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Social Welfare: Basic Concepts
Looking at the basic concepts in social welfare (2)
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Social Work
Undergraduate 2
02/11/2011

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What is the definition of social welfare?
Definition
Social Welfare- An institution that handles dependency and facilitates interdependence.
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What is the definition of social structure?
Definition
Social Structures- How individuals achieve identity (status and role) amd fit into groups and organizations and how these, in turn, fit  into institutions, communities, and society.
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What is the definition of status?
Definition

Status- A socially defined position in a group or in society.

 

Ex: A status would be race, gender, job, ect.

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What is the definition of a role?
Definition
Role- A set of expectations and behaviors.
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What is the definition of social institution?
Definition
A Social Institution is a enduring pattern of roles and statuses that ensure that functions are carried out that are organized by societies. 
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What is the definition of dependence?
Definition
Dependence is when a person is unable to perform his or her roles in an interdependent manner, whether the problem is on the individual or the institutional level.
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What is the definition of TANF?
Definition
TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) is the replacement to the Aid to Familes with Dependent Children (AFDC). The payments go to children in fatherless families in which the mother is either unemployed or employed with a income greatly below poverty level.
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What is the AFDC for?
Definition
The AFDC (Assistance to Families with Dependent Children) is a cash support program where payments go to support children in fatherless families where the mother is unemployed or employed with an income greatly below the poverty line.
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What is the definition of reciprocity?
Definition
Reciprocity is an Exchange of things, goods, or services.
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What is the definition of social exclusion?
Definition
Social Exclusion is the outcome of multiple deprivations that prevent individuals or groups from fully participating in economic, social, or the political life in the society in which they live.
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What are non-market economic transfers?
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Non-Market economic transfers are an economic system that does not operate through the exchange of money.

 

EX: Foodstamps is a non-economic transfer because though it takes money to buy food, you can only use the foodstamp card for food. Therefore you are getting food instead of money.

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