Chapter 5 – Social Policy – Flashcards
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Constitution Act (1867)
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- perspective that social issues are local and private matter (provincial) - federal govt. primarily responsible for employment insurance, pensions, and Aboriginal people living on reserve
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Municipal
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- can develop social policies - more innovative when decision-making is local
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Provincial
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successful programs in one province not automatically adopted by others (Quebec vs. Ontario)
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Federal
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'federal spending power' more involved in social welfare programs after WWII
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problems with federalism
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- slows down implementation of new social policies - social policies can be delayed or blocked by provincial-federal - hard to know which level of govt. to lobby for change
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3 global influences on national policy
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1. heightened corporate power 2. int'l organization's ideas 3. int'l organization's restrictions (free trade agreements)
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structural power
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capitalism - social policies are made that impose greater costs on firms in order to create a profit
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agency power
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in which businesses invest time and resources into lobbying, and promote certain ideas
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stages model of policy-making
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agenda setting - adoption - implementation - evaluation (more analytical/problem-solving)
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funnel of causality model of policy-making
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role of power and influence - structural factors (economy, culture) - institutional factors (govt, legal system) - actors (politicians, bureaucrats) - civil society organizations (more descriptive)
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weak federalism
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the division of responsibilities between federal and provincial govt's and how it affect social policy development - but allows for experimentation with new programs
