Canadian Social Policy for Social Workers

Preface
1. A Critical Perspective on Canadian Social Policy Robert Harding and Daphne Jeyapal
Part One: Social Policy Processes, Issues, and Realities
2. Media and Public Discourse: Their Roles in Policy-Making Robert Harding and Daphne Jeyapal
3. Ideas and Social Policy Christopher Walmsley
4. The Ideals and Realities of Policy-Making Processes and Structures in Canada Jennifer Murphy and Juliana West
5. Making Canadians Richer and Poorer: Taxation, Spending, and Budgeting Tamara Krawchenko
Part Two: Social Policy for Social Categories
6. Social Policy and Indigeneity: Internal Colonization and the Canadian State Eldon Yellowhorn and Robert Harding
7. Race, Racialization, and Racism: Social Policy and the Making of a White Settler Society Daphne Jeyapal
8. Women, Intersecting Oppressions, and Social Policy in Canada Marjorie Johnstone and Daphne Jeyapal
9. Sexual and Gender Diversity Nick J. Mulé
10. (dis)Ability Policy: A Tangled Web of Complexity Judy E. MacDonald with Sarah Natalie Cooper
11. Children and Youth Policy: Building Equality or Buttressing Inequities? Michele Fairbairn, Susan Strega, and Christopher Walmsley
Part Three: Social Policy for Social Issues
12. Post-Secondary Education in Canada: Merit, Right, or Social Investment? Christopher Walmsley, Robert Harding, and Daphne Jeyapal
13. Homelessness and Housing Insecurity: Government Inaction in the Creation of a Major Crisis Terry Kading
14. Reaching Beyond Hunger: The Right to Food and Food Sovereignty Nettie Wiebe
15. Canadian Health-Care Policy: Gaps, Inequalities, and Solutions Daniyal Zuberi and Melita Ptashnick
16. Justice for Whom? The Effect of Criminalization for Marginalized Peoples Juliana West and Jennifer Murphy
17. Nationalism, Neo-Liberalism, and Securitization of Canadian Immigration Policy Daphne Jeyapal
18. The Role of Policy in Sustaining or Eliminating Poverty Robert Harding
19. Conclusion: Social Policy and the Promise of Social Change Robert Harding and Daphne Jeyapal
Glossary
Index

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Robert Harding is an associate professor who teaches in the BSW and MSW programs at the University of the Fraser Valley. In the late 1990s, Robert led the university in partnering with the Stó:lo Nation to develop an Indigenous social services program based on traditional principles of healing and helping. He has presented his research in Canada, the US, Costa Rica, Scotland, Finland, and Germany, and has published in journals such as the Canadian Review of Social Policy, Discourse and Society, Canadian Journal of Native Studies, and the American Indian Culture and Research Journal.

Daphne Jeyapal is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at Thompson Rivers University. Daphne earned her PhD in social work from the University of Toronto in 2014. Her research centres on challenging racial discrimination in social activism, social work, and Canadian social policy. She is the principal investigator for a SSHRC Insight Development Grant on "Anti-terrorism or anti-activism? Examining public and policy discourses on the criminalization of diasporic resistance in Canada." At present, she lives and works on the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc territory, the unceded traditional lands of the Secwepemc Nation.

Social Policy in Canada - Ernie Lightman and Naomi Lightman
Connecting Policy to Practice in the Human Services - Brad McKenzie and The late Brian Wharf
Challenging Oppression and Confronting Privilege - Bob Mullaly and Juliana West
The New Structural Social Work: Ideology, Theory, and Practice - Bob Mullaly and Marilyn Dupré
Anti-Oppressive Social Work - Gary C. Dumbrill and June Ying Yee
Advocacy in Practice - Shelley Rempel

Special Features

• An accessible and relevant introduction to social policy for students in social work and other human services programs.
• Offers a critical perspective with a focus on social justice that includes analysis of how media and public discourse influences the way we view social issues.
• Explores contemporary topics - with chapters on post-secondary education, food security, and housing security - that are relatable to today's students.
• Case Example boxes in each chapter provide an intersectional perspective to help students understand how social policy affects people differently according to their social circumstances.
• Social Policy Change in Action boxes explore policy changes brought about by social workers and social work students, demonstrating how social workers can intervene to make a difference.
• International Comparison boxes highlight approaches of other nations to specific policy fields, helping students to place the Canadian experience within a global context.