New Democratic Party governments in Canada have always been strongly committed to redistributing wealth and stabilizing the economy, but present conditions require that they broaden their perspective. They must also find ways of generating wealth if they expect to finance new social programs or protect existing ones. As global pressures intensify, Bob Rae's Ontario NDP government needs to rethink many of its traditional approaches to public policy and discover new policy instruments to tackle the five principal agendas of social democracy: social welfare policy, labour market adjustment, employment equity, industrial strategy, and environmental recovery.
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"This book is filled with insights and analyses that can help current decision-makers in Ontario articulate a social democratic policy agenda in tune with the reality and exigencies of the present situation ... It is first and foremost a cogent political statement aimed at making the social democratic alternative viable and durable ... the contributions are good, articulate, and to the point ... Drache's work and positions are really at the forefront of what is hot' right now in the academic community." Daniel Salee, Department of Political Science, Concordia University.