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Social policy and practice in Canada : a history / Alvin Finkel.
- Title
- Social policy and practice in Canada : a history / Alvin Finkel.
- Author
- Finkel, Alvin, 1949-
- Publication
- Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | HV108 .F56 2006 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 384 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Social Policy and Practice in Canada: A History 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."--BOOK JACKET.
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references: p. 339-373.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Studying social policy -- Non-state provision (The Pre-Confederation period) -- First peoples and social needs -- New France: the church, the state, and Feudal obligations -- British North America and the poor law -- Beyond the poor law: Canada, 1867-1950 -- early Canada: Continuity and change, 1867-1914 -- War, depression, and social policy: 1914-39 -- Paradise postponed, 1939-50: the Second World War and its aftermath -- The welfare state, 1950-80 -- Social policy and the elderly, 1950-80 -- The Medicare debate, 1945-80 -- The child care debate, 1945-80 -- Housing and state policy, 1945-80 -- Anti-poverty struggles, 1945-80 -- Neo-liberalism -- The welfare state since 1980 -- The new millennium and social policy directions.
- ISBN
- 0889204756 :
- 9780889204751
- OCLC
- 64670450
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library