This unique and timely core text introduces and analyses social policy in Canada--that is, policy as a redistributive process, a cycle in which both generating resources and allocating resources must be viewed as essential elements in a single exercise.
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Ernie Lightman is a Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto.
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Once upon a time, long, long ago, Canada had no welfare state, and no social programs. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
redistributive cycle, new welfare society, benefit reduction rate, welfare pluralism, income deficiency, provincial income tax, basic exemption, universal payment, average donation, insured services, case for universality, gambling revenues, residual model, psychiatric survivors, selective programs, tax filers, fiscal welfare, actuarial principles, charitable status Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Statistics Canada, United Way, Canada Child Tax Benefit, Canada Pension Plan, New Brunswick, Great Depression, British Columbia, Poor Laws, Revenue Canada, Richard Titmuss, First Nations, Alternate Federal Budget, Canadian Council, Criminal Code, Free Trade Agreement, National Council of Welfare, Prime Minister, Social Development, Bank of Canada, Department of Finance, Guaranteed Income Supplement, Nova Scotia, Quebec Pension Plan, Social Union Framework Agreement New!
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Once upon a time, long, long ago, Canada had no welfare state, and no social programs. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
redistributive cycle, new welfare society, benefit reduction rate, welfare pluralism, income deficiency, provincial income tax, basic exemption, universal payment, average donation, insured services, case for universality, gambling revenues, residual model, psychiatric survivors, selective programs, tax filers, fiscal welfare, actuarial principles, charitable status Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Statistics Canada, United Way, Canada Child Tax Benefit, Canada Pension Plan, New Brunswick, Great Depression, British Columbia, Poor Laws, Revenue Canada, Richard Titmuss, First Nations, Alternate Federal Budget, Canadian Council, Criminal Code, Free Trade Agreement, National Council of Welfare, Prime Minister, Social Development, Bank of Canada, Department of Finance, Guaranteed Income Supplement, Nova Scotia, Quebec Pension Plan, Social Union Framework Agreement New!
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- Canadian Social Policy by John R. Graham in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Social Policy - A Critical Introduction: Issues of Race, Gender and Class by Fiona Williams on page 81, and Back Matter
- The Cult of Efficiency (CBC Massey Lecture) by Janice Gross Stein on page 133, and Back Matter
- Society and Social Policy by Ramesh Mishra on page 80, and Back Matter
- Food Banks and the Welfare Crisis by Graham Riches on page 133, and Back Matter
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