Foundations of Governance: Municipal Government in Canada's Provinces
ISBN: 9780802096500 / Angielski / Miękka / 453 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Municipalities are responsible for many essential services and have become vital agents for implementing provincial policies, including those dealing with the environment, emergency planning, economic development, and land use. In Foundations of Governance, experts from each of Canada's provinces come together to assess the extent to which municipal governments have the capacity to act autonomously, purposefully, and collaboratively in the intergovernmental arena. Each chapter follows a common template in order to facilitate comparison and covers essential features such as... Municipalities are responsible for many essential services and have become vital agents for implementing provincial policies, including those deali... |
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203,49 zł |
Western Visions, Western Futures: Perspectives on the West in Canada, Second Edition
ISBN: 9781551114880 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Western Visions, Western Futures explores the interplay between western alienation and western aspirations. Because of regional optimism, western Canadians often feel alienated from the rest of Canada or, more specifically, from the federal government: western Canadians are concerned that their aspirations are not shared by the rest of Canada and, worse, that conflicting "national"policy choices and political realities have and will work to undermine the interests of the West. The book is rich in both data and history. Combining strong analysis with graphs and illustrative... Western Visions, Western Futures explores the interplay between western alienation and western aspirations. Because of regional optimism, w... |
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157,71 zł |
Politics of Taxation in Canada
ISBN: 9781551113005 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The balancing of government budgets after years of chronic deficits has reopened public debates over tax levels, the size of government and proposals for tax reform. The Politics of Taxation in Canada explains the factors that have shaped the evolution of Canada's tax system since the 1960s and the issues that are likely to challenge governments in coming years. It outlines the nature and objectives of Canada's tax system, the organizational and institutional structures that define and control it, and the political processes that enable politicians to manage policy changes--subject... The balancing of government budgets after years of chronic deficits has reopened public debates over tax levels, the size of government and proposa... |
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331,28 zł |
The Provincial State in Canada: Politics in the Provinces and Territories
ISBN: 9781551113685 / Angielski / Miękka / 494 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the enduring ironies of Canadian political life is that John A. Macdonald and the other Fathers of Confederation believed the provinces would wither away, becoming little more than municipal governments providing a few insignificant services to the individuals and communities within their boundaries. However, given their constitutional jurisdiction over ever more significant policy fields, Canada's provinces and territories have become ever more powerful "states" in their own right. This book attempts an up-to-date overview of recent Canadian provincial and territorial... One of the enduring ironies of Canadian political life is that John A. Macdonald and the other Fathers of Confederation believed the provinces woul... |
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213,66 zł |
New Trends in Canadian Federalism, Second Edition
ISBN: 9781551114149 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This second edition renews the promise of the first: it offers a fresh and comprehensive exploration of the complexity of Canadian federal politics. It begins with a comprehensive section on constitutional politics, which examines topics ranging from executive federalism to multiculturalism including new chapters on judicial review and the division of powers, Aboriginal governance and federalism, and the implication of treaty rights for self-governance. This is followed by seven chapters that both provide a select survey of public policy areas and explore the impact of federal-provincial... This second edition renews the promise of the first: it offers a fresh and comprehensive exploration of the complexity of Canadian federal politics... |
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178,06 zł |
Politics: An Introduction to the Modern Democratic State
ISBN: 9781442605336 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The latest edition of Politics offers a comprehensive and comparative approach to the essential components of democratic politics in today's states. The book begins by addressing ways of thinking about politics, community, and society, offering broad outlines of political theory in a historical context. Johnston then provides a comparative framework for understanding basic democratic systems which is drawn upon in subsequent sections on institutions, the political process, and governing. The result is an accessible introduction to contemporary democratic politics that is also... The latest edition of Politics offers a comprehensive and comparative approach to the essential components of democratic politics in today... |
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325,58 zł |
Procedure in the Canadian House of Commons
ISBN: 9780802060464 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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162,79 zł |
Dene Nation : The Colony within
ISBN: 9780802063151 / Angielski / Miękka / 189 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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106,79 zł |
Greening of Canada
ISBN: 9780802075994 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Environmental matters have become increasingly important in Canadian and world policy agendas. In this study, G. Bruce Doern and Thomas Conway trace the development of Canadian environment policy, giving an in-depth account of twenty years of environmental politics, politicians, institutions, and decisions as seen through the evolution of Ottawa's policy agency, Environment Canada. The Greening of Canada is an extensively researched look at the entire period from the early 1970s to the present and is the most complete and integrated analysis yet of federal environmental... Environmental matters have become increasingly important in Canadian and world policy agendas. In this study, G. Bruce Doern and Thomas Conway trac... |
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178,06 zł |
Micropolitics and Canadian Business: Paper, Steel, and the Airlines
ISBN: 9781551115702 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Micropolitics and Canadian Business explores the internal structure of industry politics in contemporary Canada. This "micropolitics" approach offers a revealing set of conceptual tools and models that illuminate the politics of everyday business at the industry, firm, and policy issue levels. It builds wider contexts in which the concrete particulars of business-government relations can be explored and understood in a systematic fashion. The approach developed is a comparative one. The book examines three industries--paper, steel, and airlines--carefully chosen to represent... Micropolitics and Canadian Business explores the internal structure of industry politics in contemporary Canada. This "micropolitics" approa... |
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178,06 zł |
Struggling for Effectiveness : CIDA and Canadian Foreign Aid
ISBN: 9780773540576 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) allocates vast sums of money each year, providing vital assistance to countless individuals across the developing world. Yet many observers and insiders have sharply criticized CIDA for its lack of concrete results. Presenting a range of work by scholars and practitioners, this collection offers the most comprehensive examination of CIDA's efforts in over a decade. Contributors explore recent trends in Canadian foreign aid, including topics such as its place in Canadian politics, gender and security concerns, advocacy and public engagement,...
The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) allocates vast sums of money each year, providing vital assistance to countless individuals acros...
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139,18 zł |
Three Bio-Realms: Biotechnology and the Governance of Food, Health, and Life in Canada
ISBN: 9781442642775 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Biotechnology has become one of the most important issues in public policy and governance, altering the boundaries between the public and the private, the economic and the social, and further complicating the divide between what is scientifically possible and ethically preferred. Given the importance of biotechnology in shaping relations between the state, science, the economy, and the citizenry, a book that explores the Canadian biotechnology regime and its place in our democracy is timelier than ever. Three Bio-Realms provides the first integrated examination of the... Biotechnology has become one of the most important issues in public policy and governance, altering the boundaries between the public and the priva... |
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300,15 zł |
The Oak Ridges Moraine Battles: Development, Sprawl, and Nature Conservation in the Toronto Region
ISBN: 9781442613027 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Oak Ridges Moraine is a unique landform that generated heated battles over the future of nature conservation, sprawl, and development in the Toronto region at the turn of the twenty-first century. This book provides a careful, multi-faceted history and policy analysis of planning issues and citizen activism on the Moraine's future in the face of rapid urban expansion. The Oak Ridges Moraine Battles captures the hidden aspects of a story that received a great deal of attention in the local and national news, and that ultimately led to provincial legislation aimed at... The Oak Ridges Moraine is a unique landform that generated heated battles over the future of nature conservation, sprawl, and development in the To... |
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157,71 zł |
Exposing Privatization: Women and Health Care Reform in Canada
ISBN: 9781551930374 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book exposes the many faces of health care privatization and its impact on women. It begins with the international context for health care reform and then moves from coast to coast, setting out what is known about the reforms that are underway and about their impact on women. The complexity of the task is obvious; home care, for example, means one thing in Manitoba and another in Ontario. Who pays for it? Who delivers it?Who gets to use it and under what conditions? are questions with different answers in each province - although the two provinces face similar pressures and often get... This book exposes the many faces of health care privatization and its impact on women. It begins with the international context for health care ref... |
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142,39 zł |
Paths to Union Renewal: Canadian Experiences
ISBN: 9781551930589 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book focuses on the efforts and progress of union revitalization and organizing, and documents the renewal initiatives undertaken by unions in Canada. Unions, separately or in coalition with other unions or social groups, have begun to re-examine the basis of their organization and activity in the face of a harsher economic and political climate. Signs of union renewal include increased rank-and-file participation in the life of the union, increased democratic decision-making, evidence of new horizontal union structures, the development of a worker-centred societal vision, and a new... This book focuses on the efforts and progress of union revitalization and organizing, and documents the renewal initiatives undertaken by unions in... |
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142,39 zł |
Essays in the History of Canadian Law: Quebec and the Canadas
ISBN: 9781442648159 / Angielski / Twarda / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The essays in this volume deal with the legal history of the Province of Quebec, Upper and Lower Canada, and the Province of Canada between the British conquest of 1759 and confederation of the British North America colonies in 1867. The backbone of the modern Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, this geographic area was unified politically for more than half of the period under consideration. As such, four of the papers are set in the geographic cradle of modern Quebec, four treat nineteenth-century Ontario, and the remaining four deal with the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes watershed... The essays in this volume deal with the legal history of the Province of Quebec, Upper and Lower Canada, and the Province of Canada between the Bri... |
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422,25 zł |
Genuine Multiculturalism: The Tragedy and Comedy of Diversity
ISBN: 9780773542556 / Angielski / Twarda / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While many modern societies are noted for their diversity, the resulting challenge is to determine how citizens from different backgrounds and cultures can see themselves and each other as equals, and be treated equally. In Genuine Multiculturalism, Cecil Foster shows that a society's failure to bridge these differences is the tragedy of modern living and that pretending it is possible to mechanically develop fraternity and solidarity among diverse groups is akin to seeking out comedy. Arguing that genuine multiculturalism is the search for social justice by individuals who have been trapped...
While many modern societies are noted for their diversity, the resulting challenge is to determine how citizens from different backgrounds and culture...
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487,31 zł |
How Ottawa Spends, 2013-2014: The Harper Government: Mid-Term Blues and Long-Term Plans
ISBN: 9780773542716 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 2013-14 edition of How Ottawa Spends critically examines national politics, priorities, and policies with a close lens on Stephen Harper's Conservative party during the middle of their first term as a majority. Contributors from across Canada examine the federal government and its not uncommon mid-term problems but also its considerable agenda of long term plans, both set in the midst of national economic fragility and a global fiscal and debt crisis. Individual chapters examine several related political, policy, and spending realms including the Budget Action Plan, the ten year Canada...
The 2013-14 edition of How Ottawa Spends critically examines national politics, priorities, and policies with a close lens on Stephen Harper's Conserv...
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149,89 zł |
O.D. Skelton: The Work of the World, 1923-1941
ISBN: 9780773542723 / Angielski / Twarda / 548 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. O.D. Skelton: The Work of the World, 1923-1941 is a lively and compelling trip through the letters, diary entries, and official memoranda of O.D. Skelton, one of the most important and influential civil servants in twentieth-century Canada. Skelton was a towering foreign policy advisor to Canada's prime ministers and a lonely advocate for the country's independence from Great Britain. His accounts detail his work as he co-operated and clashed with William Lyon Mackenzie King and R.B. Bennett over Canada's participation in the international arena. Norman Hillmer's selection and assessment of...
O.D. Skelton: The Work of the World, 1923-1941 is a lively and compelling trip through the letters, diary entries, and official memoranda of O.D. Skel...
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219,56 zł |
Policy Governance in Multi-level Systems : Economic Development and Policy Implementation in Canada
ISBN: 9780773541214 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An examination of trends towards increasing state-society partnerships and intergovernmental collaboration in the face of global economic restructuring.
An examination of trends towards increasing state-society partnerships and intergovernmental collaboration in the face of global economic restructurin...
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139,18 zł |