The emergence of social security in Canada / Dennis Guest.
The emergence of social security in Canada / Dennis Guest.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Vancouver : UBC Press, c1997.
Call Numbers
N361.60971/1
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xv, 390 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. The Emergence of Social Security in Canada: Major Themes -- 2. The Colonial Inheritance -- 3. Saving for a Rainy Day: Social Security in Late-Nineteenth-Century and Early-Twentieth-Century Canada -- 4. The First Stage of the Modern Era: Workers' Compensation in Ontario -- 5. The Social Impact of...
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Publisher
Vancouver : UBC Press, c1997.
Edition
3rd ed.
Place of Publication
British Columbia
Date Published
c1997.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
This third edition of Dennis Guest's book provides the most complete and up-to-date history of social welfare in this country. Yet it also offers insights into the nuts and bolts of policy creation, and explodes recent myths that underlie the current residual approach to social policy, such as 'death by deficit' and 'the inevitable demise of the Ca...
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Full title
The emergence of social security in Canada / Dennis Guest.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [366]-378) and index.
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Date Copyright
c1997.
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Call Numbers
N361.60971/1
Record Identifier
74VM028XvXEb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM028XvXEb
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ISBN
077480551X
DDC
361.60971
MMS ID
991001609609702626
