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The Limits of Affluence : Welfare in Ontario, 1920-1970 /

"With its roots in nineteenth-century poor relief, welfare is Canada's oldest and most controversial social program. No other policy is so closely linked to debates on the causes of poverty, the meaning of work, the difference between entitlement and charity, and the definition of basic hu...

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Autor principal: Struthers, James, 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1994.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • The Ontario Historical Studies Series
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1., In the Interests of the Children': Mothers' Allowances and the Origins of Income Security in Ontario, 1917-30
  • 2. Regulating the Elderly: Houses of Refuge, Old Age Pensions, and the Politics of Aging in Ontario, 1900-45
  • 3. How Much Is Enough? Creating a Social Minimum in Ontario, 1930-44
  • 4. Reconstructing Welfare, 1944-50
  • 5. Poverty in Progress: Welfare in Ontario, 1950-8
  • 6., Work for Relief, ' Unemployment Assistance, and the Poor: The Welfare Crisis of the Early 1960s
  • 7. The War on Poverty in Ontario, 1964-6
  • 8. The Canada Assistance Plan, Welfare Rights, and the Working Poor, 1966-70
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Index.