Social institutions
Social organizations are networks of relationships that perform the vital social functions. Social institutions develop around these needs. Kinship & & household, religion, workplace, market place, shared li i k l k t l t l support and federal government, etc. are organizational kinds. They are formalized types way of supplying resources for helping to fulfill human requirements.
Social well-being qualities: Recurring technique
Help offered just when requirements are unmet by other organizations- family, spiritual institution, market, and so on.
Deemed a safeguard Short-lived and considered as unfavorable Preconception connected. It is curative g Sees poor as inept, second-class p residents & & provides second class services
Social welfare: institutional/ developmental approach
SW is thought about as a first line defense of modern-day developed society. Viewed as normal and accepted way of fulfilling l d f lfilli social requirements. No preconception attached It is preventative. connected. preventative Recognizes the need for variety of social services to maintain good standard of living.
g Social issues are rooted in social structure and hence prepared social modification.
Social welfare qualities
Right versus charity Minimal versus optimum Identify examples Talk about Di
Selective services Residual/minimalist
Way checked Eligibility & & advantage levels are identified on a case basis Financial support not a best Benefits paid from general earnings State control is essential
Changing principles of social welfare
From recurring to institutional From charity to citizen right From unique services to universal services From minimum resources to optimum social environments i t From individual to social reform From voluntary to p blic and personal ol ntar public pri consumed From welfare of the poor to Well-being State From social welfare to Social Development
From individual to social reform
A move from psychological and ethical defects/deficiencies to structural and social aspects.
Is poverty due to private deficiencies or due to structural and social elements?
From welfare of the poor to a welfare society
From the relief of immediate needs to a long term p g planning that will p g prevent future needs
From social welfare to social development
Social welfare Social development: Planned institutional change including social, economic and political change for the welfare of the nation as a whole.
Analytical perspectives
Studies of the process of welfare policy: Focuses on the dynamics of policy formulation with regard to socio-political and technical-methodological variables. Deals ith th D l with the societal context in which i t l t t i hi h policy decisions are made, the behaviors, motivations and goals of various actors who participate in the process and stages of the process of policy development
Social welfare:
As moral concept reflecting value p preferences. As social policy As programs and services As income transfer As study of functions outside market forces to meet human need.
Methods of policy practice
Social Work Journal article by FigueiraMcDonough g Legislative advocacy Reform through litigation Social action