POL 2101 Study Guide - Welfare, Social Democracy, Old Age Security
14 Jul 2014
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Key terms: welfare state, history of the canadian welfare state, liberal welfare state. A person can maintain a livelihood without help: defamilialization. A degree of which household reasponisblities are relaxed. In the capsity in which they can go to work, school and take care of children and family. First steps, 1840-1890: role of the state was mostly one of regulation rather than provision of services, poor laws in the atlantic provinces, central role of charity, english-speaking canada: social reform movement. Different groups made to hep the poor: quebec: catholic church. We are in charge: stave involvement, education (school act of 871 in ontario) It was the start of a province wide system. Period of transition toward the welfare state, 1891-1940. Industrialisation (it was a lot slower then europe and us: workers" compensation (ontario, 1914) This was adopted in the most industrialized province. If you get a injury and cant come to work then you get compensation.
