The first major reference work of its kind in the social welfare field in Canada, this volume is a selected bibliography of works on Canadian social welfare policy. The entries in Part One treat general aspects of the origins, development, organization, and administration of the welfare state in Canada; included is a section covering basic statistical sources. The entries in Part Two treat particular areas of policy such as unemployment, disabled persons, prisons, child and family welfare, health care, and day care. Also included are an introductory essay reviewing the literature on social welfare policy in Canada, a "User's Guide," several appendices on archival materials, and an extensive chronology of Canadian social welfare legislation both federal and provincial. The volume will increase the accessibility of literature on the welfare state and stimulate increased awareness and further research. It should be of wide interest to students, researchers, librarians, social welfare policy analysts and administrators, and social work practitioners.

Allan Moscovitch, School of Social Work, Carleton University, Ottawa, is co–editor (with Glenn Drover) of Inequality: Essays on the Political Economy of Social Welfare. His current work includes the preparation of a history of Canadian housing policy.

Peter Findlay, a member of the same faculty, has written on critical theory and social welfare and on the nature and role of the state in relation to social welfare policies and programmes.

Theresa Jennissen is a doctoral student in the school of Social Work at McGill University. Her research is on the inception and evolution of workers’ compensation in Canada.

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Theresa Jennissen is a doctoral student in the school of Social Work at McGill University. Her research is on the inception and evolution of workers’ compensation in Canada.

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PETER FINDLAY teaches policy analysis at Carleton University. He has served as director of the School of Social Work and as president of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

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