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Ideology in Social Welfare Policy Instruction: An Examination of Required Readings

Paul Lyons

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A national survey of required readings in social welfare policy courses indicates that a liberal, pro-welfare state ideology is predominant. Such an ideology rests on the concepts of modernization and industrialization within a structural-functionalist methodology. This predominant model of social welfare policy suggests the inevitability of the welfare state while effectively excluding serious consideration of both conservative and socialist alternatives.

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Key concepts: Ideology, Welfare state, Social policy, Industrialisation, Modernization theory, Welfare, State (computer science), Political economy