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Inequality and the Fading of Redistributive Politics

Banting Keith Myles John
Innbundet / 2013 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780774825993
Publisert
2013
Utgiver
Vendor
University of British Columbia Press
Vekt
840 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
425

Redaktør
Banting Keith
Myles John

Om bidragsyterne

Keith Banting is a professor in the School of Policy Studies and the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University and holds the Queen’s Research Chair in Public Policy. John Myles is a professor emeritus of sociology and currently senior fellow in the School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto.

Contributors: Robert Andersen, Robin Boadway, Gerard W. Boychuk, William D. Coleman, Katherine Cuff, Josh Curtis, David A. Good, David A. Green, Rodney Haddow, Jane Jenson, Richard Johnston, Edward Koning, Rianne Mahon, Alain Noël, Susan D. Phillips, Stuart Soroka, James Townsend, Carolyn Hughes Tuohy

Inequality and the Fading of Redistributive Politics

Banting Keith Myles John
Innbundet / 2013 / Engelsk
Banting Keith Myles John
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All advanced democracies have faced the pressures of globalization, technological change, and new family forms, which have generated higher levels of inequality in market incomes. But countries have responded differently, reflecting differences in their domestic politics. The politics of who gets what and why is at the core of this volume, the first to examine this question in an explicitly Canadian context.

In Inequality and the Fading of Redistributive Politics, leading political scientists, sociologists, and economists point to the failure of public policy to contain surging income inequality. Government programs are no longer offsetting the growth in inequality generated by the market, and Canadian society has become more unequal. The redistributive state is fading due to powerful forces that have reshaped the politics of social policy, including global economic pressures, ideological change, shifts in the influence of business and labour, changes in the party system, and the decline of equality-seeking civil society organizations.

This volume demonstrates conclusively that action and inaction -- policy change and policy drift -- are at the heart of growing inequality, calling into question Canada’s record as a kinder, gentler nation.

Les mer
Leading political scientists, sociologists, and economists explain how and why Canadian public policy has been falling behind in the race to contain surging income inequality.

1 Introduction: Inequality and the Fading of Redistributive Politics / Keith Banting and John Myles

Part 1: Politics

2 Historical Transformations of Canada’s Social Architecture: Institutions, Instruments, and Ideas / Jane Jenson

3 Drivers of Increasing Market Income Inequality: Structural Change and Policy / David A. Green and James Townsend

4 Business, Labour, and Redistributive Politics / William D. Coleman

5 Restructuring Civil Society: Muting the Politics of Redistribution / Susan D. Phillips

6 Public Opinion on Social Spending, 1980-2005 / Robert Andersen and Josh Curtis

7 Multicultural Diversity and Redistribution / Keith Banting, Stuart Soroka, and Edward Koning

8 The Party System, Elections, and Social Policy / Richard Johnston

9 The New Bureaucratic Politics of Redistribution / David A. Good

10 Territorial Politics and the New Politics of Redistribution / Gerard W. Boychuk

11 Quebec’s New Politics of Redistribution / Alain Noël

Part 2: Policy

12 Health Care Policy after Universality: Canada in Comparative Perspective / Carolyn Hughes Tuohy

13 Income Security for Seniors: System Maintenance and Policy Drift / John Myles

14 The Recent Evolution of Tax-Transfer Policies / Robin Boadway and Katherine Cuff

15 Childcare, New Social Risks, and the New Politics of Redistribution in Ontario / Rianne Mahon

16 Labour Market Income Transfers and Redistribution: National Themes and Provincial Variations / Rodney Haddow

Part 3: Conclusion

17 Canadian Social Futures: Concluding Reflections / Keith Banting and John Myles

Index

Les mer
The evidence is convincing: inequality has increased in Canada at the same time the welfare state is losing its moorings. This book traces how this has come about and what the impact of this fading social protection will have on specific policy domains and social risks, and more generally on the fabric of Canadian society. It is a cautionary tale of one country's journey from the promise of a redistributive state to the perils of inequality.
Les mer
<p>Leading scholars explain how and why Canadian public policy has been falling behind in the race to contain surging income inequality.</p>

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All advanced democracies have faced the pressures of globalization, technological change, and new family forms, which have generated higher levels of inequality in market incomes. But countries have responded differently, reflecting differences in their domestic politics. The politics of who gets what and why is at the core of this volume, the first to examine this question in an explicitly Canadian context.

In Inequality and the Fading of Redistributive Politics, leading political scientists, sociologists, and economists point to the failure of public policy to contain surging income inequality. Government programs are no longer offsetting the growth in inequality generated by the market, and Canadian society has become more unequal. The redistributive state is fading due to powerful forces that have reshaped the politics of social policy, including global economic pressures, ideological change, shifts in the influence of business and labour, changes in the party system, and the decline of equality-seeking civil society organizations.

This volume demonstrates conclusively that action and inaction -- policy change and policy drift -- are at the heart of growing inequality, calling into question Canada’s record as a kinder, gentler nation.

Les mer
Leading political scientists, sociologists, and economists explain how and why Canadian public policy has been falling behind in the race to contain surging income inequality.

1 Introduction: Inequality and the Fading of Redistributive Politics / Keith Banting and John Myles

Part 1: Politics

2 Historical Transformations of Canada’s Social Architecture: Institutions, Instruments, and Ideas / Jane Jenson

3 Drivers of Increasing Market Income Inequality: Structural Change and Policy / David A. Green and James Townsend

4 Business, Labour, and Redistributive Politics / William D. Coleman

5 Restructuring Civil Society: Muting the Politics of Redistribution / Susan D. Phillips

6 Public Opinion on Social Spending, 1980-2005 / Robert Andersen and Josh Curtis

7 Multicultural Diversity and Redistribution / Keith Banting, Stuart Soroka, and Edward Koning

8 The Party System, Elections, and Social Policy / Richard Johnston

9 The New Bureaucratic Politics of Redistribution / David A. Good

10 Territorial Politics and the New Politics of Redistribution / Gerard W. Boychuk

11 Quebec’s New Politics of Redistribution / Alain Noël

Part 2: Policy

12 Health Care Policy after Universality: Canada in Comparative Perspective / Carolyn Hughes Tuohy

13 Income Security for Seniors: System Maintenance and Policy Drift / John Myles

14 The Recent Evolution of Tax-Transfer Policies / Robin Boadway and Katherine Cuff

15 Childcare, New Social Risks, and the New Politics of Redistribution in Ontario / Rianne Mahon

16 Labour Market Income Transfers and Redistribution: National Themes and Provincial Variations / Rodney Haddow

Part 3: Conclusion

17 Canadian Social Futures: Concluding Reflections / Keith Banting and John Myles

Index

Les mer
The evidence is convincing: inequality has increased in Canada at the same time the welfare state is losing its moorings. This book traces how this has come about and what the impact of this fading social protection will have on specific policy domains and social risks, and more generally on the fabric of Canadian society. It is a cautionary tale of one country's journey from the promise of a redistributive state to the perils of inequality.
Les mer
<p>Leading scholars explain how and why Canadian public policy has been falling behind in the race to contain surging income inequality.</p>

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780774825993
Publisert
2013
Utgiver
Vendor
University of British Columbia Press
Vekt
840 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
425

Redaktør
Banting Keith
Myles John

Om bidragsyterne

Keith Banting is a professor in the School of Policy Studies and the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University and holds the Queen’s Research Chair in Public Policy. John Myles is a professor emeritus of sociology and currently senior fellow in the School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto.

Contributors: Robert Andersen, Robin Boadway, Gerard W. Boychuk, William D. Coleman, Katherine Cuff, Josh Curtis, David A. Good, David A. Green, Rodney Haddow, Jane Jenson, Richard Johnston, Edward Koning, Rianne Mahon, Alain Noël, Susan D. Phillips, Stuart Soroka, James Townsend, Carolyn Hughes Tuohy

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