9781487501563: Combatting Poverty: Quebec's Pursuit of a Distinctive Welfare State
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ISBN 10 : 1487501560 ISBN 13 : 9781487501563
Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2017

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

Axel van den Berg is a professor in the Department of Sociology at McGill University.

Charles Plante is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at McGill University.

Hicham Raiq is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Sociology at McGill University.

Christine Proulx is a research professional at the Federation quebecoise des professeures et professeurs d'universite (FQPPU).

Samuel Faustmann is a data administrator at Real Food for Real Kids in Toronto.

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Éditeur
University of Toronto Press
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1487501560
ISBN 13 
9781487501563
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
232
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Personne responsable
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