Combating Poverty: Quebec's Pursuit of a Distinctive Welfare State Contributor(s): Van Den Berg, Axel (Author), Plante, Charles (Author), Raiq, Hicham (Author) |
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ISBN: 1487501560 ISBN-13: 9781487501563 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $57.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Business & Economics | Economics - General - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare |
Dewey: 362.580 |
LCCN: 2017446018 |
Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.4" W x 9.2" (1.00 lbs) 232 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Combating Poverty critically analyses the growing divergence between Quebec and other large Canadian provinces in terms of social and labour market policies and their outcomes over the past several decades. While Canada is routinely classified as a single, homogeneous 'liberal market' regime, social and labour market policy falls within provincial jurisdiction resulting in a considerable divergence in policy mixes and outcomes between provinces. This volume offers a detailed survey of social and labour market policies since the early 2000s in Canada's four largest provinces - Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta - showing the full extent to which Canada's major provinces have chosen diverging policy paths. Quebec has succeeded in emulating European and even Nordic social democratic levels of poverty for some groups, while poverty rates and patterns in the other provinces remain close to the high levels characteristic of the North American liberal, market-oriented regime. Combating Poverty provides a unique and timely reflection on the political implications and sustainability of Canada's fragmented welfare state. |
Contributor Bio(s): Van Den Berg, Axel: - Axel van den Berg is a professor in the Department of Sociology at McGill University. Proulx, Christine: - Christine Proulx is a research professional at the F?d?ration qu?b?coise des professeures et professeurs d'universit? (FQPPU). Faustmann, Sam: - Samuel Faustmann is a data administrator at Real Food for Real Kids in Toronto. Plante, Charles: - Charles Plante is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at McGill University. Raiq, Hicham: - Hicham Ra?q is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Sociology at McGill University. |