Bringing together top scholars in the field, Universality and Social Policy in Canada provides an overview of the universality principle in social welfare.
Bringing together top scholars in the field, Universality and Social Policy in Canada provides an overview of the universality principle in social welfare. The contributors survey the many contested meanings of universality in relation to specific social programs, the field of social policy, and the modern welfare state. The book argues that while universality is a core value undergirding certain areas of state intervention—most notably health care and education—the contributory principle of social insurance and the selectivity principle of income assistance are also highly significant precepts in practice.
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Introduction: Understanding Universality |
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1 Placing Universality in Canadian Social Policy and Politics |
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2 Equalization and the Fiscal Foundation of Universality |
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3 The Single-Tier Universality of Canadian Medicare |
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4 Elementary and Secondary Education: The First Universal Social Program in Canada |
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5 From Family Allowances to the Struggle for Universal Childcare in Canada |
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6 Universality and the Erosion of Old Age Security |
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7 Common Differences: The Universalism of Disability and Unevenness of Public Policy |
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8 Segmented Citizenship: Indigenous Peoples and the Limits of Universality |
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9 Universality and Immigration: Differential Access to Social Programs and Societal Inclusion |
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10 Universality and Social Policy in the United Kingdom |
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11 Universal Social Policy in Sweden |
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| Conclusion: Resiliencies, Paradoxes, and Lessons |
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| List of Contributors |
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| Index |
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Daniel Béland is Director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada and James McGill Professor in the Department of Political Science at McGill University.
Gregory P. Marchildon is a professor emeritus at the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation at the University of Toronto and the founding director of the North American Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
Michael J. Prince is the Lansdowne professor of Social Policy in the Faculty of Human and Social Development at the University of Victoria.
