The Politics Of Health In The Canadian Welfare State

Author : Toba Bryant,Dennis Raphael
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-14
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781773381893

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The Politics of Health in the Canadian Welfare State by Toba Bryant,Dennis Raphael Pdf

The first book to discuss the Canadian welfare state through a health-focused lens, The Politics of Health in the Canadian Welfare State argues that the nature of Canada’s liberal welfare state shapes the health care system, the social determinants of health, and the health of all Canadians. Documenting decades of work on the social determinants of health, authors Toba Bryant and Dennis Raphael explore topics such as power and influence in Canadian society, socially and economically marginalized populations, and approaches to promoting health. Each chapter examines different aspects of the links between public policy, health, and the welfare state, investigating how broader societal structures and processes of the country’s economic and political systems shape living and working conditions and, inevitably, the overall health of Canadians. Contextualizing the history and status of Canadian health and health care systems with Canada’s welfare state, this concise and timely text is well suited as a supplementary resource for health studies, sociology of health, and nursing courses in universities across Canada.

Author : Mary Ruggie
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Medical care
ISBN : 0231104855

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Realignments in the Welfare State by Mary Ruggie Pdf

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Author : Dennis Raphael
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-02T00:00:00Z
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781773636627

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About Canada: Health and Illness, 3rd Edition by Dennis Raphael Pdf

Living a long, healthy life is one obvious goal of pretty much all of us. We are told, over and over, to change our “lifestyles” and accept that if we become ill, we have likely brought it on ourselves. Yet, hundreds of studies, over the past four decades, tell the real story: the living and working conditions we experience every day play a determining role in our health. How income and wealth, housing, education and adequate food are distributed, whether or not we are employed, and the working conditions we experience — not medical treatments nor so-called wellness lifestyles — determine whether we stay healthy or become ill. These living and working conditions reflect the social inequalities that are associated with social class, gender, race and other social locations in Canadian society. The third edition of Health and Illness shows how inequitable distribution of the social determinants of health are determined by public policy decisions. Dennis Raphael updates information that connects health and illness to the worsening levels of inequality in Canada – the rich are getting richer and the rest of us are getting sick! This edition also includes a chapter on the social determinants of who got sick and died from COVID-19. The experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic make the clear case that we need to restructure work and living conditions through public policy that more equitably distributes economic resources. It is only through such actions that we will be able to promote the health of Canadians and prevent illness in an effective manner.

Author : Michael J. Prince,James J. Rice
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2000-03-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442690806

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

No one is content with the state of health and social programs in Canada today. The Right thinks that there is too much government involvement, and the Left thinks there is not enough. In Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy James Rice and Michael Prince track the history of the welfare state from its establishment in the 1940s, through its development in the mid 1970s, to the period of deficit crisis and restraint that followed in the late 1970s and 1980s. Taking a historical perspective, the authors grapple with the politics of social policy in the 1990s. Globalization and the concomitant corporate mobility affect government's ability to regulate the distribution of wealth, while the increasing diversity of the population puts increasingly complex demands on an already overstressed system. Yet in the face of these constraints, the system still endures and is far from irrelevant. Some social programs have been dismantled, but the government has organized and maintained others. Greater democratization of welfare programs and social policy agencies could make the system thrive again. Changing Politics provides the much-needed groundwork for students and policy makers while also proposing real solutions for the future.

Author : Allan Moscovitch
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780889206748

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The Welfare State in Canada by Allan Moscovitch Pdf

The first major reference work of its kind in the social welfare field in Canada, this volume is a selected bibliography of works on Canadian social welfare policy. The entries in Part One treat general aspects of the origins, development, organization, and administration of the welfare state in Canada; included is a section covering basic statistical sources. The entries in Part Two treat particular areas of policy such as unemployment, disabled persons, prisons, child and family welfare, health care, and day care. Also included are an introductory essay reviewing the literature on social welfare policy in Canada, a "User's Guide," several appendices on archival materials, and an extensive chronology of Canadian social welfare legislation both federal and provincial. The volume will increase the accessibility of literature on the welfare state and stimulate increased awareness and further research. It should be of wide interest to students, researchers, librarians, social welfare policy analysts and administrators, and social work practitioners.

Author : Allan Moscovitch,Jim Albert,Carleton University. School of Social Work
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39076000870134

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The "Benevolent" State by Allan Moscovitch,Jim Albert,Carleton University. School of Social Work Pdf

Author : Anne Crichton
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9781895176841

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Health Care by Anne Crichton Pdf

Developed within the context of the expansion of the Canadian welfare state in the years following the Great Depression, the present organization of Canadian health care delivery is now in serious need of reform. This book documents the causes and effects of changes made in this century to Canada's health care policy. Particular emphasis is placed on the decades following 1940, the years in which Canada moved away from an individualistic entrepreneurial medical care system, first toward a collectivist biomedical model and then to a social model for health care.

Author : Keith G. Banting
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9780773506312

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Welfare State and Canadian Federalism by Keith G. Banting Pdf

The first edition of The Welfare State and Canadian Federalism focused on the impact of federalism on social policy during a period of economic growth and expanding social expenditures. The revised edition extends the analysis by asking how the federal syatem has shaped the social policy response to neo-conservatism, recession, and restraint. It analyses policy trends in detail; examines the implications of constitutional changes, including the Charter; and highlights the continuing role of federalism.

Author : Gregg Matthew Olsen
Publisher : Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Welfare state
ISBN : IND:30000115782801

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The Politics of the Welfare State by Gregg Matthew Olsen Pdf

The Politics of the Welfare State provides a thorough, comparative analysis of the welfare states in Canada, Sweden and the US detailing the emergence, growth, and recent unravelling of welfare states as well as the variation among them. Beginning with an overview of major welfare typologiesand models and a detailed account of the welfare states in the three nations, the book moves on to cover the central theoretical approaches to welfare state analysis. The text concludes with a discussion of recent developments, which have transpired in the current era of globalization.

Author : Daniel Béland,Gregory P. Marchildon,Michael J. Prince
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 52,8 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 : Carlos Quiñonez
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Dental care
ISBN : 1773382683

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The Politics of Dental Care in Canada by Carlos Quiñonez Pdf

"Why is dental care excluded from Canada's national system of health insurance, Medicare? The Politics of Dental Care in Canada answers this long-standing policy question. It further explores why some people have ready access to dental care and others do not and considers how the politics of dentistry contribute to oral health-related inequity and why it matters at the individual, health care system, and societal levels. It does this by examining political economy, the social determinants of health, and the balance that all modern societies must make between individual and social responsibility over health. The latest available information is presented on the epidemiology of oral diseases and conditions; the connection between oral health and systemic health; and the organization, financing, and delivery of oral health care in Canada and internationally. The first chapter provides an introduction on the topic. The second chapter presents a history of dentistry in Canada from the late nineteenth century onward, outlining how dentistry traversed a developing Canadian welfare state and how it used moral ascriptions of health, scientific and public health advances, and prevailing economic uncertainty in order to separate and exclude itself from larger movements in health care policy. The third chapter describes the outcomes of this policy history in terms of oral disease and oral health care and the implications it holds for Canadian society and the dental profession. Finally, in the fourth chapter, the text concludes with a detailed look at potential policy solutions, which are theoretically grounded and actionable, aimed at achieving equity in oral health and access to dental care, alongside the best possible outcomes for all stakeholder groups."--

Author : Alvin Finkel
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 47,5 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 : Hans Bak,F. L. van Holthoon,Hans Krabbendam
Publisher : Vu University Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019298004

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Social and Secure? by Hans Bak,F. L. van Holthoon,Hans Krabbendam Pdf

This volume offers a comparative and multidisciplinary inquiry into the welfare state settings of the Netherlands, the United States and Canada. Introductory chapters define the terms and present sociological reflections on the welfare state. Subsequent sections explore the different historical trajectories of the welfare state in the three countries; the literary and filmic renderings of life and culture in the welfare state and recent welfare politics, including policies, covert motives and emerging trends.

Author : Raymond Benjamin Blake,Penny Bryden,J. Frank Strain
Publisher : Concord, Ont. : Irwin Pub.
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Aide sociale
ISBN : PSU:000031278485

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The Welfare State in Canada by Raymond Benjamin Blake,Penny Bryden,J. Frank Strain Pdf

Author : Melanie Hess,Canadian Council on Social Development
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 52,9 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