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1 online resource. |
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data file |
| Series |
Johnson-Shoyama series on public policy
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Johnson-Shoyama series on public policy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Understanding welfare reform in the Canadian Provinces / Pierre-Marc Daigneault and Daniel Béland -- International trends in social assistance / Robert Henry Cox -- Federal policies, national trends, and provincial systems : a comparative analysis of recent developments in social assistance in Canada, 1990-2013 / Gerard W. Boychuk -- An overview of social assistance trends in Canada / Ronald Kneebone and Katherine White -- Low-income and inequality trends in Canada / Brian Murphy, Andrew Heisz, and Xuelin Zhang -- Social assistance in Ontario / Peter Graefe -- Québec : the ambivalent politics of social solidarity / Alain Noël -- Social assistance in British Columbia / Jane Pulkingham -- Social assistance in Alberta / Donna E. Wood -- Saskatchewan : development, reform, and retrenchment / Rick August -- Social assistance in Manitoba / Wayne Simpson -- Social assistance in New Brunswick : origins, developments, and the current situation / Luc Thériault and Hélène Lebreton -- Social assistance in Nova Scotia : mainstreaming "employability" and cutting costs in a new single-tier system / Stella Lord -- Social assistance in Newfoundland and Labrador / Matthieu Mondou -- Social assistance in Prince Edward Island / Kathleen Flanagan -- Gendering social assistance reform / Amber Gazso -- Entrenched residualism : social assistance and people with disabilities / Michael J. Prince -- Immigrants on social assistance in Canada : who are they and why are they there? / Tracy Smith-Carrier and Jennifer Mitchell -- Playing catch-up with ghosts : income assistance for first nations on reserve / Martin Papillon -- Aging and social assistance in the provinces / Patrik Marier and Anne-Marie Séguin -- Shelter and the street : housing, homelessness, and social assistance in the Canadian provinces / Michael J. Prince -- Do active programs work? A review of Canadian welfare-to-work experiments / Kelly Foley -- Conclusion : A brief survey of welfare reform in the Canadian provinces / Daniel Béland and Pierre-Marc Daigneault -- Postface : From welfare reform -- to welfare reformulation / Sherri Torjman and Ken Battle. |
| Summary |
Welfare Reform in Canada provides systematic knowledge of Canadian social assistance by assessing provincial welfare regimes and emphasizing changes since the late 20th century. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Public welfare -- Canada -- Provinces.
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Public welfare. |
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Canada. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Béland, Daniel, editor.
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Daigneault, Pierre-Marc, 1981- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Welfare reform in Canada.: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2015. ©2015 (CaOONL)20149079060 (OCoLC)901993645 |
| ISBN |
9781442609730 (pdf) |
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1442609737 |
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9781442609747 (epub) |
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1442609745 |
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9781442609723 |
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1442609729 |
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9781442609716 |
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1442609710 |
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