Workfare : : Ideology for a New Under-class / / ed. by Eric Shragge.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Deniger, Marc-Andre,; Hardina, Donna,; Lightman, Ernie S.,; Mullaly, Robert,; Murphy, Jonathan,; Shragge, Eric,; Swanson, Jean,
• HerausgeberIn: Shragge, Eric,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)

Workfare: Ideology for a New Under-Class reveals the double standards of Neo-Liberal "newspeak." The federal government spends almost the same amount of money on tax exemptions for RRSP deductions as federal and provincial governments combined spend on welfare. But, no one asks if people receiving RRSP deductions are "truly needy." In addition to the myths, this book explores the reality of workfare, examining programs from across Canada, and comparing the experience in the United States. Workfare is central to the tenets of the so-called common sense revolution. The contributors show that, in fact, workfare measures have not been effective in getting people back to work, especially in the long term. Governments continue to implement workfare programs even when it is clear that they have not, and will not, achieve their stated ends. The book shows how workfare masks a punitive ideology particular to the post-Fordist, neo-Liberal state.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Workfare: An Overview -- The Politics Of Workfare: NB Works -- Workfare in Quebec -- 'It's Not a Walk in the Park': Workfare in Ontario -- Alberta and the Workfare Myth -- Workfare in the U.S.: Empirically-Tested Programs or Ideological Quagmire? -- Resisting Workfare -- Bibliography