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Continuities and Discontinuities assesses the making of Canadian social and labour market policy in the context of two factorsglobalization and neoconservatism. Specialists from a variety of fields and disciplines examine the relation between Canada's changing political economy and its social welfare and labour market policy. These essays analysing continuities and discontinuities in policy emerged from research that initially was presented at the 5th Conference on Social Welfare Policy held at Bishop's University in 1991, and that since then has been revised to reflect the situation of the mid-1990s. Part I introduces the three broad areas explored in the volume. Part II addresses new trends in Canadian political economy and their relation to public policy. Part III analyses social welfare policy. Of the essays included, several investigate the democratizing of the Canadian welfare state and controversies in the conception and definition of poverty. Others address the AIDS crisis, health policy, and social policy issues that primarily affect women, children, and native peoples. In Part IV recent Canadian labour market policies are investigated and appraised, and alternatives sugge
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- Author
- Andrew F. Johnson, Stephen McBride, Patrick J. Smith, Andrew F. Johnson, Smith, Patrick J
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press; University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing; University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780802074218
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Political Science, Business, Economics
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