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Canadian Welfare Governance in Transition Emerging models of government-civil society relations Deena White Université de Montréal Questions What roles are civil society organizations playing in the governance of post-neo-liberal welfare states? How are these different roles expressed in Canada? What are their implications for social policy development and delivery ? The welfare diamond:Structures of social responsibility Welfare state-building:Centralization and state leadership Origins of the Canadian welfare state élite and middle class Christian advocacy (1920’s...) Working class unrest (1930’s) Post-war state-building (1950’s - 1970’s) Patchwork Heritage: national, provincial and local actors National and provincial leadership in redistribution Provincial and local leadership in service provision Voluntary sector service delivery (disguised) Civil society organisations : advocacy The neo-liberal turn:Decentralization and privatization Divestment and downloading (1980’s - 1990’s) Families and civil society take up the slack A market model of governance Civil society groups: active resistance ? A post neo-liberal context ? (1998... ) “Social investment state” ? New gov’t discourse on civil society Networks of cooperation Bedrock of social cohesion Formal, public recognition Public pledges of support Structuring a knowledge base Mapping, statistics, research Organisational identities within civil society Government perceptions Voluntary action Organisational identity Middle class and professional origins National and provincial levels Fund raising and government support Volunteer boards of directors Public service and advocacy Oriented towards the state Voluntary action From government’s view Partnership Contracting regime Social cohesion Risk: Loss of autonomy and capacity for mobilization ? Social economy Organisational identity Local or regional social entrepreneurship Not-for-profit production (job-creation) Socially useful