Inequality and the Fading of Redistibutive Politics

Seventeen contributed papers analyze the politics involved with public policies that have shifted Canada away from striving for social equity and onto the same course as the US, where inequality has grown by leaps and bounds since the 1970s. Original drafts were presented at a May 2010 workshop supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Editors Banting (policy studies, Queen's U., Canada) and Myles (emeritus, sociology, U. of Toronto, Canada) provide introductory and concluding essays, sandwiching articles on historical transformations of Canada's social architecture, business and labor, civil society restructuring, public opinion on socials spending (1980-2005), health care, income security for seniors, and the recent evolution of tax-transfer policies, among other topics. US distribution is by the U. of Washington Press; Canadian distribution is by the U. of Toronto Press. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Keith Banting is a professor in the School of Policy Studies and the Department of Political Studies at Queen's University and holds the Queen's Research Chair in Public Policy. John Myles is a professor emeritus ofsociology and currently senior fellow in the School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto. Contributors: Robert Andersen, Robin Boadway, Gerard W. Boychuk, William D. Coleman, Katherine Cuff, Josh Curtis, David A. Good, David A. Green, Rodney Haddow, Jane Jenson, Richard Johnston, Edward Koning, Rianne Mahon, Alain Noel, Susan D. Phillips, Stuart Soroka, James Townsend, Carolyn Hughes Tuohy