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- Title
Beyond the Rhetoric: Shared Responsibility Versus the Contract with America.
- Authors
Poole, Dennis L.
- Abstract
This article focuses on the concept of shared responsibility and the Republican National Committee's "Contract With America." Shared responsibility refers to common duties and obligations of caring to which all members and institutions of society are morally bound and answerable. Neighbors and other extramarital institutions have always helped care for people in need with assistance from the government. Mutual interdependence and reciprocity are two key concepts of shared responsibility. Reciprocity means that social support works best when both parties concerned perceive the exchange as mutually beneficial. According to "Contract With America" social work is a normative discipline. From the perspective of shared responsibility, the "Contract With America" puts the onus of poverty on the individual, not society. The Contract does not mention unemployment, inequality, and other social factors that grip and grind people into poverty. The Contract also promises a new federalism wherein Federal aid provides more revenue to states and localities than any other single tax source.
- Subjects
RESPONSIBILITY; FEDERAL aid; DUTY; SOCIAL services; POVERTY; SOCIAL groups
- Publication
Health & Social Work, 1995, Vol 20, Issue 2, p83
- ISSN
0360-7283
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/hsw/20.2.83