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a) Identify two major pieces of social work legislation that was passed between the New Deal Era and the War on Poverty then identify the strengths and weaknesses of the legislation.
In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) introduced the New Deal, a social and economic program of recovery using the government as an instrument of change, an approach familiar to many Europeans for more than a generation. The New Deal ended laissez-faire capitalism and introduced the regulation of business activities, banking reform, and the ability of labor to organize and apply collective bargaining in its pursuit of fair wages and working conditions through passage of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (Glicken, 2010). Following this, the next important evolution in social work legislation can in 1952 when the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) and the establishment of the...
These organizations took great strides in coordinating national and regional interests and facilitating national standards to address social issues. Another important development was the introduction of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) in 1953 and a shift from programs for the poor to programs serving middle-income and its motto was "improving the health, safety, and well-being of America" (Princeton, N.d.).
b) Discuss the role that social worker's played prior to and after the legislation was passed.
One of the primary debates in the role of social workers has lied in the oppressed population and their efforts to organize and challenge the established power structures and the language of the debate has changed from wholesale to retail social work (Brooks, 2005).…
Works Cited
Brooks, F. (2005). Resolving the Dilemma between Organizing and Services: Los Angeles ACORN's Welfare Advocacy. Social Work, 262-270.
Glicken, M. (2010). A Brief History of Social Work. In Social Work in the 21st Century. Sage Publications.
Princeton. (N.d.). United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Retrieved from Princton: https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/United_States_Department_of_Health,_Education,_and_Welfare.html
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