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

Globalization and neoconservatism continue to shape change and require constant evaluation. These thought-provoking and informative essays are an important contribution to the ongoing debate on social welfare and labour market policy in Canada.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Smith, Patrick J. (Editor ), McBride, Stephen (Editor ), Johnson, Andrew Frank, 1947- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Political economy in transition : implications for the Canadian welfare state. Neo-conservatism and beyond
  • Changing gears : democratizing the welfare state
  • Need and welfare : 'Thin' and 'thick' approaches
  • Challenges for a new political economy
  • Social welfare and the New Right : a class mobilization perspective.
  • Part II. Canadian social welfare policy. Decentralized social services : a critique of models of service delivery
  • Holistic social and health services in Indian communities
  • Neo-Conservatism and social policy responses to the AIDS crisis
  • Poverty : Myths, misconceptions, and half-truths
  • Rhetoric and reality : Health care cutbacks in three provinces
  • Social assistance and 'Employability' for single mothers in Nova Scotia
  • False economies in Newfoundland's social and child welfare policies
  • Mothers and children : ensuring acceptable standards of living.
  • Part III. Canadian labour market policy. Regional development policy and labour markets in Atlantic Canada
  • Towards a neo-Corporatist labour market policy in Quebec
  • The political economy of Ontario's labour market policy
  • Labour markets and neo-Conservative policy in British Columbia, 1986-1991
  • Defending the welfare state and labour market policy
  • Part-time workers, the welfare state, and labour market relations
  • Canadian organized labour and guaranteed annual income.