Foisted Upon the Government?: State Responsibilities, Family Obligations, & Care of the Dependent Aged in Late 19th-Century Ont.
Author:   Edgar-Andre Montigny
Publisher:   McGill-Queens University Press
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9781282854536


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   01 January 1997
Format:   Electronic book text
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Foisted Upon the Government?: State Responsibilities, Family Obligations, & Care of the Dependent Aged in Late 19th-Century Ont.


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Montigny argues that government played a central role in determining how society viewed the elderly and family obligations to them. Using census data, municipal records, and institutional case files, he demonstrates that the government created and promoted an image of the aged population that bore little resemblance to reality and manipulated the concept of family obligations to justify policies to reduce social welfare costs. The effect of these policies, passed in the name of helping the elderly and their families, was almost universally negative.

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Author:   Edgar-Andre Montigny
Publisher:   McGill-Queens University Press
Imprint:   McGill-Queens University Press
ISBN:  

9781282854536


ISBN 10:   1282854534
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   01 January 1997
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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