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Social Indicators Research, 2003
The social welfare system in Korea has become a public issue recently. Before the 1997 financial crisis, policy makers as well as the general public were mainly interested in pursuing economic growth and largely downplaying welfare needs. In the wake of the crisis, however, the demand for welfare increased significantly, and this in turn has brought ...
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The social welfare system in Korea has become a public issue recently. Before the 1997 financial crisis, policy makers as well as the general public were mainly interested in pursuing economic growth and largely downplaying welfare needs. In the wake of the crisis, however, the demand for welfare increased significantly, and this in turn has brought ...
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2020
This chapter examines the main themes in social welfare policy. These themes include the assumption that poor people are responsible for their own poverty; a belief in the marketplace as the best means of addressing human needs; and a consequent wariness of federal social welfare interventions. Analyzing social welfare policy’s multiple and conflicting
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This chapter examines the main themes in social welfare policy. These themes include the assumption that poor people are responsible for their own poverty; a belief in the marketplace as the best means of addressing human needs; and a consequent wariness of federal social welfare interventions. Analyzing social welfare policy’s multiple and conflicting
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2015
There has been a rapid expansion of interest in international social welfare in recent years. Previously, the study of social welfare was focused on domestic issues and relatively little information about social welfare in other countries was available.
David Androff, James Midgley
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There has been a rapid expansion of interest in international social welfare in recent years. Previously, the study of social welfare was focused on domestic issues and relatively little information about social welfare in other countries was available.
David Androff, James Midgley
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2013
Understanding both public and private welfare expenditures is necessary to appreciate the full scope of a social welfare system. This entry examines spending in four major areas of social welfare policy (health, medical, and nutrition; retirement and disability insurance; income maintenance and welfare; and education), comparing the public and private ...
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Understanding both public and private welfare expenditures is necessary to appreciate the full scope of a social welfare system. This entry examines spending in four major areas of social welfare policy (health, medical, and nutrition; retirement and disability insurance; income maintenance and welfare; and education), comparing the public and private ...
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Social Housing, Wellbeing and Welfare
2022This book explores the relationship between housing, wellbeing and the welfare state in the United Kingdom. The book is structured in three parts. In Part I the central focus is on the purpose and value of social housing, with a particular focus on the ways in which negative discourses of social housing and welfare dependency have developed over the ...
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Social Work and Social Welfare: An Invitation
2010Social Work and Social Welfare: An Invitation is a best-selling text and website for introduction to social work courses. It provides students with the knowledge, skills, and values that are essential for working with individuals, families, groups, organizations, communities, and public policy in a variety of practice settings.
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2004
This book analyses the current context and use of ICT in the public and voluntary sectors, building on this to provide practical guidance for managers and staff. Assuming no technical knowledge, the book provides ideas, tools and resources to think critically and creatively about current ICT practice and to implement positive change at all levels.
Luke Geoghegan +2 more
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This book analyses the current context and use of ICT in the public and voluntary sectors, building on this to provide practical guidance for managers and staff. Assuming no technical knowledge, the book provides ideas, tools and resources to think critically and creatively about current ICT practice and to implement positive change at all levels.
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2018
What does it mean to say that austerity has caused the burden for providing social welfare to shift from governments to international migrants? This chapter reports findings from fieldwork I conducted in Mexican communities with high rates of emigration to the United States. I explore how many agrarian communities used remittances to cope with economic
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What does it mean to say that austerity has caused the burden for providing social welfare to shift from governments to international migrants? This chapter reports findings from fieldwork I conducted in Mexican communities with high rates of emigration to the United States. I explore how many agrarian communities used remittances to cope with economic
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1982
In the USSR, as in other industrial economies, families derive benefits from the state’s social security system; the state also provides a range of goods and services either free of charge or at subsidised prices. Soviet economists and statisticians refer to expenditures for these purposes as social consumption; one might also refer to them as the ...
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In the USSR, as in other industrial economies, families derive benefits from the state’s social security system; the state also provides a range of goods and services either free of charge or at subsidised prices. Soviet economists and statisticians refer to expenditures for these purposes as social consumption; one might also refer to them as the ...
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2017
The study of social welfare in China has expanded enormously in the three decades since “reform and opening” started a series of social and economic processes that have transformed the provision of social goods for China’s population. In China this work touches on a number of interrelated policy areas, including social security (社会保障), social insurance
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The study of social welfare in China has expanded enormously in the three decades since “reform and opening” started a series of social and economic processes that have transformed the provision of social goods for China’s population. In China this work touches on a number of interrelated policy areas, including social security (社会保障), social insurance
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