Social Policy & Services

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Social Policy in Neo-liberal Times From: British Columbia Politics and Government View Emond Montgomery	Analysis of the effects of neo-liberalism on social policy development in BC since 1991.	Katherine Teghtsoonian	21	2009	$2.10 Add
From Some Doctors Weigh In — 2013 From: The Right to Die View James Lorimer and Company	The medical community has long had mixed feelings about assisted death. Some doctors claim that helping a patient die is a violation of the Hippocratic injunction to “do no harm,” …	Gary Bauslaugh	17	2016	$1.70 Add
From NEW! Spinning a Yarn From: How Government Really Works View Formac Publishing	Chapter 9 explorers intra-governmental communications, how messages are drafted and shared and stumbling blocks to getting the message out.	Angela Poirier; Jane Allt	22	2020	$2.20 Add
From States, Communities, and Markets: The Distributed Governance Scenario From: The New Geo-Governance View University of Ottawa Press	In the face of this new emerging institutional order, the whole difference between the perspectives of the optimist and the pessimist hinges on the extent to which one believes in the …	Gilles Paquet	14	2005	$1.26 Add
From Strangers Within Our Gates From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition View Emond Montgomery	Excerpt of a 1909 book by J.S. Woodsworth examining the advisability or justifiability of excluding as immigrants both individuals and classes of individuals.	Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell	3	2015	$0.30 Add
From Sue Rodriguez: Who Owns My Life? — 1993 From: The Right to Die View James Lorimer and Company	A landmark event in the history of the movement to legalize assisted death in Canada began with a videotaped statement issued to a parliamentary committee in 1992. In November of that year, a …	Gary Bauslaugh	18	2016	$1.80 Add
From Sustainable Development at the Local Level From: Scandinavian Common Sense View Baraka Books	This chapter tackles sustainable development at the local level and highlights some projects undertaken under municipal mandates. This study is limited to the Nordic capitals — Stockholm, …	Dominique Côté; Marie-France Raynault; Sébastien Chartrand	23	2015	$2.30 Add
From NEW! Taiwan’s Working Government From: Inspired by Taiwan View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Takach examines Taiwan’s democratic governance, from the constitutional amendments of the 1990s through the 2024 elections and the failed ‘Great Recall’ of 2025.	George S. Takach	30	2026	$3.00 Add
From Techno-nationalism and Meso-innovation Systems: A Cognitive Dynamics Approach From: The New Geo-Governance View University of Ottawa Press	Too many forces at work in the world economy would appear to suggest that, as globalization proceeds, national disintegration occurs, and sub-national components gain more importance.	Gilles Paquet	18	2005	$1.62 Add
From NEW! That’s a Wrap From: How Government Really Works View Formac Publishing	Conclusion	Angela Poirier; Jane Allt	2	2020	$0.20 Add
From The Backlash Begins From: Equal as Citizens View Formac Publishing	1970s. October Crisis of 1970 challenges the social services being developed and an economic downturn occurs, leading to the rise of neo-conservativism, arguments against equalization	Richard Starr	20	2014	$2.00 Add
From The Best Strategies for Reducing Social Inequalities in Health From: Scandinavian Common Sense View Baraka Books	Social inequalities in health may now be clearly recognized, but this is not true of strategies for reducing them. This chapter describes two pioneering initiatives aimed at reducing social …	Dominique Côté; Marie-France Raynault; Sébastien Chartrand	7	2015	$0.70 Add
NEW! The Case for Basic Income Freedom, Security, Justice Between The Lines	Inequality is up. Decent work is down. Free market fundamentalism has been exposed as a tragic failure. In a job market upended by COVID-19—with Canadians caught in the grip of precarious …	Dr. Danielle Martin; Elaine Power; Jamie Swift	264	2021	View
From The Characteristics of the Nordic Countries’ Policies From: Scandinavian Common Sense View Baraka Books	The Nordic model — that is, the modes of governance specific to Scandinavia and Finland — is examined in this chapter. All Nordic policies that in one way or another reduce social …	Dominique Côté; Marie-France Raynault; Sébastien Chartrand	18	2015	$1.80 Add
From The Development of Canada’s Social Safety Net From: Early Intervention View James Lorimer and Company	The History of Canada’s Social Safety Net	James Hughes	15	2015	$1.50 Add
From The Era of Good Intentions From: Equal as Citizens View Formac Publishing	1950s – 1960s. The beginnings of medicare and the Canadian Pension Plans are explored	Richard Starr	16	2014	$1.60 Add