Planners and Politicians: Liberal Politics and Social Policy, 1957-1968

Canada's national social security system is a valued and integral part of our national character. However, with recent government cutbacks, the future of the welfare state is now in jeopardy. Focusing on the development of the Canada Pension Plan and medicare - the cornerstones of Canada's social net - Planners and Politicians is a timely examination of the Liberal Party's role in the development of national social policies.

About the author

P.E. Bryden

Summary

This text explores the interrelationship between social programmes, federal-provincial relations, the role of the bureaucracy in devising and legitimizing policy and the nature of political power in the modern Canadian state.

Product details

• Authors: BRYDEN, P. E. Bryden
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.1998
• EAN: 9780773516519
• ISBN: 978-0-7735-1651-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Weight: 400 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Kanada, Amerikanische Geschichte, Zweite Hälfte 20. Jahrhundert (1950 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Soziale und ethische Themen, Politik der National- Zentral- oder Bundesregierung, Politische Strukturen und Prozesse