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The Social Security Controversy: Does The Solution Ignore The Problem?, Martin B. Tracy
The Social Security Controversy: Does The Solution Ignore The Problem?, Martin B. Tracy
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
In 1982 the income levels of 18 percent of women age 65 and over were below the poverty line compared to 7.6 percent of men in the same age group (Kutza, 1982). The reasons for a higher incidence of poverty among older women are often correctly attributed to the generally unfavorable position of women in the labor market. A less frequently discussed contributing factor is the programmatic deficiency of old-age pensions under social security.
Two fundamental aspects of old-age pensions have been particularly unresponsive to meeting the economic needs of older women. These are: 1) relating income protection to paid …
The Concept Of Employment In Social Welfare Programs: The Need For Change In Concept And Practice, D. Macarov
The Concept Of Employment In Social Welfare Programs: The Need For Change In Concept And Practice, D. Macarov
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Social welfare and social work practice are based upon and limited by concepts concerning the role of work in society. These include coverage, vestedness, administration, and the wage-stop. As human labor becomes quantitatively less important in the technological society, and as attitudes toward work change, the role of social work should become proactive -- leading toward necessary and desirable changes, including new meanings of the concept work and new methods of distributing income, rather than continuing to attempt to shore up an increasingly outmoded systems of values and structures.
In examining the content of the major social work textbooks published …