From UI to EI : waging war on the welfare state /

Established in 1940 in response to the Great Depression, the original goal of Canada's system of unemployment insurance was to ensure the protection of income to the unemployed. Joblessness was viewed as a social problem and the jobless as its unfortunate victims. If governments could not creat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Campeau, Georges
Otros Autores: Howard, Richard, 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Vancouver : UBC Press, 2004.
Colección:Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
Temas:
Unemployment insurance > Canada > History.
Unemployment insurance.
Unemployment insurance > Canada.
Unemployment insurance > Law and legislation > Canada.
Assurance-chômage > Canada.
Assurance-chômage > Droit > Canada.
Chômeurs > Droit > Canada.
Assurance-chômage > Canada > Histoire.
Assurance-chômage.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Insurance > Risk Assessment & Management.
Unemployment insurance > Law and legislation
Unemployment insurance
Canada
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Acronyms
  • Introduction
  • Why UI?
  • The British Act of 1911
  • Developing a Canadian System
  • The UI Act of 1940
  • UI Expansion, 1940-75
  • Vision under Siege, 1975-88
  • Rights Enshrined in Case Law, 1940-90
  • The System Hijacked, 1989-96
  • Onward to EI
  • Case Law in the Neoliberal Riptide of the 1990s
  • Conclusion
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • Law and Society

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