Kingston Book Launch: Federalism and the Welfare State in a Multicultural World

The University Club, Queen's University, 168 Stuart Street, Kingston, ON
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All are welcome | RSVP to 613-533-2080 or iigr@queensu.ca

Queen's School of Policy Studies and the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations invites you to the Kingston launch of Federalism and the Welfare State in a Multicultural World. While the event is free and open to the public, please RSVP.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Federalism and the Welfare State in a Multicultural World illustrates that there are clear trends that, if unchecked, may exacerbate rather than overcome important social cleavages. The editors argue that we are at a crucial moment to re-evaluate the role of social policy in a federal state and a multicultural society, and if federalism and diversity challenge traditional models of the nation-building function of social policy, they also open up new pathways for social policy to overcome social divisions. Complacency about, or naive celebration of, the Canadian model is unwarranted, but it is premature to conclude that the model is irredeemably broken, or that all the developments are centrifugal rather than centripetal.

About the Editors

Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant is associate professor of political science at Queen's University and the director of the Queen’s Institute of Intergovernmental Relations and the Canadian Opinion Research Archive. Richard Johnston is Canada Research Chair in Public Opinion, Elections, and Representation at the University of British Columbia. Will Kymlicka is Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy at Queen's University. John Myles is professor emeritus of sociology and senior fellow in the School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto.