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Political Science Economic Policy

Inequality and the Fading of Redistributive Politics

edited by Keith Banting & John Myles

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2013
Category
Economic Policy, Social Services & Welfare, Civics & Citizenship

  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774826013
    Publish Date
    Sep 2013
    List Price
    $34.95

  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774825993
    Publish Date
    Sep 2013
    List Price
    $95.00

  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774826006
    Publish Date
    Jan 2014
    List Price
    $34.95

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The redistributive state is fading in Canada. Government programs are no longer offsetting the growth in inequality generated by the market. In this book, leading political scientists, sociologists, and economists point to the failure of public policy to contain surging income inequality. A complex mix of forces has 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 that action and inaction – policy change and policy drift – are at the heart of growing inequality in Canada.

About the authors

Keith G. Banting is the Queen's Research Chair in Public Policy and a professor in the School of Policy Studies and the Department of Political Studies.

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John Myles is professor emeritus of sociology and senior fellow in the School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto.

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