Canadian Social Policy, Fifth Edition : Issues and Perspectives /

A reworked section on the process of policy-making and the addition of questions for critical reflection enhance the suitability of the book as a core resource in social policy courses. The final chapter explores how front-line workers in the human services can advocate for change in organizational...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Wharf, Brian (Editor ), Westhues, Anne, 1951- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2012]
Edición:Fifth edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Canada.
Canada > Politique sociale.
Canada > Social policy.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. Introduction
  • 1. Becoming Acquainted with Social Policy / Anne Westhues
  • II. Who Makes Social Policy and How
  • 2. The Policy-Making Process / Anne Westhues and Carol Kenny-Scherber
  • 3. Approaches to Policy Analysis / Anne Westhues
  • 4. Influencing Policy from Outside: Are Citizens Game Changers or Sidelined? / Joan Wharf Higgins and Fay Weller
  • 5. Indigenous Wholistic Healing Social Policy: Rethinking, Reframing, and Re-presenting Policy Development for Indigenous People / Mac Saulis
  • 6. Racism in Canadian Social Policy / Delores V. Mullings
  • 7. The Quebec Model of Social Policy, Past and Present / Yves Vaillancourt
  • III. Current Social Policy Issues
  • 8. Single Motherhood in the Canadian Landscape: Postcards from a Subject / Iara Lessa
  • 9. Child Poverty and the Canadian Welfare State / Garson Hunter
  • 10. Back to the Present: Rethinking Risk Assessment in Child Welfare / Marilyn Callahan and Karen Swift
  • 11. Parental Benefits Policy in Canada and Quebec: Sharing the Caring? / Patricia M. Evans
  • 12. Mental Health Policy in Canada / Geoffrey Nelson
  • 13. Keeping Kids Safe in Custody / Judy Finlay
  • 14. Canadians with Disabilities / Peter A. Dunn
  • 15. Caring and Aging: Examining Policy Inequities / Sheila Neysmith
  • 16. Toward Inclusion of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People: Social Policy Changes in Relation to Sexual Orientation / Brian O'Neill
  • 17. Immigration and Refugee Policy in Canada: Past, Present, and Future / Usha George
  • 18. Housing Policy / Jill G. Grant and Tonya Munro
  • 19. Canadian Health Care: Reclaiming Universal Legacies / Mike Burke and Susan Silver
  • IV. Looking to the Future
  • 20. Social Service Workplaces: Reform Begins at Home / Anne Westhues.

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