Combating Poverty

Quebec's Pursuit of a Distinctive Welfare State

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Social Services & Welfare, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Ethnic Studies, Sociology
Cover of the book Combating Poverty by Axel van den Berg, Charles Plante, Hicham Raiq, Christine Proulx, Sam  Faustmann, University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
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Author: Axel van den Berg, Charles Plante, Hicham Raiq, Christine Proulx, Sam Faustmann ISBN: 9781487513504
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Publication: August 28, 2017
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Axel van den Berg, Charles Plante, Hicham Raiq, Christine Proulx, Sam Faustmann
ISBN: 9781487513504
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Publication: August 28, 2017
Imprint:
Language: English

Combating Poverty critically analyses the growing divergence between Quebec and other large Canadian provinces in terms of social and labour market policies and their outcomes over the past several decades. While Canada is routinely classified as a single, homogeneous ‘liberal market’ regime, social and labour market policy falls within provincial jurisdiction resulting in a considerable divergence in policy mixes and outcomes between provinces.

This volume offers a detailed survey of social and labour market policies since the early 2000s in Canada’s four largest provinces – Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta – showing the full extent to which Canada’s major provinces have chosen diverging policy paths. Quebec has succeeded in emulating European and even Nordic social democratic levels of poverty for some groups, while poverty rates and patterns in the other provinces remain close to the high levels characteristic of the North American liberal, market-oriented regime. Combating Poverty provides a unique and timely reflection on the political implications and sustainability of Canada’s fragmented welfare state.

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Combating Poverty critically analyses the growing divergence between Quebec and other large Canadian provinces in terms of social and labour market policies and their outcomes over the past several decades. While Canada is routinely classified as a single, homogeneous ‘liberal market’ regime, social and labour market policy falls within provincial jurisdiction resulting in a considerable divergence in policy mixes and outcomes between provinces.

This volume offers a detailed survey of social and labour market policies since the early 2000s in Canada’s four largest provinces – Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta – showing the full extent to which Canada’s major provinces have chosen diverging policy paths. Quebec has succeeded in emulating European and even Nordic social democratic levels of poverty for some groups, while poverty rates and patterns in the other provinces remain close to the high levels characteristic of the North American liberal, market-oriented regime. Combating Poverty provides a unique and timely reflection on the political implications and sustainability of Canada’s fragmented welfare state.

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