Key words: socwk 300 Flashcards

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Welfare state

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  • form government in which state assumes primary responsibility
  • supports well being by providing range of social services: healthcare, education, unemployment benefits, pensions
  • funded through taxation
  • aims to reduce economic inequality and provide a safety net
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three models of social welfare

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  • Liberal model
  • Conservative/corporatist model
  • social-democratic model
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Universal vs selective program

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Universal:
- provides benefits or services to all individuals or households
- goal is inclusivity and equality
- funded through general taxation

Selective Program:
- targets benefits or services to specific individuals
- aims to address inequality and maximize efficiency by focusing on those most in need

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Marsh report

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  • officially titled “report on social security for Canada”
  • authored by british economist leonard marsh
  • outlines vision for comprehensive welfare state in canada, advocating universal care, unemployment insurance, family allowances, public pensions
  • addresses economic insecurity and inequality through social programs
  • influenced canada’s post-war social safety net
    -creation of medicare and other welfare programs
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Polanyi’s “Double Movement”

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  • dynamic in capitalist societies
  • market expansion: push for free markets to dominate society, deregulating trade, labor, and land to maximize economic efficiency.
  • social protection: sheild itself from disruptive effects of unregulated markets, advocating for regulations, welfare programs, and other protections
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Keynesian economics

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  • economic theory developed by john maynard keynes
  • role og government intervention in stabilizing economy
  • government spending; increasing public expenditures to stimulate demand
  • fiscal policies: using tax cuts or direct investment to boost consumption and production
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CAP and CHST

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  • Canada assistance plan: cost sharing agreement between federal and provinces to fund social services (welfare, healthcare, housing assistance)
  • Canada health and social transfer: aimed to replace CAP, combined federal funding for healthcare, post-secondary, and social services
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Market state

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  • state shifts from direct providing public goods and services to facilitating market mechanisms and partnerships with private entities
  • enables economic competitiveness, deregulation,
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Equalization

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  • transfer programs designed to reduce fiscal disparities among provinces
  • ensures provinces can provide public services at similar levels of taxation
  • redistributed money to provinces with below-average allowing them to maintain services like healthcare and education
  • provinces with stronger economies don’t receive payments but contribute to program indirectly through federal taxes
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Intersectionality

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  • introduced by kimberle crenshaw
    -different social stratification intersect and create overlapping systems of disadvantages or privilege
  • individuals experience multiple, interconnected layers of oppression of privilege
  • complexity of social identity and inequality
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Dual/two tiered welfare thesis

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  • suggests that welfare system perpetuate inequality by providing different level of support and services to different groups
  • ## comprehensive social safety net available to certain groups such as middle class
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Social model of disability

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  • framework which views disability as result of interaction between individuals with impairment and societal barriers they face
  • disability is no caused by individuals physical or mental condition but by social environment
  • advocates removal of physical, social, attitudinal barriers to enable full participation in society
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Indian act

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  • first passed 1876
  • governs relationship between canadian government and indigenous peoples
  • dictating various aspects of their lives
  • act grants federal government control over indigenous affairs
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Royal Proclamation of 1763

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  • issues by king george
  • aimed to establish framework governing british norrth america (particularly indigenous lands)
  • recognized indigenous peoples rights to their lands
  • created new territories
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Jordan’s principle

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  • ensures first nations children have access to public services and products without delays or denials
  • names after jordan river anderson
  • government espnsible must cover the cost without delay
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Principle of less eligibility

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  • welfare benefits should be set lower than income that individual could earn through low-wage work
  • discourage dependency on public assistance by making work seem more attractive
  • people receiving welfare should have standard of living higher than that of working poor
  • ensuring that incentive to work remains strong
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Proportional representation vs “first past the post”

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PR:
- seats allocated to parties or candidates in proportions to number of votes they receive
- designed to reflect diversity of voter preferences

FPTP:
- “winner takes all”
- most votes in electoral district wins seat
- system favors larger parties

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poverty line in canada

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  • Low income measure after tax
  • low income measure before tax
  • market basket measure
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gini coefficient

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  • measure of income
  • ranging from 0 to 1
  • 0 represents perfect equality
  • 1 indicates maximum inequality
  • assessing level of economic disparity within places
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Racialization

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  • groups are categorized and treated as distinct based on perceived racial differences
  • can lead to systemic discrimination, marginalization, and unequal access to resources and opportunities
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Race neutrality

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  • race should not influences decisions, policies, or social interactions
  • assumes race should not factor into how people are treated
  • critics argue race this overlooks or perpetuate systemic inequalities
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neoliberalism

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globalization and free trade

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Globalization and free trade

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harm reduction

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universal basic income

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