Social Policy and Social Justice: The NDP Government in Saskatchewan during the Blakeney Years

Social Policy and Social Justice: The NDP Government in Saskatchewan during the Blakeney Years
ISBN-10
0889207917
ISBN-13
9780889207912
Series
Social Policy and Social Justice
Category
Social Science
Pages
497
Language
English
Published
2006-01-01
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Author
Jim Harding

Description

Social Policy and Social Justice looks concretely at the successes and failures of a social democratic government in Canada (1971-1982) in achieving social justice through its approaches to social policy. Social policy is analyzed widely, including day care, workers’ control, prescription drugs, social assistance, income distribution, legal aid and policing. Additional chapters review the NDP’s re-organization of bureaucracy and allocation of expenditures. Also included are an historical synopsis of the legislation pursued in the period and an analysis of the broader political, economic and sociological contexts in Canada. Social Policy and Social Justice is the first in-depth analysis of social policy at a provincial level. It is the product of the multidisciplinary scholarship of the authors, all of whom have extensive experience in policy-making, policy advocacy or policy research. This book will be an invaluable resource for comparative purposes, particularly since there are now three NDP governments across Canada, and the NDP is undergoing re-evaluation in the wake of the 1993 federal election. It will be of particular interest to those in government, university, community-based or political organizations wanting to re-examine mainstream assumptions about social democracy, social policy and social justice in Canada.

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