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  • Pension Politics

    Consensus and Social Conflict in Ageing Societies

    by Patrik Marier ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Political Economy of the Welfare State
    Population ageing and slower economic growth have raised serious questions about the willingness and ability of governments to maintain current social policies. Within this new reality, discussions on the future of public pensions have been predominant in political debates across Europe.This book explains why certain countries have been able to radically transform their pension system while others ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • The Four Lenses of Population Aging

    Planning for the Future in Canada’s Provinces

    by Patrik Marier ...
    Series series IPAC Series in Public Management and Governance
    With its implications for health care, the economy, and an assortment of other policy areas, population aging is one of the most pressing issues facing governments and society today, and confronting its complex reality is becoming increasingly urgent, particularly in the age of COVID-19. In The Four Lenses of Population Aging, Patrik Marier looks at how Canada’s ten provinces are preparing for an ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Getting Wise about Getting Old

    Debunking Myths about Aging

    by Véronique Billette, Patrik Marier, Anne-Marie Séguin ...
    A grey tsunami is sweeping the land, wreaking social and financial havoc in its wake. Sound familiar? This myth about aging, along with twenty-eight others, is the focus of Getting Wise about Getting Old, which paints a far more accurate and nuanced portrait of old age. In it, experts debunk myths and persistent stereotypes about aging on a broad array of social issues – from retirement (seniors ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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    Edited by Anne Westhues, Brian Wharf ...
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    $59.99 CAD

  • Social Resilience in the Neoliberal Era

    Edited by Peter A. Hall, Michèle Lamont ...
    What is the impact of three decades of neoliberal narratives and policies on communities and individual lives? What are the sources of social resilience? This book offers a sweeping assessment of the effects of neoliberalism, the dominant feature of our times. It analyzes the ideology in unusually wide-ranging terms as a movement that not only opened markets but also introduced new logics into ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Disabling Poverty, Enabling Citizenship

    A project of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD)

    by Michael J. Prince (Principal Researcher), Yvonne Peters (Principal Researcher) ...
    Disabling Poverty, Enabling Citizenship, a five year (2008 – 2014) SSHRC funded CommunityUniversity Research Alliance (CURA) project, has been led by the Council of Canadians withDisabilities (CCD), with Professor Michael J. Prince and Yvonne Peters as the Co-PrincipalResearchers. Of the over 90 CURA grants awarded by SSHRC over the years, it is one of onlya very few that were community led. This ... Read more

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  • Serving Diverse Students in Canadian Higher Education

    by Donna Hardy Cox ...
    In recent decades, the Canadian post-secondary education system has evolved to become more inclusive, now welcoming groups historically excluded from its many opportunities. Inviting the reader to explore the consequences of a rapidly changing student population, Serving Diverse Students in Canadian Higher Education presents new thinking about how education in general, and student services in ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Combating Poverty

    Quebec's Pursuit of a Distinctive Welfare State

    by Axel van den Berg, Charles Plante, Hicham Raiq, Christine Proulx, Sam Faustmann ...
    Series series Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy
    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 ... Read more

    $48.99 CAD

  • Public Policy For Women

    The State, Income Security, and Labour Market Issues

    Edited by Marjorie Griffith Cohen, Jane Pulkingham ...
    Containing essays from leading feminist academics, and social activists, Public Policy for Women addresses important public policy issues that fail to address women's needs. The volume's contributors pay particular attention to the relationship between the welfare state and vulnerable populations of women, while making substantial contributions to current public policy debates in Canada.Focusing ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Scandinavian Common Sense

    Policies to Tackle Social Inequalities in Health

    by Marie-France Raynault, Dominique Côté ...
    When some claim austerity is the only answer to today’s economic woes, a close look at the best practices in Scandinavia and Finland gives pause for thought. Cited as models for their egalitarian social and health policies, these countries also have thriving economies where the gap dividing rich from poor is smaller than elsewhere. Despite their quasi mythic status, the policies implemented to ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Decommodification of Early Childhood Education and Care

    Resisting Neoliberalism

    by Michel Vandenbroeck, Joanne Lehrer, Linda Mitchell ...
    Series series Contesting Early Childhood
    The Decommodification of Early Childhood Education and Care: Resisting Neoliberalism explores how processes of marketisation and privatisation of ECEC have impacted understandings of children, childcare, parents, and the workforce, providing concrete examples of resistance to commodification from diverse contexts.Through processes of marketisation and privatisation, neoliberal discourses have ... Read more

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  • About Canada: Childcare

    by Martha Friendly, Susan Prentice ...
    Series Book 2 - About Canada
    In Canada, early childhood education and care includes childcare programs, kindergartens and nursery schools. When these programs are well-designed, they support children’s development and accommodate parents who work or study. About Canada: Childcare answers questions about early childhood education and childcare (ECEC) in Canada. Why doesn’t Canada have an ECEC system, even though other ... Read more

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