The social origins of the welfare state : Quebec families, compulsory education, and family allowances, 1940-1955 / Dominique Marshall ; translated by Nicola Doone Danby.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Marshall, Dominique, 1961-

Contributor:

• Danby, Nicola Doone, 1974-

Series:

• Studies in childhood and family in Canada.
• Studies in childhood and family in Canada

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Welfare state.
• Family policy--Québec (Province).
• Families--Quebec (Province)--History--20th century.
• Education, Compulsory--Quebec (Province)--History--20th century.
• Family allowances--Quebec (Province)--History--20th century.
• Child labor--Quebec (Province)--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfred Laurier University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Social Origins of the Welfare State traces the evolution of the first universal laws for Québec families, passed during the Second World War. In this translation of her award-winning Aux origines sociales de l´État-providence, Dominique Marshall examines the connections between political initiatives and Québécois families, in particular the way family allowances and compulsory schooling primarily benefited teenage boys who worked on family farms and girls who stayed home to help with domestic labour. She demonstrates that, while the promises of a minimum of welfare and education for all were by no means completely fulfilled, the laws helped to uncover the existence of deep family poverty. Further, by exposing the problem of unequal access of children of different classes to schooling, these programs paved the way for education and funding reforms of the next generation. Another consequence was that in their equal treatment of both genders, the laws fostered the more egalitarian language of the war, which faded from other sectors of society, possibly laying groundwork for feminist claims of future decades. The way in which the poorest families influenced the creation of public, educational, and welfare institutions is a dimension of the welfare state unexamined until this book. At a time when the very idea of a universal welfare state is questioned, The Social Origins of the Welfare State considers the fundamental reasons behind its creation and brings to light new perspectives on its future.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 The Drafting of Laws: Social Movements and Legislation; Chapter 2 Implementing the New Laws: Institutionalization of New Rights; Chapter 3 The Significance of Children's Universal Rights: Official Views on Poverty and the Family; Chapter 4 The Evolution of the Status of Children: Between the New Official Norms, Market Changes, and the Cultural World of Parents; Chapter 5 Forgotten by Education and Welfare: The New Faces of Poverty and Juvenile Labour; Chapter 6 The Transformation of the Political Culture of Families; Notes; Index

Notes:

• Description based on print version record.
• Translation of: Aux origines sociales de l'Etat-providence.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9786610568291
• 9781554586646
• 155458664X
• 9781280568299
• 1280568291
• 9781554580828
• 155458082X
• 9781429412476
• 142941247X

OCLC:

156266996