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Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 1999-10-20
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9264173978
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book compares social assistance policies in four Canadian provinces -- Alberta, New Brunswick, Ontario and Saskatchewan -- and four Swiss cantons -- Graubünden, Ticino, Vaud and Zürich.
Author: Rodney S. Haddow
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2006-01-01
Total Pages: 409
ISBN-13: 0802090907
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUsing various theoretical approaches, this book examines industrial relations, workers' compensation, occupational health, employment standards, training, and social assistance, measuring the impact of partisanship and globalization on policy-making in several areas. It is useful for those interested in the field of labour market policy.
Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPreventing hardship among those with few or no resources is no easy task. Today, institutions whose goal is to help those at the margins seek to integrate and encourage them in order to avoid social exclusion.
Author: Matti Heikkilä
Publisher: Council of Europe
Published: 2002-01-01
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9789287149374
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume explores the nature and scope of the problem of poverty, examines the political responses to poverty (examples of different countries); and investigates the existence and use of various definitions and thresholds applied to poverty in policy making . It also examines the variations within income transfers, i.e. social benefits designed to prevent or alleviate poverty and material hardship and explores the effectiveness of benefit schemes in reducing poverty.--Publisher's description.
Author: I. Marx
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2012-11-19
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1137291842
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe current economic crisis has presented itself as a formidable challenge to the welfare states of Europe. It is more relevant than ever to ask: do existing minimum income protection schemes succeed in adequately protecting citizens, be it whether they are excluded from work, working, retired, or having children? Drawing on in-depth and up-to-date institutional data from across Europe and the US, this volume details the reality of minimum income protection policies over time. Including contributions from leading scholars in the field, each chapter provides a systematic cross-national analysis of minimum income protection policies, developing concrete policy guidance on an issue at the heart of the European debate.
Author: Simon Birnbaum
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2017-08-25
Total Pages: 243
ISBN-13: 1783471034
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis groundbreaking book brings together perspectives from political philosophy and comparative social policy to discuss generational justice. Contributing new insights about the preconditions for designing sustainable, inclusive policies for all of society, the authors expose the possibilities of supporting egalitarian principles in an aging society through balanced generational welfare contracts.
Author: Anne Westhues
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 377
ISBN-13: 0889205604
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat are the major issues confronting social policy-makers today? What theoretical perspectives shape our thinking about the causes of social problems and how we should respond? What can we do to influence decision makers about which policy choice to make? In this completely revised and updated edition of "Canadian Social Policy," a new generation of social policy analysts discusses these important questions. Readers who are interested in discovering the current policy debates, and who want to understand the policy-making process at various levels of government as well as how they can influence the process and assess whether policies are working, will find this book invaluable.
Author: Dennis Raphael
Publisher: Canadian Scholars
Published: 2020-08-28
Total Pages: 538
ISBN-13: 177338192X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow in its third edition, this comprehensive text provides an in-depth examination of poverty and its impact on the health and quality of life of Canadians. Considering a broad range of topics, Dennis Raphael covers the central issues of defining and measuring poverty; situational and societal causes of poverty; health and social implications for individuals, communities, and society as a whole; and the means of reducing poverty’s incidence through public policy action. Poverty in Canada will foster greater insight into the repercussions of poverty throughout society, encouraging readers to reflect on provocative questions at the end of each chapter. Well updated to reflect current statistics and recent public policy changes, this new edition explores why specific groups of Canadians are over-represented amongst those living in poverty and provides a more developed analysis of the barriers to reducing poverty, including economic globalization and the increased power and influence of the corporate sector under neo liberalism. Emphasizing the lived experiences of poverty, this interdisciplinary volume is a valuable resource to those studying or working in health studies, social work, sociology, and equity studies.
Author: University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center
Publisher: University of Regina Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780889771338
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn analysis of SUFA, the social union framework agreement, signed in 1999 by the federal government and nine provincial governments.
Author: Douglas J. Besharov
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012-07-05
Total Pages: 447
ISBN-13: 0199860580
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith contributions from the world's foremost authorities on social measurement, this volume promises to be the definitive reference for poverty researchers and policymakers seeking to disengage politics from measurement.
