Description |
1 online resource (385 pages) |
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Heritage |
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Heritage.
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Contents |
Cover -- 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 -- 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 |
Summary |
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 |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Public welfare -- Canada -- Congresses
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Manpower policy -- Canada -- Congresses
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Manpower policy
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Public welfare
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Canada
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Johnson, Andrew, F
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McBride, Stephen
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Smith, Patrick, J
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ISBN |
9781442623118 |
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144262311X |
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