Welfare Reform in Canada : : Provincial Social Assistance in Comparative Perspective /

Welfare Reform in Canada : : Provincial Social Assistance in Comparative Perspective / / Daniel Béland, Pierre-Marc Daigneault.

Welfare Reform in Canada provides systematic knowledge of Canadian social assistance by assessing provincial welfare regimes and emphasizing changes since the late twentieth century. The book examines activation, social investment, and economic inequalities and provides nuanced perspectives on socia...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Pilot 2014-2015
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Béland, Daniel ,
Daigneault, Pierre-Marc,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]
©2015
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:The Johnson-Shoyama Series on Public Policy
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Physical Description:1 online resource (419 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Understanding Welfare Reform in the Canadian Provinces
  • one. International Trends in Social Assistance
  • Two. Federal Policies, National Trends, and Provincial Systems: A Comparative Analysis of Recent Developments in Social Assistance in Canada, 1990-2013
  • Three. An Overview of Social Assistance Trends in Canada
  • Four. Low-Income and Inequality Trends in Canada
  • Five. Social Assistance in Ontario
  • Six. Québec: The Ambivalent Politics of Social Solidarity
  • Seven. Social Assistance in British Columbia
  • Eight. Social Assistance in Alberta
  • Nine. Saskatchewan: Development, Reform, and Retrenchment
  • Ten. Social Assistance in Manitoba
  • Eleven. Social Assistance in New Brunswick: Origins, Developments, and the Current Situation
  • Twelve. Social Assistance in Nova Scotia: Mainstreaming "Employability" and Cutting Costs in a New Single-Tier System
  • Thirteen. Social Assistance in Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Fourteen. Social Assistance in Prince Edward Island
  • Fifteen. Gendering Social Assistance Reform
  • Sixteen. Entrenched Residualism: Social Assistance and People with Disabilities
  • Seventeen. Immigrants on Social Assistance in Canada: Who Are They and Why Are They There?
  • Eighteen. Playing Catch-up with Ghosts: Income Assistance for First Nations on Reserve
  • Nineteen. Aging and Social Assistance in the Provinces
  • Twenty. Shelter and the Street: Housing, Homelessness, and Social Assistance in the Canadian Provinces
  • Twenty-one. Do Active Programs Work? A Review of Canadian Welfare-to-Work Experiments
  • Conclusion. A Brief Survey of Welfare Reform in the Canadian Provinces
  • Postface. From Welfare Reform-to Welfare Reformulation
  • Index

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