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Economic inequality and economic crisis: a challenge for social workers (e-journal)

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To social workers, extreme economic inequality is primarily a violation of social justice, but this article shows how growing economic inequality since the mid-1970s was not only unjust, but also dysfunctional to the U.S. economy and linked to the recent economic crisis with its devastating effects, particularly on the social work clientele. The article identifies interrelated changes in ideology, the market economy, and government policies since the mid-1970s; contrasts the political economy of this period with the preceding post-World War II decades when the trend was toward a "shared prosperity"; and shows how increased economic inequality and political consequences that undermined democracy itself contributed to the economic meltdown. The analysis has implications for the direction of social reform and for broadening the constituency of social movements in pursuit of the social work mission of social justice. How social workers can contribute to such movements and to a reduction of economic and political inequality is explored.

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

330 GOL e

Penerbit

Great Clarendon Street Oxford : Oxford University Press., 2012

Deskripsi Fisik

211-224 hlm ; 14 lembar

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

0037-8046

Klasifikasi

330

Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

Vol. 57, Issue 3

Subjek

political economy

Info Detail Spesifik

Document Type: Report

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