Social Work 1022A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Think Tank, Dont, Cape Breton University

• School: Western University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: Social Work 1022A/B
• Professor: Michelle Mc Intyre

Document Summary

Poverty results from a lack of skills, education, unwillingness to work, move or retrain or unwillingness to compete education and job training breaks the cycle . Theory of income-leisure suggests that if given money, people will chose leisure. (lazy ) History of social welfare: elizabethan poor laws, feudalism to industrial revolution. In canada, work of church and communities before government took a role initially through workman"s comp, unemployment benefits and pensions. Beverage report 1943 (britain) and marsh report (canada) and subsequent growth of social welfare. 1966 canada assistance plan (cap) standardized funding and social assistance nationwide (in programs effect until 1996) forbade workfare. Replaced by canadian heath and social transfer (chst) Era of erosion from 1975-present marked by rapid expansion of globalization and move from keynesian economic policies to monetarist economics. Small government - let private charities and corporations take over some do help! Equity and economic perspectives on poverty read in textbook.