The global economy and technological changes have dramatically altered the nature of labour markets. In this context, sub-national governments play an increasingly important role in labour market policy. In Canada, for instance, provinces have extensive powers to help the unemployed and those on social assistance to move into the labour market. Precarious Values analyses the efforts of three Ontario governments in the 1980s and 1990s, led by three different political parties, to design organizations and policies to help the unemployed acquire vocational skills. Thomas Klassen focuses on the birth, life, and eventual decline of two sizeable organizations created to develop strategic labour market policy for the province. The first was a traditional government department, while the second was an ambitious agency that gave business and labour groups control of a budget of over half a billion dollars. Both organizations faced fundamental disagreements over the role of the state, as well as intergovernmental conflicts and animosity between stakeholders.
| ISBN: | 9780889118850 |
| Publication date: | 1st June 2000 |
| Author: | Thomas R Klassen |
| Publisher: | McGill-Queen's University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 230 pages |
| Series: | Queen's Policy Studies Series |
| Genres: |
Central / national / federal government policies Labour / income economics |
The global economy and technological changes have dramatically altered the nature of labour markets. In this context, sub-national governments play an increasingly important role in labour market policy. In Canada, for instance, provinces have extensive powers to help the unemployed and those on social assistance to move into the labour market. Precarious Values analyses the efforts of three Ontario governments in the 1980s and 1990s, led by three different political parties, to design organizations and policies to help the unemployed acquire vocational skills. Thomas Klassen focuses on the birth, life, and eventual decline of two sizeable organizations created to develop strategic labour market policy for the province. The first was a traditional government department, while the second was an ambitious agency that gave business and labour groups control of a budget of over half a billion dollars. Both organizations faced fundamental disagreements over the role of the state, as well as intergovernmental conflicts and animosity between stakeholders.
Precarious Values features in the following genres: Central / national / federal government policies, Labour / income economics
Precarious Values is available in Hardback
Precarious Values was written by Thomas R Klassen and published by McGill-Queen's University Press
Precarious Values has 230 pages
Yes it is part of Queen's Policy Studies Series series