First They Came for the Poor: Surveillance of Welfare Recipients as an Uncontested Practice
There have been moments in American history when government surveillance of everyday citizens has aroused public concerns, most recently Edward Snowden’s 2013 revelations concerning widespread, warrantless surveillance of Americans and foreigners alike. What does not arouse public concern are longstanding governmental practices that involve surveillance of poor people who receive certain types of public benefits. This article traces the political history of U.S. poverty-relief programs, considers the perspective of welfare beneficiaries themselves, analyzes American cultural beliefs about the poor in order to offer some thoughts on why those surveillance practices garner little public concern, and argues that those who are concerned about warrantless surveillance of ordinary citizens should do more to protect ordinary poor citizens from surveillance.
Welfare Racism: Playing the Race Card Against America's Poor
intervention and prevention and to the overall promotion of healthy child development. The external resource professionals (travelling teachers, etc. ) noted that caseloads and complexity of the caseloads continue to increase. They also noted an increase in the stress levels of staff and parents. These resource professionals state that required competencies are increasing without complimentary increases in time for training, planning, etc. High quality child care and other early childhood development programs have positive benefits for children with special needs, for their parents, for other children, for child care staff, and for the community. However, the participation of children with special needs is limited by a number of factors, some that are general to child care and others that are specific to the inclusion of children with special needs. Twenty-two recommendations are presented in the areas of legislation, policy development, funding, creating appropriate training, developing inclusive practices, information, and public education. In summing up, the authors state that we need a “right to care” no matter what the circumstances. They clarify the foundational relationship between effective inclusion and high quality child care. And they sound the call that we need strong political leadership in this area now. It is a “Matter of Urgency.”
The problems of interprofessional healthcare practice in hospitals.
This article outlines the problems of interprofessional practice in the hospital setting. It examines the difficulties associated with competing ideologies and aims, inequalities in power relations, communication and role confusion and overlap. Within the hospital setting such problems often arise although the roots of the problem may go unacknowledged. The ways in which the problems occur in the hospital setting are considered, as is the underlying cause of such problems. Case studies will be used to analyse how the problems arise and ways in which they might be addressed.