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| From Rights to Needs |
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A History of Family Allowances in Canada, 1929-92
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Raymond B. Blake
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$85.00 Hardcover
Release Date: 12/6/2008
ISBN: 9780774815727
$34.95 Paperback
Release Date: 7/1/2009
ISBN: 9780774815734
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About the Book
Social security programs helped to define Canada in the twentieth century and, for the generation that came of age during the Cold War, family allowances more than any other social program embodied the new national ideal. But was this program, which gave all mothers a monthly stipend to raise the nation’s babies, driven by a desire to create a kinder, gentler nation or was it more influenced by economics, constitution-making, and international trends in public policy? This book explores the family allowance phenomenon from the idea's debut in the House of Commons in 1929 to the program's demise as a universal program under the Mulroney government in 1992. Although successive federal governments remained committed to its underlying principle of universality, party politics, the bureaucracy, federal-provincial wrangling, and the shifting priorities of citizens eroded the rights-based approach to social security and replaced it with one based on need. By tracing the evolution of one social security program within a national perspective, From Rights to Needs sheds new light on the process by which Canada’s welfare state and social policy has been transformed over the past half century.
From Rights to Needs is a nuanced and comprehensive exploration of the origins and development of family allowances. It will appeal to readers in the public policy community; students and scholars in political science, history, social work, and sociology; and general readers interested in the history and politics of Canadian welfare.
About the Author(s)
Raymond B. Blake is a professor of History at the University of Regina.
Table of Contents
Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Dawning of a New Era in Social Security, 1929-43
2. Family Allowances Comes to Canada, 1943-45
3. The 1944 Family Allowances Debate and The Politics of It All
4. Sharing the Wealth: The Registration for Family Allowances Begins, 1945
5. The Impact of Family Allowance to the 1960s
6. Poverty, Politics, and Family Allowances, 1960-70
7. Family Allowances and Constitutional Change, 1968-72
8. Wrestling with Universality, 1972-83
9. The Demise of Family Allowances, 1984-99
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Reviews
Sample Chapter
Front Matter and Chapter One
Related Topics
History > Canada
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