Eight. Social Assistance in Alberta

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations ix
4. Contributors xiii
5. Preface xxiii
6. Introduction: Understanding Welfare Reform in the Canadian Provinces 1
7. Part I. International, Comparative, and Multilevel Perspectives
8. one. International Trends in Social Assistance 19
9. Two. Federal Policies, National Trends, and Provincial Systems: A Comparative Analysis of Recent Developments in Social Assistance in Canada, 1990–2013 35
10. Three. An Overview of Social Assistance Trends in Canada 53
11. Four. Low-Income and Inequality Trends in Canada 93
12. Part II. The State of Social Assistance in the Provinces
13. Five. Social Assistance in Ontario 111
14. Six. Québec: The Ambivalent Politics of Social Solidarity 127
15. Seven. Social Assistance in British Columbia 143
16. Eight. Social Assistance in Alberta 161
17. Nine. Saskatchewan: Development, Reform, and Retrenchment 177
18. Ten. Social Assistance in Manitoba 193
19. Eleven. Social Assistance in New Brunswick: Origins, Developments, and the Current Situation 209
20. Twelve. Social Assistance in Nova Scotia: Mainstreaming “Employability” and Cutting Costs in a New Single-Tier System 223
21. Thirteen. Social Assistance in Newfoundland and Labrador 239
22. Fourteen. Social Assistance in Prince Edward Island 255
23. Part III. Contemporary Issues and Challenges
24. Fifteen. Gendering Social Assistance Reform 273
25. Sixteen. Entrenched Residualism: Social Assistance and People with Disabilities 289
26. Seventeen. Immigrants on Social Assistance in Canada: Who Are They and Why Are They There? 305
27. Eighteen. Playing Catch-up with Ghosts: Income Assistance for First Nations on Reserve 323
28. Nineteen. Aging and Social Assistance in the Provinces 339
29. Twenty. Shelter and the Street: Housing, Homelessness, and Social Assistance in the Canadian Provinces 353
30. Twenty-one. Do Active Programs Work? A Review of Canadian Welfare-to-Work Experiments 367
31. Conclusion. A Brief Survey of Welfare Reform in the Canadian Provinces 381
32. Postface. From Welfare Reform—to Welfare Reformulation 395
33. Index 399