Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface to the Fifth Edition ix
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Introduction
6. Becoming Acquainted with Social Policy 3
7. Who Makes Social Policy and How
8. The Policy-Making Process 23
9. Approaches to Policy Analysis 43
10. Influencing Policy from the Outside: 61
11. Indigenous Wholistic Healing Social Policy: 79
12. Racism in Canadian Social Policy 95
13. The Quebec Model of Social Policy, Past and Present 115
14. Current Social Policy Issues
15. Single Motherhood in the Canadian Landscape 147
16. Child Poverty and the Canadian Welfare State 167
17. Back to the Present 193
18. Parental Benefits Policy in Canada and Quebec 215
19. Mental Health Policy in Canada 229
20. Keeping Kids Safe in Custody 253
21. Canadians with Disabilities 273
22. Caring and Aging 297
23. Toward Inclusion of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People 315
24. Immigration and Refugee Policy in Canada 333
25. Housing Policy 355
26. Canadian Health Care 371
27. Looking to the Future
28. Social Service Workplaces 403
29. Contributors 413
30. Author Index 419
31. Subject Index 431