Dave Broad
- Affiliation: Regina
Dave Broad is a Professor of Social Policy in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Regina, Saskatchewan. His publications include (with Ron Bourgeault) 1492-1992: Five Centuries of Imperialism and Resistance; (with Wayne Antony) Citizens Or Consumers? Social Policy in a Market Society; and Hollow Work, Hollow Society? Globalization and the Casual Labour Problem.
Books by Dave Broad
Hollow Work, Hollow Society
Globalization and the Casual Labour Problem in Canada
Dave Broad
More and more people in Canada and other Western countries are now working at part-time, short-term and other casual jobs. People are now asking: What happened to full-time employment? Why is part-time work being promoted by business people and politicians as a positive thing? Situated historically, the restructuring of global capital and labour markets does not paint such a rosy picture. This book explains the contemporary casualization of work as integral to global economic restructuring. Hence… (more information)
Citizens or Consumers?
Social Policy in a Market Society
Edited by Wayne Antony, Dave Broad
Social policy is about citizens choosing the kind of society they want to live in. The mid-20th Century Keynesian welfare state can be seen as a citizenship package which included acceptance of intervention by the state to maintain economic growth and social stability, that meant the inclusion of many previously excluded groups in the social policy process and the institutionalization of a collective responsibility for individual welfare. But, with the ascendancy of neo-liberalism, the politics… (more information)
Capitalism Rebooted?
Work, Welfare, and the New Economy
Edited by Wayne Antony, Dave Broad
The so-called New Economy, based on huge advances in information and communication technologies, economic globalization and neoliberalism, promised to expand economic opportunities and growth, provide stimulating and well-paid jobs, reduce inequalities and develop the Third World. But the experiences of the past two decades have hardly been positive for workers and their families. While there have been significant economic and workplace changes, these changes have not been the boon to working people… (more information)