In Double Standard, James Russell discusses several options for structuring social welfare programs. Should the responsibility for solving the social problem be individual or social, should providers of benefits and services be private organizations or state agencies, should eligibility be means-tested or universal, should benefits be available to all citizens or obtainable through the workplace, should benefits be generous enough to resolve the problem or limited in value, and should benefits be financed publicly or privately and through progressive or regressive tax systems. In a paper, evaluate a current social welfare program in terms of Russell’s options. Evaluate the options chosen for each option in terms of (a) critical concepts in social theory, (b) social work values, and (c) your own values. Develop a strategy to achieve any changes you have identified as needed.
• Responsibility – individual or social
• Providers – private or state
• Eligibility – means tested or universal
• Beneficiaries – workplace or citizenship
• Comprehensiveness – how well does the program address the problem
• Financing – Progressive and regressive taxation
Each option provides a choice in program design. Taken together, the choices made will determine whether the program achieves its goals as set forth in the program’s statements of purpose and the program’s social theory. Choices made will also determine how the program’s goals conform to social work values and your own values.
In this assignment, you should identify the what choices have been made in the social welfare policy or program you have chosen to examine. You are encouraged to take a critical stance toward the choices made. What choices have been made with regard to each of the six options identified by Russell? Do the options chosen help the policy or program to achieve the goals implicit in the program’s own social theory? Do the choices made conform to the values of the social work profession, as outlined in the NASW Code of Ethics, especially the Ethical Principles? Do the choices made in designing the program or policy accord with your own values? Finally, do the choices made enable the program to address the social problem efficiently and effectively? What changes are needed in the options you have discussed?
Be sure to enclose direct quotations in quotation marks, properly cite sources used in APA style, write well, avoiding grammatical and spelling errors, and proofread your paper before submitting it. The paper will be due at 04/18/16 until 11:50 pm
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