scholarly journals SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY PREFERENCES IN LATVIA: EVIDENCE FROM ISSP SURVEYS

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 678-684
Author(s):  
Mareks Niklass
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
Policy Preferences ◽  
Social Welfare Policy ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Government Interventions ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Over Time

This study seeks to find out how social welfare policy preferences have changed over time and what factors account for those preferences in Latvia. The author analyses ISSP survey data gathered in 1996, 2007 and 2016. The data analysis shows that most Latvians still support government interventions in providing social welfare. However, economic factors like material wellbeing and self-interest have decreased the overall support for social welfare policies during the last 20 years. The article provides a long-term perspective missing in previous studies on social welfare policy preferences in Eastern Europe.

Social Welfare Policy

2020 ◽  
pp. 444-463
Author(s):  
Joel Blau
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
First Century ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Social Welfare Policy ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Historical Factors

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 roles, it then traces these themes as they have manifested themselves throughout U.S. history. The chapter concludes by contending that while these historical factors may have all contributed to less comprehensive social welfare policies, their inadequacies effectively reopen the issue of what social welfare should become in the twenty-first century, when neoliberalism and rising income inequality have heightened the fears of so many Americans about their declining standard of living.

Congressional Oversight and Social Welfare Policy

Oversight ◽  
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. Minta
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
Social Welfare Policy ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Congressional Oversight ◽  
The Poor

This chapter examines the advocacy efforts of members of Congress for policies designed to help poor people. It investigates whether the differences that exist between black, Latino, and white legislators in racial and ethnic hearings also occur in social welfare hearings. It examine legislators' interventions in committee deliberations during part of the Clinton era (1993–1997) and the first term of the George W. Bush presidency (2001–2003). It focuses on how actively legislators engaged in the deliberations in terms of questioning witnesses and interacting with fellow members of Congress. It also examines other legislative interventions, such as testifying at hearings in favor of social welfare policies that benefit the poor and requesting hearings designed to help poor people, who are disproportionately minorities.

Historical Context

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Social Welfare Policy ◽  
Charitable Organizations ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Assistance Programs ◽  
The Great Depression ◽  
The Welfare State

The chapter explores the origin of social welfare policies in welfare states in Western democratic countries. It traces the state of poverty in most Western democracies before the Great Depression of 1930s, and states' interventions with welfare social assistance programs previously handled by communities, churches, and charitable organizations. The chapter, therefore, examines the historical context of social welfare policy, the nature of the welfare state regime, modern welfare state approaches to social welfare policy, and the market and global economies and the welfare state.

Social Welfare Policy

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Carl Rom
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
Social Welfare Policy ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Policy Area ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Redistribute Income

This article examines social welfare policies and policymaking, which concern programs that either redistribute income or provide services to individuals to improve the quality of their lives. The author explains major social welfare policy areas, their history, and their content. The article then explores the politics of policymaking in this policy area, with particular attention to the roles of institutions, federalism, and reform, as well as the politics of policy implementation and the important role of race in this policy area. Avenues for future research are discussed.

Social Welfare Policy: Preferences of Arab and Jewish Social Workers in Israel

2008 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Idit Weiss-Gal ◽  
John Gal
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
Policy Preferences ◽  
Social Welfare Policy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Welfare State

Seeking to understand the impact of race and nationality on the attitudes of social workers towards social welfare policy, this study compares the attitudes of Arab and Jewish social workers in Israel. This analysis seeks to determine whether the attitudes of the two groups of social workers diverge and, if so, in what direction. Based on a sample of 110 social workers, evenly divided between Arabs and Jews, the findings revealed both similarities and differences in the social welfare policy references of the two groups of social workers. Although both supported the welfare state, they also expressed a lack of enthusiasm to finance it and a degree of skepticism regarding its impact. In contrast to their Jewish counterparts, Arab social workers were more supportive of the welfare state but did not support policies that were perceived as unsupportive of Arabs.

Social Welfare Policy in South Africa

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Horman Chitonge ◽  
Ntombifikile Mazibuko
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
Social Welfare Policy
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