This article explores the 'shrinking state', the potential erosion of the state from its customary
intervention in regulating economic growth and promoting redistribution and the overall …

This special issue examines the increase in scale and intensity of merit-based (im) migration
policies as a means to revive aging populations and boost national economies in countries …

Public policy creates health inequalities among Canadians by inequitably distributing the
social determinants of health (SDOH). Political decisions by authorities bring about these …

The past decade of austerity in the UK has accelerated changes in the relationship between
citizens and the state. Cuts to welfare spending have resulted in uneven geographical …

This paper examines Canada's liberal welfare state in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. It
argues that contrary to claims that the pandemic is affecting both rich and poor equally, its …

BACKGROUND: Recent epidemiologic findings suggest that socioeconomic inequalities in
health may be widening over time. We examined trends in socioeconomic inequalities in …

scholarship that seeks to re-assert the importance of cultural production and consumption
against the purely economic imperatives of the 'creative industries'. Across 43 chapters …

Standing at the edge of life's abyss, we seek meaningful order. We commonly find this'
symbolic immortality'in religion, civilization, state and nation. What happens, however, when …

Why do some governments try to limit immigrants' access to social benefits and entitlements
while others do not? Through an in-depth study of Sweden, Canada, and the Netherlands …

Despite evidence that public policy that equitably distributes the prerequisites/social
determinants of health (PrH/SDH) is a worthy goal, progress in achieving such healthy …