Chapter 2 - The History of Social Work Flashcards
A political leaning that tends to support a limited government with an emphasis on personal responsibility, traditional U.S. values, and a strong national defense and contends that problems can be solved through individual empowerment.
Conservative
A classification associated with the Elizabethan Poor Laws that included orphan children, older adults, and people with debilitating physical conditions, who could not provide for themselves.
Deserving Poor
A political leaning that tends to support a large role of government in social welfare policy.
Liberal
The calculations used by social welfare agencies and programs to determine a person’s eligibility for benefits and services.
Means Testing
A classification associated with the Elizabethan Poor Laws that referred to able-bodied people who were judged as lazy and unwilling to work for a living.
Non-deserving Poor
A term that can be used with both conservatives and liberals. In conservatism, the radical right, or right wing, usually supports self-responsibility, limited government at all levels, few business regulations, minimal taxes, and a strong defense system. Radical liberals, or the so-called far left, are usually supportive of government regulations and services to provide for people who are economically disadvantaged in order to enhance overall social and economic equality.
Radicalism
The concept that people experiencing dramatic and survival-oriented falls in life should be provided with only enough to spare them from perishing.
Safety Net
Processes in society and government designed and implemented to regulate conformity and compliance in people’s behavior; a motive embedded in social welfare policy for addressing the needs of poor and vulnerable people.
Social Control
The condition that exists when a society as a whole shares in civil liberties, has a voice in political affairs, and has equal access to resources and opportunities.
Social Justice
The legal mandates that specify the profession’s clients, what services will be made available to designated populations, how services will be delivered, the duration of services, and how intervention outcomes will be evaluated and measured.
Social Welfare Policy
