a ISBN 0-88920-405-5

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Classification number HN107

b Item number .C355 2003

a Title Canadian social policy :

b Remainder of title issues and perspectives /

c Statement of responsibility, etc edited by Anne Westhues.

h Medium BOOK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc Waterloo, Ont. :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Wilfrid Laurier University Press,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc c2003.

a Extent xiii, 362 p. ;

c Dimensions 23 cm.

a Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

a Formatted contents note 1. An Overview of Social Policy / Anne Westhues -- 2. The Problem of Child Poverty in Canada / Garson Hunter -- 3. Native Peoples and the Social Work Profession: A Critical Analysis of Colonizing Problematics and the Development of Decolonized Thought / Barbara Waterfall -- 4. Housing and Homelessness / Lea Caragata -- 5. Single Motherhood in the Canadian Landscape: Postcards from a Subject / Iara Lessa -- 6. Workfare / Linda Snyder -- 7. Heterosexism: Shaping Social Policy in Relation to Gay Men and Lesbians / Brian O'Neill -- 8. Immigration and Refugee Policy in Canada: Past, Present, and Future / Usha George -- 9. Universal Health Care: Current Challenges to Normative Legacies / Mike Burke and Susan Silver -- 10. Caring and Aging: Exposing the Policy Issues / Sheila Neysmith -- 11. Canadians with Disabilities / Peter A. Dunn -- 12. Pursuing Social Policy Ideals at the International Level: An NGO Perspective / Tim Wichert -- 13. The Federal Government and Social Policy in the 1990s: Reflections on Change and Continuity / John English and William R. Young -- 14. Active Citizenship, Social Workers, and Social Policy / Carol Kenny-Scherber -- 15. Program and Policy Development from a Holistic Aboriginal Perspective / Malcolm Saulis -- 16. Citizen Participation in Social Policy / Joan Wharf Higgins, John Cossom and Brian Wharf -- 17. Evaluating Social Welfare Policies and Programs / Anne Westhues -- 18. The Challenges Ahead / Anne Westhues.

a Personal name Westhues Anne