But, with the ascendancy of neo-liberalism, the politics of citizenship is being replaced by a notion of citizens as consumers, whose medium of social interaction and source of economic and social security is the capitalist market. This book is concerned with social welfare problems and the need for citizen participation in addressing those problems. Canadian material on this subject is lacking and services are poorly developed. However there is also the problem of hinterland location and resulting marginalization of populations in Northern parts of the country. The book challenges program planners and policy makers to recognize the seriousness of the problem and its long term effects.
Contributors largely represent actual human service workers as opposed to academics.
It chronicles Harris's first year as premier and the emerging resistance movement. It demonstrates how the smoke screen of populism and fiscal responsibility hides a fundamental attack on concepts of democracy and social citizenship. Part 3 describes a broad range of strategies to survive and win against this neo-conservative assault. Perspectives on Child Sexual Abuse Diane Hiebert-Murphy and Linda Burnside eds. The volume offers a description of current Canadian research and intervention efforts on topics including treatment for child victims, understanding mothers of children who have been sexually abused, grooming patterns of offenders, a family systems approach to treatment, criminal prosecution in child sexual abuse cases and the use of community notification programs.