Deck 14: Social Policy and Culturally Grounded Social Work

Question 1

Social welfare has had no critics and has done nothing but good for the United States.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Distributive justice is the unfair distribution of benefits and burdens.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The American with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodations, communications and access to state and local government' programs and services.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

People in the United States have universal and equal access to quality health care regardless of who they are and where they live.

Question 5

Empowerment is

A) building muscle strength
B) building economic strength
C) being in control of one's destiny
D) losing all control

Question 6

The acronym TANF stands for

A) Total Assimilation to Nuclear Families
B) Temporary Aid to New Families
C) Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
D) Temporary Aid to Needy Families

Question 7

Historically, social work in the United States has made an effort to connect clients with social services through

A) responding to their needs with social policy development
B) social policy change
C) clients' relationships with larger systems
D) all of the above

Question 8

Distributive justice is deeply rooted in

A) policy analysis
B) conducted by social workers
C) follows a social justice goal
D) all of the above

Question 9

Public opposition to social welfare relates in part to which misconception(s):

A) Recipients would rather sit at home than work
B) Recipients are undeserving of these benefits
C) They belong predominantly to ethnic minorities
D) All of the above

Question 10

How does the concept of distributive justice influences social work?

Question 11

According to the text, what role does social welfare play in the culturally grounded approach to social work?

Question 12

From a distributive justice and social welfare perspective, what are the possible arguments for and against affirmative action?