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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819973303321

Autore

Johnson A. W (Albert Wesley), <1923->

Titolo

Dream no little dreams : a biography of the Douglas Government of Saskatchewan, 1944-1961 / / A. W. Johnson ; with the assistance of Rosemary Proctor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

1-4426-5856-8

1-4426-2091-9

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (435 p.)

Collana

The Institute of Public Administration of Canada Series in Public Management and Governance

Disciplina

971.24/03

Soggetti

HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-)

Electronic books.

Saskatchewan Politics and government 20th century

Saskatchewan Social policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Marchildon, Gregory P. -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Roots of the CCF in Saskatchewan and Canada -- 2. Planning the Program for a CCF Government -- 3. The First Months of the CCF Government: Innovation and Ferment -- 4. New Wine in Old Vessels -- 5. Transforming the Functioning of Government: 1946-1948 -- 6. Forging a New Equilibrium in Governance: 1948-1952 -- 7. A Mature Government in Its Third and Fourth Terms -- 8. Policy Implementation and Reassessment in the 1950s -- 9. Reflections on the 1950s and Renewal in the 1960s -- 10. Medicare -- Epilogue: The Legacy of the Douglas Government -- Annex: Financing a CCF Program within the Canadian Federation -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Dream No Little Dreams offers rich insight into the initial planning stages of Medicare and details the protracted struggle with the medical profession that followed as Douglas fought to implement it.