The Social Welfare History State

1990 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward D. Berkowitz ◽  
Daniel Levine ◽  
Stanley Wenocur ◽  
Michael Reisch ◽  
Margaret Weir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
The Social ◽  
Welfare History ◽  
Social Welfare History

scholarly journals THE COLOURED WOMEN’S CLUB OF MONTREAL, 1902-1940

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Este ◽  
Christa Sato ◽  
Darcy McKenna
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
African Descent ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Historical Narratives ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Time Period ◽  
The Social ◽  
Welfare History ◽  
Social Welfare History ◽  
African Canadian

To date, there is limited literature documenting contributions of people of African descent to Canadian social welfare history. Based on both secondary and archival sources, we critically explore from anti-Black racism and African-Canadian feminist per\spectives, the contributions of the Coloured Women’s Club of Montreal (CWCM) from 1902-1940 to the social well-being of Montreal’s Black community. The CWCM played a major role as one of the leading supports for members who encountered harsh challenges in a society where racism prevailed and opportunities for men and women were severely restricted. Club members organized several events that enabled community members to survive in an environment that was hostile to people of African descent, therefore becoming a “pillar of strength” that fostered a stronger sense of community among Blacks living in Montreal. We contend that through their contributions during this time period, these African-Canadian women emerged as key players in the community and secondly, as early social welfare practitioners. It is imperative for social workers to acknowledge the contributions of the women who were involved in the CWCM as a means of interrupting the historical narratives shaping our profession that have predominantly been told from the perspectives of a hegemonic, white culture.

scholarly journals Michael Katz's Contribution to Social and Social Welfare History

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 768-771
Author(s):  
Mark J. Stern
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Reagan Administration ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Twentieth Century Literature ◽  
Welfare History ◽  
Social Welfare History ◽  
Undeserving Poor ◽  
Century Literature

Michael Katz began work on social welfare during the late 1970s with a project entitled “The Casualties of Industrialization.” That project led to a series of essays, Poverty and Policy in American History (Katz 1983), and a few years later to In the Shadow of the Poorhouse (Katz 1986). His reading in twentieth-century literature for Shadow—and the ideological and policy nostrums of the Reagan administration—allowed Katz to pivot to two books that frame contemporary welfare debates in their historical context—The Undeserving Poor in 1989 and The Price of Citizenship in 2001, as well as a set of essays Improving Poor People (Katz 1995) that he published between the two.

Historiography

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Leighninger
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Social Control ◽  
People Of Color ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Control Functions ◽  
Welfare History ◽  
Social Welfare History

This entry discusses some topics in social work and social welfare history. It covers different approaches to that history, such as an emphasis on social control functions of social welfare; a stress on the “ordinary people” involved in historical events; or particular attention to the stories of women, people of color, and other groups who have often been excluded from formal sources of power. It notes the importance of using original sources in writing history, and explains the various steps involved in researching and interpreting these sources.

Social Welfare History in the Age of Diversity

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-440
Author(s):  
EDWARD D. BERKOWITZ
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Disability Insurance ◽  
Welfare Programs ◽  
Policy Perspective ◽  
Social Welfare Programs ◽  
Welfare History ◽  
Social Welfare History ◽  
Social Security Disability ◽  
Over Time

AbstractThis policy perspective discusses three important social welfare programs—Social Security Disability Insurance, Medicare, and Temporary Aid to Needy Families—and offers an explanation of how they have expanded over time.

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