{"product_id":"from-ui-to-ei-georges-campeau-9780774811231","title":"From Ui to Ei: Waging War on the Welfare State","description":"\u003cp\u003eEstablished in 1940 in response to the Great Depression, the original goal of Canada's system of unemployment insurance was to ensure the protection of income to the unemployed. Joblessness was viewed as a social problem and the jobless as its unfortunate victims. If governments could not create the right conditions for full employment, they were obligated to compensate people who could not find work. While unemployment insurance expanded over several decades to the benefit of the rights of the unemployed, the mid-1970s saw the first stirrings of a counterattack as the federal government's Keynesian strategy came under siege. Neo-liberalists denounced unemployment insurance and other aspects of the welfare state as inflationary and unproductive. Employment was increasingly thought to be a personal responsibility and the handling of the unemployed was to reflect a free-market approach. This regressive movement culminated in the 1990s counter-reforms, heralding a major policy shift. The number of unemployed with access to benefits was halved during that time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Georges Campeau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0774811234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780774811231\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\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Georges Campeau","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47202670772479,"sku":"9780774811231","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_38e9e976-c819-45c3-a31b-d81b6c905c25.jpg?v=1756833056","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-ui-to-ei-georges-campeau-9780774811231","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}