{"product_id":"from-rights-to-needs-raymond-b-blake-9780774815734","title":"From Rights to Needs: A History of Family Allowances in Canada, 1929-92","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the family allowance phenomenon from the idea's debut in the House of Commons in 1929 to the program's demise as a universal program under the Mulroney government in 1992. Although successive federal governments remained committed to its underlying principle of universality, party politics, bureaucracy, federal-provincial wrangling, and the shifting priorities of citizens eroded the rights-based approach to social security and replaced it with one based on need. In tracing the evolution of one social security program within a national perspective, \u003ci\u003eFrom Rights to Needs\u003c\/i\u003e sheds new light on how Canada's welfare state and social policy has been transformed over the past half century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raymond B. Blake\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0774815736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780774815734\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of British Columbia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Raymond B. Blake","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50663765573887,"sku":"9780774815734","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8c5575c5-d855-4c29-9c4d-6153f7476b86.jpg?v=1792003568","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-rights-to-needs-raymond-b-blake-9780774815734","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}