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From UI to EI : waging war on the welfare state / Georges Campeau ; translated by Richard Howard.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: xiii, 235 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0774811226
  • 9780774811224
Other title:
  • Waging war on the welfare state
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 368.4400971
LOC classification:
  • KE3459 .C2313 2005
Contents:
1. Why UI? -- 2. The British Act of 1911 -- 3. Developing a Canadian system -- 4. The UI Act of 1940 - - 5. UI expansion, 1940-75 -- 6. Vision under siege, 1975-88 -- 7. Rights enshrined in case law, 1940-90 -- 8. The system hijacked, 1989-96 -- 9. Onward to EI -- 10. Case law in the neoliberal riptide of the 1990s -- Epilogue : Bill C-2, February 2001.
Review: "From UI to EI examines the history of Canada's unemployment insurance system and the rights it grants to the unemployed. The development of the system, its legislation, and related jurisprudence are viewed through a historical perspective that accounts for the social, political, and economic context. Campeau critically examines the system with emphasis on its more recent transformations."--BOOK JACKET.
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Translation of: De l'assurance-chômage à l'assurance-emploi.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-223) and index.

1. Why UI? -- 2. The British Act of 1911 -- 3. Developing a Canadian system -- 4. The UI Act of 1940 - - 5. UI expansion, 1940-75 -- 6. Vision under siege, 1975-88 -- 7. Rights enshrined in case law, 1940-90 -- 8. The system hijacked, 1989-96 -- 9. Onward to EI -- 10. Case law in the neoliberal riptide of the 1990s -- Epilogue : Bill C-2, February 2001.

"From UI to EI examines the history of Canada's unemployment insurance system and the rights it grants to the unemployed. The development of the system, its legislation, and related jurisprudence are viewed through a historical perspective that accounts for the social, political, and economic context. Campeau critically examines the system with emphasis on its more recent transformations."--BOOK JACKET.

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