Social Policy And Practice In Canada

Author : Alvin Finkel
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 54,8 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 : Anne Westhues
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 46,6 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 : 44,7 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 : Anne Westhues,Brian Wharf
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 699 pages
File Size : 40,6 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 : Rodney Dobell,S. H. Mansbridge,Institute for Research on Public Policy
Publisher : IRPP
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 47,6 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 : Robert Harding,Daphne Jeyapal
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 019902684X

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Canadian Social Policy for Social Workers by Robert Harding,Daphne Jeyapal Pdf

"Canadian Social Policy for Social Workers demystifies Canadian social policy for social work students by exploring how social policy shapes and regulates our daily lives. The 16 researchers and practitioners demonstrate that the study of social policy is a crucial dimension in all social work practice. The text's focus on the impact of social policy on social categories and specific social issues helps students understand that social policy is "real," tangible, and a window that illuminates the values and approaches to welfare in Canadian society. Drawing on a critical perspective and media discourse analysis, each chapter incorporates case examples, international comparisons, and case studies on social policy change to engage students in the discussion of social policy fields and issues."--

Author : John Russell Graham,Karen Swift,Roger Delaney
Publisher : Scarborough, Ont. : Prentice Hall Allyn and Bacon Canada
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Canada
ISBN : 0137694075

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

Author : Daniel Béland,Gregory P. Marchildon,Michael J. Prince
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-31
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9781442636491

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Universality and Social Policy in Canada by Daniel Béland,Gregory P. Marchildon,Michael J. Prince Pdf

Bringing together top scholars in the field, Universality and Social Policy in Canada provides an overview of the universality principle in social welfare. The contributors survey the many contested meanings of universality in relation to specific social programs, the field of social policy, and the modern welfare state. The book argues that while universality is a core value undergirding certain areas of state intervention--most notably health care and education--the contributory principle of social insurance and the selectivity principle of income assistance are also highly significant precepts in practice.

Author : Ernie Lightman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,9 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 : Jackie Stokes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1550772694

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Social Work Practice in Canada by Jackie Stokes Pdf

Author : Anne Westhues
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006-09-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780889205048

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Canadian Social Policy by Anne Westhues Pdf

The objective of this new edition is the same as that of previous editions: to help students understand social policy from a Canadian perspective, and to stir them to discussion and debate. Part One provides a general overview of social policy and Part Two discusses the policy-making processes, from the international factors that influence them to the ways in which a social worker can become part of this process. Part Three focuses on current social policy issues, and Part Four offers a look to the future. Each chapter of this best-selling book has been thoroughly updated for this new edition with regard to current policy, debated issues, and resources cited. Three new chapters have been added, including an overview of adult mental health policy and a critical look at risk assessment in child welfare. There is also a discussion of current challenges to the Charter of Rights and Canadians increasing use of the justice system to shape social policy. As a result, the reader gains an informed perspective of policy development and evaluation. Although designed primarily for use by social workers, the book will benefit anyone who is involved in the policy-making process.

Author : Brian Wharf,Brad McKenzie
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021926675

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Connecting Policy to Practice in the Human Services by Brian Wharf,Brad McKenzie Pdf

Traditionally, human services policy has been made by people whose own lives are unaffected by their decisions. As a consequence, that policy often fails to meet the needs of service users. In this second edition of Connecting Policy to Practice, as in the first, Wharf and McKenzie suggest that a more inclusive process will produce better results. Following a careful examination of current practices, they look at a number of alternative strategies, including shared decision-making, policy communities, community governance, and family group conference.

Author : Rosalie Chappell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : CORNELL:31924091744486

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Social Welfare in Canadian Society by Rosalie Chappell Pdf

Author : Therese Jennissen,Colleen Lundy
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781554582808

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One Hundred Years of Social Work by Therese Jennissen,Colleen Lundy Pdf

One Hundred Years of Social Work is the first comprehensive history of social work as a profession in English Canada. Organized chronologically, it provides a critical and compelling look at the internal struggles and debates in the social work profession over the course of a century and investigates the responses of social workers to several important events. A central theme in the book is the long-standing struggle of the professional association (the Canadian Association of Social Workers) and individual social workers to reconcile advancement of professional status with the promotion social action. The book chronicles the early history of the secularization and professionalization of social work and examines social workers roles during both world wars, the Depression, and in the era of postwar reconstruction. It includes sections on civil defence, the Cold War, unionization, social work education, regulation of the profession, and other key developments up to the end of the twentieth century. Drawing on extensive archival research as well as personal interviews and secondary literature, the authors provide strong academic evidence of a profession that has endured many important changes and continues to advocate for a just society and a responsive social welfare state. One Hundred Years of Social Work will be of interest to social workers, social work students and educators, social historians, professional associations and anyone interested in understanding the complex nature of people and institutions.

Author : Oxford University Press
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780199802371

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History of Canadian Social Welfare: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide by Oxford University Press Pdf

This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of social work find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data sets, and blogs. Written by a leading international authority on the subject, the ebook provides bibliographic information supported by direct recommendations about which sources to consult and editorial commentary to make it clear how the cited sources are interrelated related. A reader will discover, for instance, the most reliable introductions and overviews to the topic, and the most important publications on various areas of scholarly interest within this topic. In social work, as in other disciplines, researchers at all levels are drowning in potentially useful scholarly information, and this guide has been created as a tool for cutting through that material to find the exact source you need. This ebook is a static version of an article from Oxford Bibliographies Online: Social Work, a dynamic, continuously updated, online resource designed to provide authoritative guidance through scholarship and other materials relevant to the study and practice of social work. Oxford Bibliographies Online covers most subject disciplines within the social science and humanities, for more information visit www.aboutobo.com.