James J. Rice is an emeritus professor in the School of Social Work at McMaster University.Michael J. Prince is the Lansdowne professor of Social Policy in the Faculty of Human and Social Development at the University of Victoria.

• Preface to the Second EditionPreface to the First EditionIntroduction1. Changing Politics: Social Policy in a Globalizing and Pluralizing Context2. Early Developments in Canadian Social Welfare3. Envisaging and Establishing a System of Social Security for Canadians4. The Crisis of the Welfare State: Canadian Perspectives and Critiques5. Response to the Crisis: Retrenching the Welfare State and Changing Responsibilities for Social Protection6. Global Capitalism and the Canadian Welfare State: Impacts of Economic Integration, Fiscal Policy, and Market Liberalism on Social Policy7. The Crisis of the Market Economy: International Issues and Canadian Responses8. Diversity and Equality in a Pluralist Welfare Community: Issues of Social Control, Selectivity, and Universality9. Gender and Social Policy: His and Her States of Welfare10. Civil Society, Social Economy, and the Voluntary Sector: Links between Community Capacities and Social Policy11. Creating a New Policy Agenda and Rebuilding the Social Role of the StateNotesBibliographyIndex

James J. Rice is an emeritus professor in the School of Social Work at McMaster University.Michael J. Prince is the Lansdowne professor of Social Policy in the Faculty of Human and Social Development at the University of Victoria.

• Preface to the Second EditionPreface to the First EditionIntroduction1. Changing Politics: Social Policy in a Globalizing and Pluralizing Context2. Early Developments in Canadian Social Welfare3. Envisaging and Establishing a System of Social Security for Canadians4. The Crisis of the Welfare State: Canadian Perspectives and Critiques5. Response to the Crisis: Retrenching the Welfare State and Changing Responsibilities for Social Protection6. Global Capitalism and the Canadian Welfare State: Impacts of Economic Integration, Fiscal Policy, and Market Liberalism on Social Policy7. The Crisis of the Market Economy: International Issues and Canadian Responses8. Diversity and Equality in a Pluralist Welfare Community: Issues of Social Control, Selectivity, and Universality9. Gender and Social Policy: His and Her States of Welfare10. Civil Society, Social Economy, and the Voluntary Sector: Links between Community Capacities and Social Policy11. Creating a New Policy Agenda and Rebuilding the Social Role of the StateNotesBibliographyIndex

James J. Rice is an emeritus professor in the School of Social Work at McMaster University.Michael J. Prince is the Lansdowne professor of Social Policy in the Faculty of Human and Social Development at the University of Victoria.

• Preface to the Second EditionPreface to the First EditionIntroduction1. Changing Politics: Social Policy in a Globalizing and Pluralizing Context2. Early Developments in Canadian Social Welfare3. Envisaging and Establishing a System of Social Security for Canadians4. The Crisis of the Welfare State: Canadian Perspectives and Critiques5. Response to the Crisis: Retrenching the Welfare State and Changing Responsibilities for Social Protection6. Global Capitalism and the Canadian Welfare State: Impacts of Economic Integration, Fiscal Policy, and Market Liberalism on Social Policy7. The Crisis of the Market Economy: International Issues and Canadian Responses8. Diversity and Equality in a Pluralist Welfare Community: Issues of Social Control, Selectivity, and Universality9. Gender and Social Policy: His and Her States of Welfare10. Civil Society, Social Economy, and the Voluntary Sector: Links between Community Capacities and Social Policy11. Creating a New Policy Agenda and Rebuilding the Social Role of the StateNotesBibliographyIndex