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Author : James J. Rice,Michael J. Prince
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442612174
Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy is a one-of-a-kind resource in the fields of political science and social work.
Author : James J. Rice
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Canada
ISBN : OCLC:1011721557
Author : James J. Rice,Michael J. Prince
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442696662
A consistent bestseller since its publication in 2000, Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy is a one-of-a-kind resource in the fields of political science and social work. Examining current conditions affecting the development of social policies in Canada, this book offers in-depth critical analysis of how these policies first arose and the implications they pose for future policy development. This new edition of Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy features updated chapters while retaining the first edition’s analytical focus on economic globalization, societal pluralization, and social protection. The authors offer fresh considerations of gender relations and families, community agencies and the voluntary sector, as well as the social policy activities of all levels of government in the Canadian federation. Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy will continue to provide the much-needed groundwork for students and policymakers, as well as propose real solutions for the future.
Author : Anne Westhues,Brian Wharf
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 699 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781554584109
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 : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780889205604
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 : Keith Banting,John Myles
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774826013
The redistributive state is fading in Canada. Government programs are no longer offsetting the growth in inequality generated by the market. In this book, leading political scientists, sociologists, and economists point to the failure of public policy to contain surging income inequality. A complex mix of forces has reshaped the politics of social policy, including global economic pressures, ideological change, shifts in the influence of business and labour, changes in the party system, and the decline of equality-seeking civil society organizations. This volume demonstrates that action and inaction policy change and policy drift are at the heart of growing inequality in Canada.
Author : Alvin Finkel
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781554588862
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 : Wallace Clement,Leah F. Vosko
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9780773525306
Changing Canada examines political transformations, welfare state restructuring, international boundaries and contexts, the new urban experience and creative resistance. The authors question dominant ways of thinking and promote alternative ways of understanding and explaining Canadian society and politics that encourage progressive social change. They examine how the evolution of capitalism is producing new types of transformations and new forms of resistance, and show that aspects of the state and the wider society are being contested. They also discuss the often paradoxical or contradictory effects of various social forces, such as the liberating but also constraining features of new communications technologies, new employment norms and new household forms.
Author : Andrew F. Johnson,Stephen McBride,Patrick J. Smith
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1994-12-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442655676
Continuities and Discontinuities assesses the making of Canadian social and labour market policy in the context of two factors—globalization and neoconservatism. Specialists from a variety of fields and disciplines examine the relation between Canada's changing political economy and its social welfare and labour market policy. These essays analysing continuities and discontinuities in policy emerged from research that initially was presented at the 5th Conference on Social Welfare Policy held at Bishop's University in 1991, and that since then has been revised to reflect the situation of the mid-1990s. Part I introduces the three broad areas explored in the volume. Part II addresses new trends in Canadian political economy and their relation to public policy. Part III analyses social welfare policy. Of the essays included, several investigate the democratizing of the Canadian welfare state and controversies in the conception and definition of poverty. Others address the AIDS crisis, health policy, and social policy issues that primarily affect women, children, and native peoples. In Part IV recent Canadian labour market policies are investigated and appraised, and alternatives suggested or evaluated. One essay argues that employment security and high wages could generate high productivity and international competitiveness; another examines the impact of the growth in part-time employment on the welfare state; a third probes the relation of organized labour to a guaranteed annual income; others investigate the impact of neoconservatism on labour market policy-making in various provinces and regions. 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.
Author : Hans J. Michelmann,Cristine de Clercy
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006-12-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442658929
The state of Canadian politics is in constant flux. Current and recent issues and events have led to a host of changes in the way politics is done in this country and there are no signs of this trend coming to an end. In Continuity and Change in Canadian Politics, Hans J. Michelmann and Cristine de Clercy, along with some of the leading names in Canadian political scholarship, provide a many-sided assessment of contemporary Canadian government and politics to honour the career of their eminent colleague, David E. Smith. The contributors to this collection address a range of policy sectors and institutional features. These include the changing constitution, the senior civil service, the impact of NAFTA, federal-provincial relations, unilateralism in social policy, Aboriginal self-government, citizenship and immigration policies, coalition governments, agriculture, and, of course, Smith's impact on the political scholarship of Western Canada. Change and Continuity in Canadian Politics gets to the heart of key issues and provides important insights into contemporary Canadian government and politics. Contributors: Christine de Clercy Ken Coates Thomas J. Courchene Joseph Garcea Roger Gibbons Brooke Jeffrey Gregory P. Marchildon Hans J. Michelmann Éric Montpetit Greg Poelzer Peter H. Russell Donald J. Savoie Grace Skogstad
Author : R. Kenneth Carty,Professor of Political Science R Kenneth Carty
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1996-09-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774853651
Politics, Policy, and Government in British Columbia examines the political life of Canada's dynamic Pacific province. Each of the seventeen chapters, written by well-known experts, provides an up-to-date portrait and analysis of one of the many faces of B.C. politics. Taken together they provide a clear and comprehensive overview of the dominant themes and issues that have been the distinguishing features of the province's political life. Key elements of the book include sections on: the political setting, with discussions of BC's political culture and economy, and its relations with the rest of Canada and its own Native communities; B.C.-style politics, which focus on electoral and parliamentary party politics, the changing place of women in BC public life, and the critical role of the media in explaining it all to British Columbians; governing the province, with accounts of the premier and cabinet, the bureaucracy that delivers most government services, and the complex system -- from the police to the courts -- that provides the administration of justice and the rule of law; and contemporary policy issues, with clear explanations of the intricacies of fiscal and social policy, analyses of recent conflicts over forest policy and environmental protection, a discussion of the role of lobbyists, and an examination of what difference is made when NDP governments are elected. Anyone interested in B.C. or its politics will find this book an informative, up-to-date record of the processes and events that have marked B.C.'s past and will continue to shape its future.
Author : Kenneth McRoberts,Dale Posgate
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Canada
ISBN : UOM:39076006736669
Author : Shankar A. Yelaja
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1987-10-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UCAL:B4964518
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 : Francis Joseph Turner,Joanne C. Turner,W. Ross Macdonald School
Publisher : Brantford, Ont. : W. Ross MacDonals School (WRMS)
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2000-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 020532701X
Author : Martin Papillon,Luc Turgeon,Jennifer Wallner,Stephen White
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Comparative government
ISBN : 9780774827867