POLS 3170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Wall Street Crash Of 1929, Compulsory Education, Social Protection
28 Jun 2015
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Week 2: social policy development: from the pre-contact era to the great depression. Despite diversity and variations across first nations, spiritual life was the organizing principle among aboriginal peoples. Egalitarian principles and caring for the needy people were based on ritual and custom. Social policy in post-contact era: the new france. Gradual reliance on formal rules for taking care of the needy people. The role of the church in provision of social services. The role of the state in providing social services. The interaction between the church and state in area of social welfare policy. Pre-confederation era: history of the poor law in british north american colonies. The establishment of poorhouses and workhouses------- in canada generally referred to as house of industry and house of refuge. Industrialization and its social, economic and political ramifications. Growth went hand in hand with accumulation of misery. The prevalence of classical liberal conception of the state; watchman state.
