Transcript 'Social Policy and Social Services: Welfare Policy
'Social Policy and Social Services: Welfare Policy Patterns in a Heterogeneous Society' Yitzhak Berman
Social Policy
is concerned with changing and distribution of the components of living . It thus aims to bring about conditions different from those which would be the result of the unrestrained operation of market forces and of unrestrained human conduct in other respects. The essence of social policy is thus intervention based on two assumptions: that the common interest (a difficult to define concept) should in certain conditions prevail over that of individual and that, in certain respects, the judgment of the community is superior and therefore should override that of the individual.
Kaim-Caudle, Peter, 1988: Foreword; in: Lee, Peter Ching-Yung: Dimensions of Social Welfare Transition. Sino-British Perspectives; Taipei: Chu Liu Book Company: 5-9
Spatial Dimension
Space of social immediacy -(sub-) urban localities -Ethnic groups -families
SOCIAL SPACES OF SOCIAL POLICY Leading Actor Objectives
Local governance systems, limited by the dependency on central government and may be in conflict with … Establishing spaces for developing local/communal equality, empowerment National and Regional level National governments and contestants for power (parliament, civic organizations etc.) Coping with challenges of internal (national) contradictions, differences and diversity of interests Bi-and multi-lateral level Nation states and multinational enterprises Equity Adapted from Herrmann, P. 2009. Social Quality: Looking for a Global Social Policy Europaischer, Hochschulverlag
Chinese/Traditional
Time circular co-existence process-oriented go with the flow history and tradition
Patterns of Thinking Western
Time linear causality deadline-oriented efficiency future-oriented Performance group harmony and shared accomplishment qualitative and subjective people-oriented social concerns Performance individual performance accomplishment quantitative-objective task-oriented economic indicators
Social economic security
is the degree to which people have command over material and immaterial resources over time in the context of social relations.
These social relations are sustained within a set of multifaceted sources of socio-economic security called collective identities, i.e.
state, family, community and institutions
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CONDITIONAL FACTORS OF SOCIAL QUALITY
Socio-economic security
the extent to which people have sufficient resources over time - economic security - housing - health (social care) - education
Collective identities providing social welfare services State Community Family Economic security Housing Health Education