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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.

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Combating Poverty is a landmark contribution to our understanding of the development of social policy in Canada since the end of the 1980s. Few Canadians are aware of the strikingly divergent paths followed by Quebec and the rest of Canada since then. Combating Poverty tells the story in convincing fashion. A must read for educators, students, researchers, and policy makers who want to make a difference. -- John Myles, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology and Senior Fellow in the School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto

Combating Poverty is a landmark contribution to our understanding of the development of social policy in Canada since the end of the 1980s. Few Canadians are aware of the strikingly divergent paths followed by Quebec and the rest of Canada since then. Combating Poverty tells the story in convincing fashion. A must read for educators, students, researchers, and policy makers who want to make a difference. - John Myles, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology and Senior Fellow in the School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto

""This book is worth reading to understand different poverty levels in Canada, and how Quebec has achieved the lowest level of poverty. It remains open for educators, students, researchers, and policymakers to decide the extent to which Quebec’s policies may be applied to other regions."" - Jaewon Lee, Michigan State University (Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, vol 46 no 1)

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Axel van den Berg is a professor in the Department of Sociology at McGill University. Charles Plante is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at McGill University. Hicham Raïq is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Sociology at McGill University. Christine Proulx is a research professional at the Fédération québécoise des professeures et professeurs d'université (FQPPU). Samuel Faustmann is a data administrator at Real Food for Real Kids in Toronto.

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