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Social Work
Graduate
09/07/2013

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Term
Personal social services
Definition
Designed to enhance relationships between people as well as institutions
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Social security act of 1935
Definition
Liberals argued that federal social programs were the best way to help the disadvantages
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Governmental social welfare policy
Definition
Intended to represent the entire population
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Social welfare policy
Definition
Often develops in response to social problems
Useful in enforcing social control
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Social welfare benefits
Definition
Help stabilize the economic growth
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Social work practice
Definition
Driven by social policies that dictate how work is done, with whom, for how much, and toward what ends
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Keynesian Economic View
Definition
View government as primary institution capable of bringing a measure of social justice to millions of Americans who cannot fully participate because of obstacles such as racism, poverty, and sexism;
Basis for modern welfare;
Drives liberalism and most welfare state ideologies;
Government should come in a spend money during recessions;
View government social welfare programs as a key component in promoting the public good
Term
Conservative or free market economics
Definition
Believe government should be left alone except for a few minor tweaks or left completely alone;
Believe large social welfare programs are detrimental to the society by eroding the work ethic and divert money that could be spent in the private sector;
Believe economic growth helps everyone because overall prosperity creates more jobs, income, and goods, and they filter down to the poor
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Supply side economics
Definition
supply and demand dictate the economy
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Conservative or free market economics
Definition
Believed in supply side economics
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The Global Financial Crisis
Definition
2008 collapse of the U.S. housing market and the realization that domestic and foreign banks, investment houses that had little hope of repayment;
Started with bush signed 168 billion stimulus package giving tax breaks to 130 million households
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The Global Financial Crisis
Definition
Thought that by lowering taxes, it would keep us from going into recession but the individuals had to much debt to be able to come back from
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Democratic Socialism
Definition
Belief that radical economic change can occur within a democratic context
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Socialism
Definition
everybody should be equal in what they have
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Liberalism
Definition
Advancing public good by promoting an expanding economy coupled with the growth of universal, non-means-tested social welfare (where everybody gets it, income doesn’t come into play) and health care programs
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Liberalism
Definition
No religious beliefs should be shown anywhere in public; everything should be grey;
Social security act of 1935- government taxes the wealthy, securing necessary revenues to fund social programs for workers and the poor; didn’t work because it was a self-financing social insurance program that rewarded working people
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Neoliberalism (liberals but more conservative)
Definition
More cautious of government, less antagonistic toward big business, and more skeptical about the value of universal entitlements;
Argued for free trade, less regulation, and laissez-fair (let it happen) approach to social problems
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Neoliberalism (liberals but more conservative)
Definition
More forgiving of the behavior of large corporations and were opposed to economic protectionism;
Viewed new deal approach as too expensive
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Self-reliance school
Definition
Reinforces importance of work, believed in work fair not welfare. It was more of a trade school
Maintains that industrial economic models are irrelevant to the economic needs of poor communities and are often damaging to the spiritual life of people
Objective is creating of a no-poverty society
Term
Classic conservatism
Definition
Believe strongly in the separation of church and state (Believe its ok to have things like nativity scenes in public)
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Classic conservatism
Definition
Demand that government use its power to set a religious based agenda in areas such as abortion, contraception, and gay marriage
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Classic conservatism
Definition
More socially liberal than their cultural counterparts
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Classic conservatism
Definition
Government cant go in and force into religious beliefs unless its in favor of them
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Neo-conservatism
Definition
Sought to arrest the growth in governmental welfare programs while simultaneously transferring as much welfare responsibility as possible from government to the private sector
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Cultural and Social Conservatives
Definition
Raged against governmental intrusion in marketplace while attempting to use the authority of government to advance their objectives in areas like gun rights and gay marriage
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Cultural and Social Conservatives
Definition
Demands laissez-faire (let it be) approach to economics but refused to apply it to social affairs
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Cultural and Social Conservatives
Definition
Argued for social conformity and a level of governmental intrusion into private affairs
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Libertarianism (super conservative)
Definition
opposite of a liberal
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Libertarianism (super conservative)
Definition
Little or no government regluation
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Libertarianism (super conservative)
Definition
Argued that governmental growth occurs at expense of individual freedom
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Libertarianism (super conservative)
Definition
Only role of government is to provide police and military force that possess only defense weapons
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Libertarianism (super conservative)
Definition
Emphasize individual freedom and personal responsibility
Term
Think tanks
Definition
Conservative policy institutes
Get paid to answer questions that don’t necessary have straight answers
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Mixed welfare economy
Definition
Voluntary, governemtnal, and corporate sectors coexist
Term
In- Kind Benefits
Definition
Proxies for cash like medicaid and food stamps
Term
Social welfare policy
Definition
influenced by the context in which benefits are provided
Term
Political Economy
Definition
interaction of political and economic theories in understanding society
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Democratic Capitalism
Definition
open and representative form of government that coexists with a market economy
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supply side economics
Definition
stresses the costs of production as a means of stimulating the economy; advocates policies that raise capital and labor output by increasing the incentive to produce
Term
Human capital
Definition
the skills, knowledge, and experience possessed by an individual or population, viewed in terms of their value or cost to an organization or country
Term
Policy
Definition
reflects values as a society as a whole
Term
Welfare State
Definition
Helping the disadvantage, 1935
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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Definition
Social welfare policies that give cash benefits to the oppressed
Term
Governmental Social Welfare Policy
Definition
decisions made by the state
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Volunteer Social Welfare Policy
Definition
decisions reached by nonprofit agencies
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Corporate Social Welfare Policy
Definition
decisions made by for-profit firms
Term
ideology
Definition
commonly held beliefs though which we view the world
Term
political economy
Definition
interaction of political and economic theories in understanding society
Term
Richard Titmuss
Definition
defined social services as series of collective interventions that contribute to the general welfare by assigning claims from one set of people are who said to produce or earn the national income to another set of people who may merit compassion and charity
Term
William Epstein
Definition
defined social policy as social action sanctioned by society; he made a subset and took everything and made it into a pie in basic life needs
Term
Policy, problem and program
Definition
What are the three P's?
Term
1969-1970
Definition
when was he a volunteer firefighter?
Term
1971
Definition
When was he chaplain at A&M?
Term
U.S. Political Continuum
Definition
1.) liberalism and left-of-center movements
2.) traditional conservatives and the far right
Term
Neo-liberal
Definition
Clinton was a...?
Term
classical conservative
Definition
What was Barry Goldwater, Nelson Rockefeller and Richard Nixon?
Term
conservative
Definition
What was Heritage Society political stance?
Term
right side of spectrum
Definition
which side of spectrum is less open to new things
Term
left side of the spectrum
Definition
which side of spectrum is more open to new things and changes
Term
with the constitution
Definition
When did the political spectrum start?
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Equality
Definition
Ability to have a quality life
Term
classic liberals
Definition
new deal democrats called...
believe constitution as a living document that should be interpreted in the time we live now; welfare for all people
Term
classic conservatives
Definition
believe constitution should only be seen in a narrow way; work for word;
business owners
Term
cultural conservatives
Definition
Want government only in their beliefs
Term
policies developed from 1st term obama administration
Definition
dodd-frank wall street reform
consumer protection act
patient protection and affordable care act (Obama care)
repeal of DADT
credit card accountability, responsibility, and disclosure act
CHIPS
Term
lens of political economy
Definition
social welfare is best viewed through...
Term
public policy
Definition
involves the kind of power that occurs in three basic forms: money, votes, and network;
governmental social welfare policy is often referred to as.... because it is the result of decisions reached through a legislative process intended to represent the entire population
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governmental sector
Definition
social welfare is often associated with legislatively mandated programs of what...
Term
wages and consumer prices
Definition
if there wasn't social welfare benefits, employers would have to do what?
Term
ideology
Definition
framework for commonly help beliefs through which we view the world
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