TY - BOOK AU - O'Neill,John TI - The Missing Child in Liberal Theory: Towards a Covenant Theory of Family, Community, Welfare and the Civic State T2 - Heritage SN - 9781487585853 AV - HQ789 .O7 1994eb U1 - 305.23/0971 20 PY - 1994///] CY - Toronto : PB - University of Toronto Press, KW - Child welfare KW - Canada KW - Children KW - Government policy KW - Family policy KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare KW - bisacsh N1 - restricted access N2 - The Missing Child in Liberal Theory opens public discourse on what it is Canadians hold in common through their provision of civic assurances to children and families at risk. John O'Neill presents a strongly-worded critique of the dominant discourse of the market society. He observes the link between 'duty free' capitalism and minimal civic obligations. This book calls for a covenant society where civility and reciprocity are underwritten by a second generation concept of the Canadian welfare state that will not abandon children to disastrous prospects in a market society.Confronting the current call for a leaner and meaner response to global competitiveness, O'Neill challenges concepts of liberalism and communitarianism. In their place he proposes a covenant concept of state, community, and family assurances to derive from our common provision of a civic endowment that we undertake to sustain now and for future generations of Canadians.O'Neill argues that if Canada is to survive as a national community capable of responding to the global market, we must reaffirm the civic foundations of the state. If we fail to do this, we will not have a leaner society, only a meaner one. This society will be hostile to capitalism and socialism alike. If we can rededicate the Canadian commons to the well-being of the civic person, Canada will contribute a model of survival and governance among the nations of the twenty-first century UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781487585853 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781487585853/original ER -