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Book Synopsis
This comprehensive exploration of the origins and development of family allowances offers inventive insights into Canada’s welfare state and social policy over the past half century.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 The Dawning of a New Era in Social Security, 1929-43

2 Family Allowances Comes to Canada, 1943-45

3 The 1944 Family Allowances Debate and The Politics of It All

4 Sharing the Wealth: The Registration for Family Allowances Begins, 1945

5 The Impact of Family Allowance to the 1960s

6 Poverty, Politics, and Family Allowances, 1960-70

7 Family Allowances and Constitutional Change, 1968-72

8 Wrestling with Universality, 1972-83

9 The Demise of Family Allowances, 1984-99

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

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      Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 06/12/2008
      ISBN13: 9780774815727, 978-0774815727
      ISBN10: 0774815728
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This comprehensive exploration of the origins and development of family allowances offers inventive insights into Canada’s welfare state and social policy over the past half century.

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction

      1 The Dawning of a New Era in Social Security, 1929-43

      2 Family Allowances Comes to Canada, 1943-45

      3 The 1944 Family Allowances Debate and The Politics of It All

      4 Sharing the Wealth: The Registration for Family Allowances Begins, 1945

      5 The Impact of Family Allowance to the 1960s

      6 Poverty, Politics, and Family Allowances, 1960-70

      7 Family Allowances and Constitutional Change, 1968-72

      8 Wrestling with Universality, 1972-83

      9 The Demise of Family Allowances, 1984-99

      Conclusion

      Notes

      Bibliography

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