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<p><p><i>social Policy And Practice In Canada: A History</i> 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. <p>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. <p><i>social Policy And Practice In Canada: A History</i> Begins By Exploring The Non-state Mechanisms Employed By First Nations To Insure The Well-being Of Their Members. It Then
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Alvin Finkel
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9786610465637
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Political Science, Social Science
