Combating Poverty - Quebec's Pursuit of a Distinctive Welfare State (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	University of Toronto Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Series:	Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy
Release date:	August 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Axel Van Den Berg • Charles Plante • Hicham Raiq • Christine Proulx • Sam Faustmann
Dimensions:	235 x 159 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-1-4875-0156-3
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Poverty Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Unemployment Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Welfare & benefit systems Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies
LSN:	1-4875-0156-0
Barcode:	9781487501563

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