Canadian Social Policy Fifth Edition

Author : Anne Westhues,Brian Wharf
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 699 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781554584109

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Canadian Social Policy, Fifth Edition by Anne Westhues,Brian Wharf Pdf

Social policy shapes the daily lives of every Canadian citizen and should reflect the beliefs of a majority of Canadians on just approaches to the promotion of health, safety, and well-being. Too often, those on the front lines—social workers, nurses, and teachers—observe that policies do not work well for the most vulnerable groups in society. In the first part of this new edition of Canadian Social Policy, Westhues and Wharf argue that service deliverers have discretion in how policies are implemented, and the exercise of this discretion is how citizens experience policy—whether or not it is fair and reasonable. They show the reader how social policy is made and they encourage active citizenship to produce policies that are more socially just. New material includes an examination of the reproduction of systemic racism through the implementation of human rights policy and a comparative analysis of the policy-making process in Quebec and English Canada. The second part of the book discusses policy issues currently under debate in Canada. Included are new chapters that explore parental leave policies and housing as a determinant of health. All chapters contain newly updated statistical data and research and policy analysis. 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 policies that will benefit the people supported.

Author : Anne Westhues
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780889205604

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Canadian Social Policy by Anne Westhues Pdf

What are the major issues confronting social policy-makers today? What theoretical perspectives shape our thinking about the causes of social problems and how we should respond? What can we do to influence decision makers about which policy choice to make? In this completely revised and updated edition of "Canadian Social Policy," a new generation of social policy analysts discusses these important questions. Readers who are interested in discovering the current policy debates, and who want to understand the policy-making process at various levels of government as well as how they can influence the process and assess whether policies are working, will find this book invaluable.

Author : John R. Graham,Roger Delaney,Micheal L. Shier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0134164989

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Canadian Social Policy by John R. Graham,Roger Delaney,Micheal L. Shier Pdf

Canadian Social Policy: An Introduction examines major social policy considerations in Canada. It is intended for an audience of graduate, senior undergraduate, and senior community college students in social work, and for professionals who want to update their knowledge of current policy contexts. It is also intended to offer insights to students and practitioners of other disciplines, such as anthropology, business administration, Canadian studies, clinical psychology, development studies, divinity, economics, education, geography, history, nursing, occupational therapy, political science, public administration, rehabilitation studies, and sociology. The market leader in policy analysis and social work studies, Canadian Social Policy is a comprehensive text with well-respected authors, a strong framework for analyzing social policies, and a much needed Canadian perspective. It balances concepts such as feminism, postmodernism, and social diversity with examinations of major social policy considerations in Canada and the world.

Author : Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Turner,Joanne C. Turner
Publisher : Allyn and Bacon
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Canada
ISBN : 0205428630

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Canadian Social Welfare by Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Turner,Joanne C. Turner Pdf

Canadian Social Welfare offers the most comprehensive view available of Canadian social welfare. This contributed Fifth Edition once again covers all of the key areas of social welfare: programs, policies, philosophy and history. It also includes completely up-to-date information, highlighting recent changes to national and provincial social welfare policies.

Author : Rosalie Chappell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 017604857X

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Social Welfare in Canadian Society by Rosalie Chappell Pdf

Author : Shankar A. Yelaja
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1987-10-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UCAL:B4964518

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Canadian Social Policy by Shankar A. Yelaja Pdf

The second edition of Canadian Social Policy contains eighteen essays, written by eminent academicians and policy makers, including new essays on federal-provincial issues and social policy in Quebec. The book is divided into four section: (1) the development of social policy in Canada; (2) the current major issues in Canadian social policy development in such areas as income security, health policy, housing, immigration, inflation, and unemployment; (3) the process of social policy formulation within the Canadian context; and (4) the evaluation of Canadian social welfare policy and services. All articles have been revised and updated in order to provide a broad perspective on social policy development and also to help stimulate discussion and debate on major social welfare problems confronted by Canadian society in the 1980s and beyond.

Author : David Johnson
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781487533489

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Thinking Government by David Johnson Pdf

Thinking Government examines the key roles and duties of the Canadian federal government and its public service, and the policy and program debates that revolve around these roles and duties. The fifth edition of this textbook provides students with a core awareness of major issues shaping federal policies and programs – socio-economic policy options, French-English relations, regionalism and regional policy, Canadian-American relations, immigration, environmental policy, and Indigenous relations. This book takes a close look at how prime ministers and cabinet ministers interact and discusses issues in federal, financial, and human resources management, ethics and accountability, and leadership. The new edition is revised and updated throughout and addresses the 2021 federal election and the resulting Trudeau minority government as well as the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thinking Government helps its readers to be smart citizens and knowledgeable critics of what governments do well, what they could be doing better, and why they, at times, fail to deliver effective policies and programs.

Author : James J. Rice,Michael J. Prince
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442612174

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Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy by James J. Rice,Michael J. Prince Pdf

Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy is a one-of-a-kind resource in the fields of political science and social work.

Author : Alvin Finkel
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781554588862

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Social Policy and Practice in Canada by Alvin Finkel Pdf

Social Policy and Practice in Canada: A History traces the history of social policy in Canada from the period of First Nations’ control to the present day, exploring the various ways in which residents of the area known today as Canada have organized themselves to deal with (or to ignore) the needs of the ill, the poor, the elderly, and the young. This book is the first synthesis on social policy in Canada to provide a critical perspective on the evolution of social policy in the country. While earlier work has treated each new social program as a major advance, and reacted with shock to neoliberalism’s attack on social programs, Alvin Finkel demonstrates that right-wing and left-wing forces have always battled to shape social policy in Canada. He argues that the notion of a welfare state consensus in the period after 1945 is misleading, and that the social programs developed before the neoliberal counteroffensive were far less radical than they are sometimes depicted. Social Policy and Practice in Canada: A History begins by exploring the non-state mechanisms employed by First Nations to insure the well-being of their members. It then deals with the role of the Church in New France and of voluntary organizations in British North America in helping the unfortunate. After examining why voluntary organizations gradually gave way to state-controlled programs, the book assesses the evolution of social policy in Canada in a variety of areas, including health care, treatment of the elderly, child care, housing, and poverty.

Author : Ernie Lightman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0199022135

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Social Policy in Canada by Ernie Lightman Pdf

Social Policy in Canada is an important and timely examination of the past, present, and future of Canadian social policy. Organized around the premise that economic policy is a subset of social policy, this fully revised second edition provides a detailed exploration of how social benefitsare allocated and explains the mechanisms and tools of income transfer and redistribution that are central to all aspects of social policy.

Author : Melanie Hess,Canadian Council on Social Development
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Canada
ISBN : UOM:39015050048803

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An Overview of Canadian Social Policy by Melanie Hess,Canadian Council on Social Development Pdf

Author : John Russell Graham,Karen Swift,Roger Delaney
Publisher : Scarborough, Ont. : Prentice Hall Allyn and Bacon Canada
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Canada
ISBN : 0137694075

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Canadian Social Policy by John Russell Graham,Karen Swift,Roger Delaney Pdf

Author : Rodney Dobell,S. H. Mansbridge,Institute for Research on Public Policy
Publisher : IRPP
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0886450306

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The Social Policy Process in Canada by Rodney Dobell,S. H. Mansbridge,Institute for Research on Public Policy Pdf

Author : John R Graham,Karen Swift,Roger Delaney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : OCLC:1012179082

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Canadian Social Policy[electronic Resource]. by John R Graham,Karen Swift,Roger Delaney Pdf

Author : John F. Conway
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2003-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1550287982

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The Canadian Family in Crisis by John F. Conway Pdf

In this book, sociology professor John F. Conway looks at families past, present and future and examines the changing nature of family. Figures from the first decade of the new milennium tell us that one marriage in two may well end in divorce. Conway considers the implications of divorce, the impact of social changes on men, women and children, and suggests how these issues might be better addressed through family policy. The new edition addresses the harsh new reality facing Canadian families, especially those most vulnerable as a result of the crisis of the family. The Canadian Family in Crisis is the first book to examine the drastic changes in the Canadian family over the last thirty years.