Dimensions of Inequality in Canada (Equality | Security | Community) - Softcover

9780774812085: Dimensions of Inequality in Canada (Equality | Security | Community)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0774812087 ISBN 13: 9780774812085

Publisher: UBC Press, 2007

Is Canada becoming a more polarized society? Or is it a kind-hearted nation that takes care of its disadvantaged? This volume closely examines these differing views through a careful analysis of the causes, trends, and dimensions of inequality to provide an overall assessment of the state of inequality in Canada. Contributors include economists, sociologists, philosophers, and political scientists, and the discussion ranges from frameworks for thinking about inequality, to original analyses using Canadian data, to assessments of significant policy issues, methodologies, and research directions. What emerges is the most detailed picture of inequality in Canada to date and, disturbingly, one that shows signs of us becoming a less just society.

An invaluable source of information for policy makers, researchers, and students from a broad variety of disciplines, Dimensions of Inequality in Canada will also appeal to readers interested or involved in public debates over inequality.

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About the Author

David A. Green is a professor of economics at the University of British Columbia. Jonathan R. Kesselman is Canada Research Chair in Public Finance with the Graduate Public Policy Program at Simon Fraser University.

From the Back Cover

Canada is commonly portrayed as becoming a more and more polarized society. At the same time, Canadians pride themselves on taking better care of the disadvantaged than their neighbors to the south. This groundbreaking collection of essays by leading economists, sociologists, philosophers, and political scientists provides an overall assessment of the state of inequality in Canada.