Redefining productivity for social development and well-being

Geller, Gloria Rhea, 1938- (Added Author). Douglas, Fiona, 1949- (Added Author). University of Regina, Canadian Plains Research Center (Added Author). University of Regina. Social Policy Research Unit. (Added Author).

Summary: "Drawing upon a variety of disciplines, the authors in this book seek to redefine productivity in terms of social development and well-being, raising questions about what is produced, by whom and to what end, and offering recommendations for effective social policy change." --BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 9780889771819
ISBN: 0889771812
Physical Description: print
vi, 183 p. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Regina : University of Regina, Canadian Plains Research Center, c2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Co-published by the Social Policy Research Unit, University of Regina.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction / Fiona Douglas and Gloria Geller -- Productivity, Family Allowances, and Politics in Canada during the Second World War / Raymond B. Blake -- Reflections on Productivity: Women's Unpaid Health Care Work / Gloria Geller -- Productivity and Popular Attitudes Toward Welfare Recipients in Saskatchewan, 1970-1990 / Robert Wardhaugh -- Rethinking the Productivity of Saskatchewan Welfare Recipients: A Study of Daily Activities and Self-Perceptions / Angela Leski and Luc Theriault -- Empowered? The Experience of a Group of Federal Government Employees / Janice Foley and Gloria Miller -- Rethinking the Productivity of Nurses and the Restructuring of Health Care in Regina / Gloria Geller -- Considering Productivity in the Academy: Are Social Development and Well-Being Possible? / Helen D. Armstrong and Michael A. Leach.