government) and not pursue any radical social or economic reforms in exchange for job security and real wage gains. Seemed like a pretty good deal for everyone (business, workers, and government) Keynesian capitalism was very popular in the post-war era until the economic recession of the.