Deck 30: Globalization and Social Welfare

Question 1

Discuss the statement "globalization is profoundly affecting the way we live in both positive and negative ways" (George and Wilding, 2002) using current news events.

Answer 1

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Question 2

Discuss the various definitions of globalization and the ways in which the welfare state has responded to globalization.

Answer 2

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Question 3

Discuss the impact of social movements on social welfare and select one social movement that has influenced the development of the Canadian welfare state. Find an article in a social work or social policy journal related to that social movement and summarize the findings of the article.

Answer 3

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Question 4

Discuss the situation of poverty in Africa in relation to globalization and social welfare.

Question 5

Discuss the concept of neo-liberalism as it impacts on globalization and social welfare.

Question 6

Provide three meanings of globalization.

Question 7

Explain three ways the welfare state has responded to globalization.

Question 8

Give two reasons why social policy choices seem to be shrinking.

Question 9

What is implied by the term governance?

Question 10

What are two kinds of social movements?

Question 11

Give three meanings of privatization.

Question 12

Privatization

A) Means only the sale of government assets
B) Embraces denationalization
C) Does not engage in de-monopolization
D) Would not include contracting out
E) None of the above

Question 13

Social movements

A) Play a minimal role in social welfare reform
B) Are a part of civil society
C) Support globalization
D) A and C above
E) None of the above

Question 14

Social movements

A) Try to influence political processes
B) Frame their demands in terms of basic rights
C) Try to alter existing political processes
D) Articulate counter rights
E) All of the above

Question 15

The welfare state has responded to globalization

A) With minor and cautious changes
B) By identifying the basic challenges of a two-tiered system
C) Through a counter-reaction to the welfare state
D) All of the above
E) A and B above

Question 16

Globalization

A) Is multifaceted
B) Is limited to the nation state
C) Represents a neo-conservatism ideology
D) Represents a shrinking trade system
E) None of the above

Question 17

Globalization is

A) Dependent on our way of looking at it
B) Related to technology
C) A trend toward greater trade and financial integration
D) A multiplicity of links and interconnections
E) All of the above

Question 18

The term governance

A) Implies a shift from government
B) Implies a shift to a variety of complex institutional arrangements
C) Implies that the welfare state can prevail
D) All of the above
E) A and B above

Question 19

Some claim that globalization is pushing us toward a world marked by

A) Openness
B) Diversity
C) Cohesion
D) A world where wealthy nations use their domestic policies to exclude the products of poorer nations
E) A, B and C above

Question 20

Information technology has affected which aspect(s) of social welfare?

A) Management
B) Education
C) Professional practice
D) Professional ethics
E) All of the above

Question 21

Neo-liberalism

A) Is the driving ideological force in opening up global markets
B) Is more than a theory of markets
C) Is a theory of well-being
D) Affirms the primacy of individual choice as an arbiter of human worth
E) All of the above

Question 22

Globalization has been accompanied by a redistribution of income.

Question 23

In East Asia globalization had discouraged economic growth.

Question 24

In Northern Europe globalization has seen market income distributed more and more unequally.

Question 25

With globalization, North America has seen some increase in income inequality.

Question 26

Governance implies a shift from government to a variety of complex institutional arrangements by which nations are governed.

Question 27

It is clear that under globalization, the welfare state can prevail.

Question 28

Social movements only make claims for resources.

Question 29

Social movements have supported corporate globalization.

Question 30

The maximization of human welfare is the maximization of free choice.

Question 31

Globalization's great advantage is that it makes us more aware of the interdependency of the three aspects of welfare: people's sense of themselves, mutual respect and trust.