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category: Political Science
published: Jul 2009
ISBN:9780774815734
publisher: UBC Press

From Rights to Needs

A History of Family Allowances in Canada, 1929-92

by Raymond B. Blake

tagged: social security, social policy, post-confederation (1867-)
Description

This book explores the family allowance phenomenon from the idea's debut in the House of Commons in 1929 to the program's demise as a universal program under the Mulroney government in 1992. Although successive federal governments remained committed to its underlying principle of universality, party politics, bureaucracy, federal-provincial wrangling, and the shifting priorities of citizens eroded the rights-based approach to social security and replaced it with one based on need. In tracing the evolution of one social security program within a national perspective, From Rights to Needs sheds new light on how Canada’s welfare state and social policy has been transformed over the past half century.

About the Author

Raymond B. Blake

Contributor Notes

Raymond B. Blake is a professor of history at the University of Regina.

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