House Of Commons Employment Committee The Manpower Services Commission Corporate Plan 1980 84 Minutes Of Evidence 14 May 1980

Author : Leslie A. Pal
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773561471
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book State, Class, and Bureaucracy written by Leslie A. Pal and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1988-02-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In reviewing the history of Canadian UI, Pal shows that while capital and labour had substantial disagreements over policy, their representations to state officials rarely had any decisive impact on policy development. The author suggests that bureaucratic forces, including organizational ideology and inter-agency conflict, provide a much richer basis for understanding UI policy evolution. The actuarial ideology of the Commission explains the conservative dynamic in UI development, while bureaucratic rivalry, which culminated in victory by the Department of Labour, explains the expansionary thrust, particularly the addition of social welfare aspects. In his discussion of federalism Pal shows that intergovernmental bargaining has had a surprising effect: by the mid-1970s representations from the provinces counted for as much as, if not more than, those from employers and employees. Analysis of UI thus favours state-centred explanations over society-centred ones and suggests that we have overestimated the degree to which government simply responds to external pressures in making policy. Autonomous and distinct forces within the state also greatly effect policy evolution.