Week 2- Ideology Flashcards
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Explain the Residual Welfare Model (6)
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- Provided by gov’t to help needy and poor when they are unable to help themselves
- ensures all other sources of support are insufficient (stopgap basis)
- Short term, discontinues when other help is provided or becomes independent
- safety net as it is only for those who are unable to manage
- State only steps in when problem is obvious
- Stigma attached, sees poor as incompetent , responsible for their poor conditions
2
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Explain the Institutional Welfare model (6)
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- For everyone
- Universal, giving each person equal opportunity
- Focuses on organized system of providing
- Preventive, providing services before waiting for problem (maintaining good standard of living)
- No stigma
- Special obligation to ensure well being of all people
3
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What are the nature of residual and institutional social welfare?
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Residual: need-based
Institutional: citizen right
4
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What are the basis of provision of residual and institutional social welfare?
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Residual: selective
Institutional: universal entitlement
5
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What are the differences of duration for residual and institutional welfare?
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Residual: Short term
Institutional: Permanent, long term
6
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How does ideology shape social policy?
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- Perspectives on how economies should operate
- Role of gov’t in social and economic issues
- Understanding of nature & causes of social problems, and how to address them
- Ideology demonstrate it as social constructions
6
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Define ideology and political ideology (5)
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- A paradigm or belief system that shapes our perception of the world and guides the way we interact with it
- Subjective and cannot be proven right
- Have the power to influence the kind of formal institutions to develop asocial welfare
- Public opinions about people in need and provisioning of social services are influenced by societal attitudes
- Canadian social welfare system is informed by various ideologies
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