Continuities and Discontinuities : : The Political Economy of Social Welfare and Labour Market Policy in Canada /

Continuities and Discontinuities : : The Political Economy of Social Welfare and Labour Market Policy in Canada / / ed. by Andrew Johnson, Stephen McBride, Patrick Smith.

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Continuities and Discontinuities assesses the making of Canadian social and labour market policy in the context of two factors—globalization and neoconservatism. Specialists from a variety of fields and disciplines examine the relation between Canada's changing political economy and its social...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
MitwirkendeR:
Andrew, Caroline,
Battle, Ken,
Bella, Leslie,
Bickerton, James,
Clark, Susan M.,
Durst, Douglas,
Haddow, Rodney,
Johnson, Andrew F.,
Kerans, Patrick,
Lord, Stella,
McBride, Stephen,
McKenzie, Brad,
Mullaly, Robert,
Muszynski, Leon,
Panitch, Leo,
Poirier, Guy,
Resnick, Philip,
Russell, Bob,
Schaan, Gary,
Shields, John,
Smith, Patrick J.,
HerausgeberIn:
Johnson, Andrew,
McBride, Stephen,
Smith, Patrick,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©1994
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (384 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Political Economy in Transition: Implications for the Canadian Welfare State
  • 1. Neo-conservatism and Beyond
  • 2. Changing Gears: Democratizing the Welfare State
  • 3. Need and Welfare: ‘Thin’ and Thick’ Approaches
  • 4. Challenges for a New Political Economy
  • 5. Social Welfare and the New Right: A Class Mobilization Perspective
  • Part II. Canadian Social Welfare Policy
  • 6. Decentralized Social Services: A Critique of Models of Service Delivery
  • 7. Holistic Social and Health Services in Indian Communities
  • 8. Neo-conservatism and Social Policy Responses to the AIDS Crisis 126
  • 9. Poverty: Myths, Misconceptions, and Half-truths
  • 10. Rhetoric and Reality: Health Care Cutbacks in Three Provinces
  • 11. Social Assistance and ‘Employability’ for Single Mothers in Nova Scotia
  • 12. False Economies in Newfoundland's Social and Child Welfare Policies
  • 13. Mothers and Children: Ensuring Acceptable Standards of Living
  • Part III. Canadian Labour Market Policy
  • 14. Regional Development Policy and Labour Markets in Atlantic Canada
  • 15. Towards a Neo-corporatist Labour Market Policy in Quebec
  • 16. The Political Economy of Ontario’s Labour Market Policy
  • 17. Labour Markets and Neo-conservative Policy in British Columbia, 1986–1991
  • 18. Defending the Welfare State and Labour Market Policy
  • 19. Part-time Workers, the Welfare State, and Labour Market Relations
  • 20. Canadian Organized Labour and the Guaranteed Annual Income
  • Epilogue
  • Contributors

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