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Post-Pandemic Welfare and Social Work: Re-imagining the New Normal

Post-Pandemic Welfare and Social Work: Re-imagining the New Normal

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General SociologyPoverty & Social WorkSocial Movements

ISBN10: 1032542985
ISBN13: 9781032542980
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 18 2024
Pages: 236
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.54 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The COVID-19 pandemic represents a critical juncture in the development of the welfare state affirming its importance for its citizens' economic, health and wellbeing, and safety, especially for its most vulnerable populations. It demonstrated that the crisis preparedness that is crucial for an effective protection of its citizens, the ultimate purpose of the welfare state, unquestionably exceeds the narrow horizon of a corporatised welfare industry with its singular focus on the maximisation of profit for the elites and cost containment for the government. Social workers need to engage with the contradictions and tensions that spring from underfunded welfare services and engage in the political struggle over a well-resourced welfare state.

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