Combating poverty : Quebec's pursuit of a distinctive welfare state / Axel van den Berg, Charles Plante, Hicham Raïq, Christine Proulx, and Samuel Faustmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van den Berg, Axel, author.

Raïq, Hicham, 1970- author.

Proulx, Christine, 1985- author.

Plante, Charles, 1985- author.

Faustmann, Samuel, 1987- author.

Series:

Studies in comparative political economy and public policy ; 53.

Studies in comparative political economy and public policy ; 53

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--Canada--Provinces.

Poverty.

Poverty--Canada--Provinces--Prevention.

Canadian provinces--Social policy.

Canadian provinces.

Social policy.

Canadian provinces--Economic policy.

Economic policy.

Canada.

Physical Description:

xiii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2017]

Summary:

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Social and Employment Policies at the Provincial Level: A Survey of Four Provinces 21

2 Poverty: Measures and Trends 61

3 Poverty and the Changing Family 82

4 Chronic Poverty 107

5 Activation and Poverty 125

6 How Exceptional Is Quebec? 146.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-205) and index.

ISBN:

9781487501563

1487501560

OCLC:

984839665