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The Development of Social Policy in Canada
Herausgeber: Blake, Raymond B; Keshen, Jeffrey

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Produktbeschreibung

Both historical and contemporary features of Canadian social welfare are explored in this wide-ranging and in-depth collection.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 538
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 717g
• ISBN-13: 9781551115443
• ISBN-10: 1551115441
• Artikelnr.: 54148783

Autorenporträt

Edited by Raymond B. Blake and Jeffrey A. Keshen

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
I: Beginnings
Chapter 1
Saving for a Rainy Day: Social Security in Late Nineteenth-Century and
Early Twentieth-Century Canada
Dennis T. Guest
Chapter 2
Blood on the Factory Floor: The Workers' Compensation Movement in Canada
and the United States
Robert H. Babcock
Chapter 3
"In the Interests of the Children": Mothers' Allowances and the Origins of
Income Security in Ontario, 1917-1930
James Struthers
Chapter 4 
Scandal and Social Policy: The Ideal Maternity Home and the Evolution of
Social Policy in Nova Scotia, 1940-1951
Karen Balcom
Chapter 5 
"Forward to a Farm": Land Settlement as Unemployment Relief in the 1930s
Dawn S. Bowen
Chapter 6 
History According to the Boucher Report: Some Reflections on the State and
Social Welfare in Quebec before the Quiet Revolution
B.L. Vigod
Chapter 7 
A New Taxpayer for a New State: Charitable Fundraising and the Origins of
the Welfare State
Shirley Tillotson
II: Triumph to Reform
Chapter 8 
A New Beginning: "The Veteran's Charter"
Jeffrey A. Keshen  
Chapter 9 
In the Children's Interest? Change and Continuity in a Century of Canadian
Social Welfare Initiatives for Children
Raymond B. Blake
Chapter 10
Income Maintenance, Insurance Principles, and the "Liberal 1960s": Canada's
Unemployment Insurance Program, 1961-1971
L. Richard Lund
Chapter 11
Integrating the Inuit: Social Work Practice in the Eastern Arctic,
1955-1963
Frank James Tester
Chapter 12
First Nations Child and Family Services, 1982-1992: Facing the Realities
Peter Hudson and Sharon Taylor-Henley
Chapter 13
Eroding Canadian Social Welfare: The Mulroney Legacy, 1984-1993
Patricia Evans
Chapter 14
The Rise of Chain Nursing Homes in Ontario, 1971-1996  
Joel A.C. Baum
Chapter 15
Access to Physician Services in Quebec: Relative Influence of Household
Income and Area of Residence 
Francois Rivest, Pascal Bosse, Silviu Nedelca, and Alain Simard
III: New Realities in Social Security
Chapter 16
The Social Policy Divide: The Welfare State in Canada and the United States
Keith Banting  
Chapter 17
Current Issues Surrounding Poverty and Welfare Programming in Canada: Two
Reviews
Garson Hunter and Dionne Miazdyck
Chapter 18
Tilting Toward Marketization: Reform of the Canadian Pension Plan
Glenn Drover
Chapter 19
Canadian Disability Policy: Still a Hit-and-Miss Affair
Michael J. Prince
Chapter 20
Employment Benefits for Same-Sex Couples: The Expanding Entitlement
Donald D. Carter
Chapter 21
Three Choices for the Future of Medicare
Gregory P. Marchildon  
Chapter 22
How Will the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Evolving Jurisprudence
Affect Health-Care Costs?
Donna Greschner
Chapter 23
The Contribution of the Social Economy to Social Policy: Lessons from
Quebec
Yves Vaillancourt, Francois Aubry, Louise Tremblay, Muriel Kearney, and Luc
Theriault
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