Understanding the War on Poverty: The Advantages of a Canadian Perspective
In: Journal of policy history: JPH, Band 9, Heft 4, S. 425-449
ISSN: 0898-0306
Compares the respective "wars" on poverty declared by the US (the New Frontier-Great Society) & the Canadian government (Canadian liberalism) during the mid-1960s, & discusses the roles of federalism & public sensibilities concerning welfare. The effect of US policy, publicized by media coverage, on the Canadian movement is given particular attention. It is argued that the policies of both countries were driven largely by factors other than poverty -- in the US, by racial strife, changing party alignments, & the increasing power of the federal government; & in Canada, by the effects of minority government, reactions to policy in the US, & the upheaval in Quebec. 1 Table. W. Mills