Author: Maureen Baker Publisher: University of Toronto Press ISBN: 9780802077868 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 484
Book Description
With poverty, unemployment, and one-parent families on the rise in most Western democracies, government assistance presents an increasingly urgent and complex problem. This is the first study to explore Canada's family policies in an international context. Maureen Baker looks at the successes and failures of social programs in other countries in search of solutions that might work in Canada. Baker has chosen seven industrialized countries for her comparative study: Australia, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. These countries experience social and economic strains similar to those felt in Canada, and though they share certain policy solutions, major differences in policy remain. Baker considers which of the policies in these countries are most effective in reducing poverty, enhancing family life, and improving the status of women, then applies her findings to the Canadian situation. Bringing together research and statistics from the fields of demography, political science, economics, sociology, women's studies, and social policy, this rich, multidisciplinary study provides a unique resource for anyone interested in Canadian family policy.
Author: Sheila B. Kamerman Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 9780198290254 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 490
Book Description
This is the first volume in a series intended to report on the evolution of family policies in Western welfare states (and to compare current provisions). The developments are presented in the context of a report on family change for each of the countries, and with a view of the economic, political, and institutional climates in which they occurred. Topics covered in this book include family formation and current structural patterns, families and the division of labor, the income of families (earnings, taxation, transfer programs), and also the political and institutional contexts for family policy. An extensive bibliography is provided.
Author: John F. Conway Publisher: James Lorimer & Company ISBN: 9781550287981 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 340
Book Description
In this book, sociology professor John F. Conway looks at families past, present and future and examines the changing nature of family. Figures from the first decade of the new milennium tell us that one marriage in two may well end in divorce. Conway considers the implications of divorce, the impact of social changes on men, women and children, and suggests how these issues might be better addressed through family policy. The new edition addresses the harsh new reality facing Canadian families, especially those most vulnerable as a result of the crisis of the family. The Canadian Family in Crisis is the first book to examine the drastic changes in the Canadian family over the last thirty years.
Author: Canada. Committee for International Year of the Family Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 13
Book Description
This document offers suggestions on the future of family policy in Canada from the perspective of a committee that coordinated Canadian activities of the International Year of the Family. The document registers some concerns relating to a federal discussion paper on social security and focuses on existing programs and the various categories of individuals that make use of these programs. It reviews the committee's activities in partnership with national, regional, and community-based stakeholders, discusses views on families and family policy, and presents recommendations on the need for a family policy commission, research and policy analysis, information and education, work and family issues, and implementation of means to continue the work of the International Year.
Author: Catherine Krull Publisher: UBC Press ISBN: 0774819693 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 282
Book Description
Magazine articles, talk shows, and commercials advise us that our happiness and well-being rest on striking a balance between work and family. It goes unsaid, however, that the advice is based on an outmoded and unrealistic ideal. This provocative volume challenges the notion often offered in support of neo-liberal agendas that paid work (employment) and unpaid work (caregiving and housework) are separate and competing spheres, rather than overlapping aspects of a single existence. Alternative approaches to integrating work and family must be taken into account if we hope to build truly equitable family and childcare policies.
Author: Gordon Cleveland Publisher: University of Toronto Press ISBN: 9780802082756 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 436
Book Description
Assembling key experts and activists in the area of Canadian child care policy, this book makes an important contribution to understanding how Canada, with its particular institutions, politics, and values, should design a national child care strategy.
Author: Maureen Baker
Author: Maureen Baker
Author: Margrit Eichler
Author: Sheila B. Kamerman
Author: John F. Conway
Author: Canada. Committee for International Year of the Family
Author: Maureen Baker
Author: Jane Jenson
Author: Catherine Krull
Author: Gordon Cleveland