Social Policy and Social Justice

The NDP Government in Saskatchewan during the Blakeney Years

Bibliographic Data

ID23243262
EditorsJim Harding
Year2006
Publication date2006-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueSocial Policy and Social Justice (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherWilfrid Laurier Press (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.51644/9780889207912
OpenAlexW2562018873
ISBN9780889207912
Open LibraryOL37115436M
LanguageEN
Citations received6

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.

Criminology · Political science · Social justice · Sociology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · History · Saskatchewan