Restraining equality
Subtitle: human rights commissions in Canada
By: R. Brian Howe and David Johnson.
Contributors: Johnson, David, 1957-
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Civil rights -- Canada.; Human rights -- Canada.; Administrative agencies -- Canada.; Droits de l'homme -- Politique gouvernementale -- Canada.; Canada -- Administration.
Description: "Restraining Equality addresses the contemporary financial, social, legal, and policy pressures currently experienced by human rights commissions across Canada. Through a combination of public policy analysis, historical research, and legal analysis, R.

Brian Howe and David Johnson trace the evolution of human rights policy within this country and explore the stresses placed on human rights commissions resulting from greater fiscal restraints and society's rising expectations for equality rights over the past two decades."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.