Social Planning for Canada : The 1935 classic of Canadian socialist thought / Michael Bliss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

League for Social Reconstruction. Research Committee.

Contributor:

Bliss, Michael, Editor.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Socialism--Canada.

Socialism.

Social planning--Canada.

Social planning.

Canada--Economic conditions--1918-1945.

Canada.

Canada--Economic policy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 528 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The League for Social Reconstruction was formed in 1932 to provide an analysis of the capitalist system and to define the social goal toward which political action should be directed. Early in its history the need was seen for a comprehensive book bringing together important pieces of individual research and spelling out in some detail a plan of social and political action based on the LSR Manifesto, the declaration of the League's principles and plan of action. Social Planning for Canada, published in 1935, was the result of this perception and marked a turning point in Canadian political history. It was the first comprehensive democratic socialist book about Canada. The authors, who freely admitted their debt to Fabianism, provided a historical and critical survey of Canadian conditions and applied the ideas of planning and social democracy to the Canadian scene, attempting throughout to write in 'specifically Canadian terms.' The first part of the book surveys and analyses the economic system, documenting the LSR Manifesto statement that 'the present capitalist system has shown itself unjust and inhuman, economically wasteful, and a standing threat to peace and democratic government.' The longer part of the book 'What Socialist Planning Really Means,' deals with the application of the principles and policies of social reconstruction. Social Planning for Canada exerted great influence on policies and platforms of the CCF and indirectly on those of the other parties. It is the most comprehensive study by the Canadian left of an economic and social alternative to Canadian capitalism.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CHAPTER

FOREWORD

PREFACE

CONTENTS

L.S.R. LEAGUE FOR SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION

PART I-THE PRESENT SYSTEM: SURVEY AND ANALYSIS

CHAPTER I. THE END OF A CENTURY OF PROGRESS

CHAPTER II. THE NATURE OF THE CANADIAN ECONOMY

CHAPTER III. THE STRUCTURE OF CANADIAN INDUSTRY

CHAPTER IV. THE MECHANISM OF THE MARKET

CHAPTER V. AGRICULTURE AND THE FARMER

CHAPTER VI. GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION AND OWNERSHIP: THE PRESENT SITUATION

CHAPTER VII. THE INEFFICIENCY OF THE SYSTEM

PART II. WHAT SOCIALIST PLANNING REALLY MEANS

CHAPTER VIII. THE LOGIC OF PLANNING

CHAPTER IX. NATIONAL PLANNING IN PRACTICE

CHAPTER X. THE SOCIALIZATION OF INDUSTRY

CHAPTER XI. ADMINISTRATION IN A SOCIALIZED

CHAPTER XII. MONEY, BANKING AND INVESTMENT

CHAPTER XIII. TAXATION AND FISCAL POLICY

CHAPTER XIV. FOREIGN TRADE

CHAPTER XV. A CODE FOR LABOUR

CHAPTER XVI. HEALTH AND WELFARE SERVICES

CHAPTER XVII. THE REHABILITATION OF AGRICULTURE

CHAPTER XVIII. THE DISTRIBUTIVE SERVICES

CHAPTER XIX. A HOUSING PROGRAMME

CHAPTER XX. THE QUESTION OF PARTIES

CHAPTER XXI. PARLIAMENT AND THE CONSTITUTION

CHAPTER XXII. FOREIGN POLICY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

Reprint of the 1935 ed. published by T. Nelson, Toronto; with a new introduction

ISBN:

1-4875-8359-1

OCLC:

1129187292