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Social Assistance Dependency as A Social Assistance Problem

Davuthan Günaydın

Social assistance dependency, in other words, social assistance syndrome is used to explain the situation in which social assistance recipients discourage from working because of the way the benefits are designed and delivered. It is critical to understand the concept of social assistance addiction in order to assess the effectiveness of the addiction phenomenon thought to be created by social assistance on individuals and households. In this study, it is argued that the reason for the culture of passivity that develops with social assistance is not receiving help, but rather the construction and implementation of assistance programs. In this context, it is investigated how the addiction culture, which is also a result of intergenerational poverty, develops among children, whether there is a causal link between generations in social assistance intake, and the reason if there is a difference in the dependency culture of women versus men. Should this framework generally be considered dependent on allied recipients? It has been explored whether it is possible to establish a link between the level and duration of help they receive and addiction. Literatür taramasına dayalı olan bu çalışmada, konu ile ilgili literatür eleştirel bir çerçevede değerlendirilmekte ve farklı araştırma sonuçlarına göre değerlendirmeler yapılmaktadır. The results show that social assistance is critical to countering the insecurity and vulnerability experienced by individuals in chronic poverty, supporting human development, helping them access opportunities to escape poverty, and disrupting intergenerational transmission.

Keywords: Dependency Syndrome, Female Dependency, Intergenerational Dependency, Poverty, Social Assistance Dependency
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Sosyal Yardım Sorunu Olarak Sosyal Yardım Bağımlılığı

Davuthan Günaydın

Sosyal yardım bağımlılığı başka bir ifade ile sosyal yardım sendromu kavramı, sosyal yardımların kurgulanma ve sunulma şekli nedeniyle yardım alıcılarını çalışmaktan vazgeçirmesi durumunu açıklamak için kullanılmaktadır. Sosyal yardımların bireyler ve haneler üzerinde yarattığı düşünülen bağımlılık olgusunun, gerçekte ne derece etkili olduğunu değerlendirmek için sosyal yardım bağımlılığı kavramı anlamak, yardımların etkinliği açısından önemlidir. Bu çalışmada sosyal yardım alma ile gelişen pasiflik kültürünün nedeni olarak yardım almak değil, yardım programlarının kurgulanmasından ve uygulanmasından kaynaklandığı savunulmaktadır. Bu kapsamda nesiller arası yoksulluğun da bir sonucu olan bağımlılık kültürünün çocuklar arasında nasıl geliştiği, sosyal yardım alımında kuşaklar arası bir nedensellik bağının olup olmadığı, kadınların erkeklere oranla bağlılık kültüründe bir farklılaşma var ise bunun nedenlerinin neler olabileceği ve genel olarak yardım alanların tümü bağımlı olarak kabul edilmeli midir? Eğer öyle ise aldıkları yardımın düzeyi ve süresi ile bağımlılık arasında bir bağlantı kurmak mümkün müdür? Sorularına cevap aranmaktadır. Literatür taramasına dayanan bu çalışmada, konu hakkındaki literatür eleştirel bir çerçevede ele alınarak, farklı araştırma sonuçlarına göre değerlendirmeler yapılmaktadır. Sonuçlar kronik yoksulluk içerisindeki bireylerin yaşadığı güvensizlik ve savunmasızlığa karşı koymak için sosyal yardımların kritik bir öneme sahip olduğu, insani gelişmeyi desteklediğini, yoksulluktan kurtulma fırsatlarına erişmelerine yardımcı olduğunu ve nesiller arası aktarımı kesintiye uğrattığını göstermektedir.

Keywords: Sosyal Yardım Bağımlılığı, Bağımlılık Sendromu, Yoksulluk, Nesiller Arası Bağımlılık, Kadın Bağımlılığı

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In the developed capitalist countries, with the effect of neo-liberal policies and economic crises in the 1980s, social assistance began to be reviewed in the face of the pressures of social expenditures on public budgets. Along with the 1990s, there was a growing consensus that social assistance budgets in many countries were being cut, and that recipients of benefits were being distracted from working. In this process, policies aimed at ensuring the integration of social assistance recipients with the labor market were prioritized. Along with strict eligibility requirements, conditions for participation in programs that will increase their integration into the labor market have been introduced. At the same time, it was the responsibility of the assistants to prevent the dependency culture created by social aids on individuals. This concept, also called dependency theory, is also used to explain the situation in which social assistance recipients discourage from working because of the way the benefits are designed and delivered. According to the theory, the problem is not in people’s ability to work or employment opportunities, but in the existence of deterrents to work. Regardless of the individual and familial characteristics that cause poverty, it is controversial whether the family’s receiving social assistance will promote social assistance dependency of the child in the household in the future and whether social assistance systems have such an effect.

This situation is based on the belief that dependence is transferred from parents to children through knowledge and values and a culture of intergenerational social assistance addiction is created. In other words, it is widely accepted that children who grow up in low-income families and receive social assistance are more likely to receive it as adults. Although this situation is caused by a variety of factors, the experiences that children have during their growth periods cause the phenomenon of dependence to be mentioned. Although this situation is based on many reasons, the experiences that children experience during their growth period cause the phenomenon of dependence to be mentioned. It is thought that the culture of dependence gains an intergenerational dimension, especially when children begin to experience the feelings of shame and stigma caused by receiving social assistance from an early age while learning the processes of accessing social assistance through their parents. According to some authors, a causal relationship in receiving social assistance across generations creates a culture that reinforces family transmission. Those who oppose the causality hypothesis, on the other hand, defend the idea that the parents are disadvantaged, not the family’s receiving welfare services, with the "disadvantaged relationship” approach. This situation, which is called the "shared determinants effect", is evaluated as a tendency to be related to factors such as education level, work motivation, and living area among parents and children.

Another group where the culture of dependence is questioned is women. Especially in the new division of labor that started with the capitalist production system, the understanding of women’s labor in reproduction within the family causes women to be more dependent more men on social assistance. This situation, which is frequently criticized by the feminist ideology, is seen as a result of the destructive effects of capitalism on women, due to the understanding that devalues women’s labor and assigns them duties based on gender. Before the industrial revolution, although women’s labor was controlled by others, it was in a visible, understandable, and official position. Increasing individualism with industrial capitalism has built a new dichotomy of economic dependence and independence. As a result of the hegemony of wage labor, women’s labor with unpaid housework and parenting roles has been devalued. Male labor began to be evaluated within the scope of the family head, who earned his bread by reducing the care roles in the family, during this process. While income-generating policies were restructured based on gender, social reproduction remained the responsibility of women.


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