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Welfare vs. The Welfare State in Canada, 2002.
This paper covers the development and current state of the welfare system in Canada.
1,625 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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Using Ben Carniol's "Case Critical: Challenging Social Services in Canada", as well as Larry Jonston's "Politics: An Introduction to the Modern Democratic State," this paper discusses the welfare state in Canada, the development of it and its shrinkage within the past one hundred year. The author shows evidence that the modern welfare state is shrinking in today's society because of the advancement of right wing politics and the decline of Keynesianism as a solution to the problems of the people of Canada.
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"It is important to remember that Canada did not invent the welfare state, it was merely adopted during the development of the country. It was the adoption of these welfare state ideals, that has lead Canada to develop things such as free public Health Care, Employment Insurance, public education and welfare itself. Ben Carniol (2000) explains the welfare states creation in the terms of industrial England where it first surfaced in the modern form. The creation of a welfare state began when the capitalistic owners of large factories in England were beginning to become disgruntled by the constant visitation of representatives from the numerous charitable organizations that had formed in the country to help the poor and underprivileged survive in the new society that saw the factory owners compete for profits at the expense of the men who worked for them under sometimes extremely harsh conditions. It was agreed upon that some sort of central organization for the collection of charity from the owners would be necessary to ensure that the money was going to charity and not people who had begun cheating the system in order to make money for themselves."
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Canada's Gendered Welfare State, 2007.
An examination of the Canadian social welfare policy.
1,406 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper examines a series of articles which all criticize the current push towards a neo-liberal interpretation of social welfare policy - both in Canada and in a number of other western nations. The paper suggests that the articles' central theme remains the same - that women are unjustly victimized by the prevailing social welfare network. The paper examines the argument made that women are falling behind in some regards vis-a-vis social welfare after some moderate advances in previous decades and concludes that the articles' authors are not necessarily wrong in their views, but occasionally over-state their cases - in large measure because their work is informed by ideological commitments as well as by scholarly concerns.
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"In her work, Ann Porter seeks to advance a "feminist economy" that illustrates how women are - and have been - oppressed by the capitalist system and by the patriarchal order. Specifically, Porter devotes a great deal of her time to looking at the historically strained relationship between the state and women and draws approvingly from socialist (or Marxist) feminists who critique how the traditional capitalist order supported a traditional "dual" arrangement whereby the man served as breadwinner and the woman served as a dependent subordinate in charge of the household. However, the advent of women entering the paid workforce in great numbers changed this arrangement and therefore blunted the inherently exploitative features of the patriarchal capitalist order as it pertained to women."
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Canada's Welfare State vs. Its Neo-Liberal Economics, 2002.
Argues that the Canadian government has begun to shed its socialist programs in favor of a more free-market approach to economics.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 71.95
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Summary: This paper is written about the movement from the Welfare State to neo-liberalism in that social programs and social justice are no longer the priorities of Canadian governments. A subservience to the free market and to the pursuit of profit has taken effect.
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"State Power Is Male Power": Women And The Welfare State, 2002.
Argues that the welfare state, from a feminist perspective, is a feature of a patriarchal power structure.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 62.95
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Canada and the United States are in the midst of a period of economic expansion almost unprecedented in history. Integral to this expansion has been the tax and spending cuts of ideologically conservative governments. These governments have removed a great many lazy women and children from the welfare rolls and, through policies such as workfare, made them productive workers in our society. This paper will demonstrate, however, that this process may be seen as very logical when viewed from a feminist perspective. Underlying the conservative arguments about finances and budget is a subtextual debate about power in general and patriarchal power in particular. It will be argued that the welfare state is an integral feature of this patriarchal power structure. As such, the welfare state's focus on the weakest and the most disadvantaged in our society - whether in cutting benefits or controlling behaviour - reflects a continuing interest of patriarchal power structures in dominating the lives of women who are disproportionately represented in those dependent upon the welfare state.
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Globalization and the Welfare State, 2008.
A review of three academic articles about the impact of globalization on the European welfare state.
1,996 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 63.95
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This paper examines three articles, Mark Weisbrot's , "The Scorecard on Globalization, 1980-2000: Twenty Years of Diminished Progress", an International Monetary Fund article, "Globalization: Threat or Opportunity?" and Robert Estes' , "Trends in Social Development, 1970-1995: Development Prospects For a New Century," in order to determine how globalization has impacted the European welfare state. It then
attempts to determine why the social welfare state developed differently in Great Britain compared to other Western European states and why the different origins of social welfare states produced varied patterns of globalization policy development, and vice versa. In particular, it focuses on the impact of globalization on the fall of the social welfare state in Great Britain, for many economists have linked the growing inequality of income and wealth throughout Western Europe to globalization.
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"Economic globalization is expanding and accelerating because capitalist institutions, ideology, and behaviors pervade much of the global economy. This translates into the dominance of capitalist market systems, market values, and market mechanisms. The reality of the world economy, however, is much more complex, and many people are increasingly frustrated by the negative economic aspects of globalization, for macroeconomic theory doesn't seem to affect them much, but a lost job because their company transfers its production facilities overseas because of cheaper labor does
affect them. "
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The Welfare State, 2008.
This paper explores Keynesian economics and the rise and fall of the welfare state.
2,495 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 75.95
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The paper discusses the historical background of the development of the welfare state and offers definitions of the terms Keynesianism and neo liberalism. The paper analyzes the shift from an earlier system to the Keynesian one and then to the neo liberal one and explains the interests involved in the process. Overall, it can be said that the welfare state and the neoliberal one are two distinctive theories which in today's world tend to be combined in a state which promotes free competition and liberal market principles but at the same time take more into consideration the idea of social protection and social assistance, particularly because of the electoral significance of such measures.
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Historical background
Definitions
Effects of the End of the Fall of the Welfare State and the Emergence of the Neoliberal Mechanisms for the Social Assistance System
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"The Second World War represented one of the most significant periods in the history of human kind because its effects were determinant for the following decades in terms of economic development, social behavior, as well as cultural changes. However, one of the most important aspects which are to be taken into consideration when discussing the effects of the World War is strongly related to the economic environment which followed it. In this sense, the economic practices and policies changed in order to cater for the needs of a global society recovering from a world conflagration which placed under pressure the entire economic system. In this context the various theories that tried to explain the evolution of the economies have managed to create different systems that would eventually set in motion the resources of the world."
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Should the Welfare State be Dismantled?, 2002.
Presents a the position that the welfare state cannot really be dismantled because it is an inevitable creation.
2,275 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 7 sources, $ 84.95
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The question itself defines a conflict which pits, on the one side the welfare state as a thing that "prevents a permanent and possibly underclass." The other side demands the end of the Welfare state because, simply enough, it is too expensive and "undermines individual initiative." This paper takes up a third position; namely that even a very brief recollection of the history of the welfare state will show it is inevitable, not merely possible.
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Women and the Welfare State, 2002.
Written from a radical feminist approach, this paper argues against the modern welfare state.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 53.95
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In light of the budget cuts and associated protests that have dominated political life in Canada through the 1990s and into the twenty-first century - and given the prominence of feminist groups in challenging these cuts - it may come as a surprise to many to find that feminists are ambivalent about the modern welfare state. This essay will argue that, from a feminist perspective, the social welfare state mirrors the conflicting attitudes and paradoxical expectations of society with regard to women.
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Canadian Welfare State, 2002.
The Canadian economy and the rise and fall of the welfare state.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper examines Canadian macroeconomic trends from 1945 to 2000. During the first half of the period the economy was booming and the welfare state was expanded. Currently, the economy is faltering at the very time that the welfare state is being dismantled.
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Governance in the Welfare State and Women in Society, 2005.
A discussion of women and the welfare state.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 9 sources, $ 106.95
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The paper examines the issue of gender in the welfare state. It looks at history and analyses how women have been affected by the decision making that occurs in relation to their roles, their quest for freedom, and their ability to succeed as human beings within the social order. The paper also discusses the role of the governments in the welfare state specifically in relation to women.
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"Throughout history, it has been evident that women have been strongly affected by the decision making that occurs within welfare states in relation to their gender roles, their quest for freedom, and their ability to succeed as human beings within the social order. While governmental entities have continuously proclaimed that they support an equal society the actions of these organizations have not traditionally supported such beliefs. "
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Pensions and the Modern Welfare State: Denmark and Spain, 2002.
A paper which discusses the pension systems of the EU's social-welfare states and the demographics of the 21st century.
2,655 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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The paper discusses a looming problem for the European Union and its welfare states Denmark and Spain. He stresses the fact that, on the one hand, people are retiring at younger ages and living longer, and on the other hand there are fewer people to contribute to pension funds due to decreasing populations and the use of technology instead of labor. The paper examines the pension schemes and demographic trends of Denmark and Spain and gives an overview of the welfare state.
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"As Spain moves into the twenty first century, many of its citizens are being forced to give up long-cherished traditional lifestyles to come to terms with new societal demands. Traditionally in Spain, the elderly have lived with their children. But several factors are combining to change that tradition. One of those factors is increasing educational levels for women. As has been reported in numerous studies, as women?s educational levels rise the number of children they have decreases. Today?s Spanish women are entering the workforce, leaving them less able to take care of elderly relatives in the home."
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The Welfare State, 2002.
An overview of the welfare state in the U.S.
986 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper examines how over the past century, the welfare state in the United States has developed into a way of life as more and more people have become dependent upon it, both as consumers and producers of its services. It shows how as a result, Americans live in a large, expensive system of bureaucratic service delivery that consumes a good deal of the wealth created by them annually.
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"As a result, war relief was provided and a pension system for war veterans was created. The pension system grew and a budding welfare state emerged in the U.S. as politicians attempted to gain votes by giving pensions as favors to non-veterans. Social reforms and economic regulations were soon adopted. After the depression, the New Deal increased this welfare state. Over the past several decades, Americans have put more and more faith in the government. While early Americans relied on themselves, family, friends, neighbors, churches, lodges, mutual benefit societies, and other voluntary groups, today?s generation relies on the welfare state."
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The Welfare State, 2005.
This paper discusses challenges to the welfare state.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 6 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper explains that modern, industrialized welfare states, such as the United Kingdom, Norway and Sweden, are all under threat. The author points out that the most important and serious challenges stem from the growing globalization of world commerce. The paper relates that concomitant with these challenges are changing social patterns and demographics, which also pose challenges.
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"The welfare state has faced many challenges in the recent past. Modern, industrialized welfare states such as the United Kingdom, Norway, and Sweden are all under threat from these challenges. The most important and serious challenges stem from the growing globalization of world commerce. Concomitant with these challenges are changing social patterns and demographics, which also pose challenges. As we will see, recent challenges are merely the continuation of threats that began to emerge due to the demise of Keynesianism and the rise of neo-liberalism. These created a foundation on which a plethora of serious challenges to the welfare state now stand."
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The Welfare State in Britain, 2003.
A social policy essay detailing the political ideologies in Britain leading up to and following the second world war.
2,521 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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This paper discusses the concept of the welfare state in Britain in the twentieth century. Prior to the introduction of the Welfare State in 1948 there had been many changes in political ideology relating to social welfare. Economic Liberalism had dominated much of the eighteenth and nineteenth century, discouraging governments from spending money on welfare but towards the beginning of the twentieth century, with increasing disease and poverty, Social Liberalism became more influential, promoting state intervention. Gradually individualist ideas surrounding welfare were replaced with collectivist ideology. The paper covers provides an evaluation of legislation including the Community Care Act of 1990. It covers issues such as World War Two and election promises, Thatcherism, Blairism, social change, class inequalities and the future of the welfare state.
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"Socialist ideas continued to influence politicians, and during the interwar period the government increasingly intervened to provide more welfare services. They realised the limitations of the National Insurance Act, and in 1941, Conservative leader, and prime minister, Winston Churchill, commissioned William Beveridge to investigate the effectiveness of welfare schemes and suggest improvements. As a result, the Social Insurance and Allied Services report was produced in 1942, outlining Britain?s major social problems. These were known as the five giant evils, want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness. The Beveridge report was recognised by the public and politicians as the way forward for welfare services, however the Conservative government did not act on the report initially due to reservations surrounding its proposals."
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The Movement Away From the Keynesian Welfare State, 2002.
Discusses the impact Canada's recent fiscally conservative economic policies have had on social programs.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 71.95
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Summary: Without doubt, there has been a movement away from the Keynesian Welfare State in Canada. This change occurred because fiscal conservatives have taken over in this country. Three of these dimensions involve health care, unemployment insurance and basic social assistance of all kinds.
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