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Inequality and the Fading of Redistributive Politics
Keith Banting (Edited by), John Myles (Edited by)
9780774825993
Hardback, published 1 September 2013
425 pages, 45 graphs, 25 tables
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.4 cm, 0.84 kg
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.
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