Forging the Canadian Social Union
Title | Forging the Canadian Social Union PDF eBook |
Author | Institute for Research on Public Policy |
Publisher | IRPP |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780886451943 |
Social Union Framework evaluates the Social Union Framework Agreement (SUFA) as well as subsequent developments in intergovernmental relations as the deadline for the review of the Agreement approaches.
The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Politics
Title | The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Politics PDF eBook |
Author | John Courtney |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 569 |
Release | 2010-04-29 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 019533535X |
The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Politics provides a comprehensive overview of the transformation that has occurred in Canadian politics since it acheived autonomy nearly a century ago, examining the institutions and processes of Canadian government and politics at the local, provincial and federal levels. It analyzes all aspects of the Canadian political system: the courts, elections, political parties, Parliament, the constitution, fiscal and political federalism, the diffusion of policies between regions, and various aspects of public policy.
Feminism’s Fight
Title | Feminism’s Fight PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Cameron |
Publisher | UBC Press |
Pages | 391 |
Release | 2023-06-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0774868066 |
Feminism’s Fight explores and assesses feminist strategies to advance gender justice through Canadian federal policy over the past fifty years, from the 1970 Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women to the present. This timely collection tells the crucial story of a transformation in how feminism has been treated by governments and asks how new ways of organizing and new alliances can advance a transformative feminist policy agenda of social and economic equality.
Federal Dynamics
Title | Federal Dynamics PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Benz |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 409 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0199652996 |
Federal Dynamics aids understanding of how federal systems change over time. It assembles contributions from leading scholars in the field of comparative federalism to discuss the value of different analytical tools and theoretical approaches for exploring the dynamics of federal systems.
Policy Analysis in Canada
Title | Policy Analysis in Canada PDF eBook |
Author | Laurent Dobuzinskis |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Pages | 625 |
Release | 2007-01-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0802037879 |
This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the many ways in which the policy analysis movement has been conducted, and to what effect, in Canadian governments and, for the first time, in business associations, labour unions, universities, and other non-governmental organizations.
The Uses of Social Investment
Title | The Uses of Social Investment PDF eBook |
Author | Anton Hemerijck |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 500 |
Release | 2017-05-19 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0192507729 |
The Uses of Social Investment provides the first study of the welfare state, under the new post-crisis austerity context and associated crisis management politics, to take stock of the limits and potential of social investment. It surveys the emergence, diffusion, limits, merits, and politics of social investment as the welfare policy paradigm for the 21st century, seen through the lens of the life-course contingencies of the competitive knowledge economy and modern family-hood. Featuring contributions from leading scholars in the field, the volume revisits the intellectual roots and normative foundations of social investment, surveys the criticisms that have leveled against the social investment perspective in theory and policy practice, and presents empirical evidence of social investment progress together with novel research methodologies for assessing socioeconomic 'rates of return' on social investment. Given the progressive, admittedly uneven, diffusion of the social investment policy priorities across the globe, the volume seeks to address the pressing political question as to whether the social investment turn is able to withstand the fiscal austerity backlash that has re-emerged in the aftermath of the global financial crisis.
Inequality and the Fading of Redistributive Politics
Title | Inequality and the Fading of Redistributive Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Keith Banting |
Publisher | UBC Press |
Pages | 482 |
Release | 2013-09 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0774826010 |
The redistributive state is fading in Canada. Government programs are no longer offsetting the growth in inequality generated by the market. In this book, leading political scientists, sociologists, and economists point to the failure of public policy to contain surging income inequality. A complex mix of forces has reshaped the politics of social policy, including global economic pressures, ideological change, shifts in the influence of business and labour, changes in the party system, and the decline of equality-seeking civil society organizations. This volume demonstrates that action and inaction policy change and policy drift are at the heart of growing inequality in Canada.