Overview
In this text, the author asserts that Canada does not have one social assistance system but rather ten variants that reflect the particular policy goals of each province. He argues that provincial assistance regimes have followed significantly distinct paths in their historical development even though they have been funded under the same federal cost-sharing arrangments. To examine patterns of social assistance provision specific to particular provinces, the author develops a five-fold typology consisting of ""residual"", ""market/family enforcement"", ""market performance"", ""conservative"", and ""redistributive"" models. He uses this typology to compare development of assistance of provision in the provinces, provincial responses to federal initiatives and trajectories of assistance regimes. He concludes by surveying some of the broader implications of his findings for issues such as the development of national standards and the impact of globalization on social assistance provision in Canada.
Full Product Details
Author: Gerard William Boychuk ,
Gerard William Boychuk
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.450kg
ISBN: 9780773516991
ISBN 10: 0773516999
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 20 May 1998
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Patchworks of Purpose is the first study to identify significant provincial differences using a consistent theoretical framework. This is an extremely important issue and, at a time when the Canada Assistance Plan (CAP) is being dismantled, it is salutary to read an analysis that suggests that the national standards much praised by the defenders of CAP have been illusory. Boychuk's work is essential reading and source material for scholars in related areas in public administration and public policy in general and in social policy in particular. Leslie Bella, School of Social Work, Memorial University Superb! Patchworks of Purpose is one of the best works I have read on social assistance in Canada or elsewhere. Alain Noel, Department of Political Science, Universite de Montreal
"""Patchworks of Purpose is the first study to identify significant provincial differences using a consistent theoretical framework. This is an extremely important issue and, at a time when the Canada Assistance Plan (CAP) is being dismantled, it is salutary to read an analysis that suggests that the national standards much praised by the defenders of CAP have been illusory. Boychuk's work is essential reading and source material for scholars in related areas in public administration and public policy in general and in social policy in particular."" Leslie Bella, School of Social Work, Memorial University ""Superb! Patchworks of Purpose is one of the best works I have read on social assistance in Canada or elsewhere."" Alain Noe l, Department of Political Science, Universite de Montre al"
