Author: OECD Publisher: OECD Publishing ISBN: 9264173978 Category : Languages : en Pages : 177
Book Description
This 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 ISBN: 0802090907 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 409
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Using 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 ISBN: Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 188
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Preventing 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 ISBN: 9789287149374 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 220
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This 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 ISBN: 1137291842 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 226
Book Description
The 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 ISBN: 1783471034 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 243
Book Description
This 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 ISBN: 0889205604 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 377
Book Description
What 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 ISBN: 177338192X Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 538
Book Description
Now 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 ISBN: 9780889771338 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 132
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An 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 ISBN: 0199860580 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 447
Book Description
With 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.
Author: OECD
Author: Rodney S. Haddow
Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Author: Matti Heikkilä
Author: I. Marx
Author: Simon Birnbaum
Author: Anne Westhues
Author: Dennis Raphael
Author: University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center
Author: Douglas J. Besharov