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  • - Sovereignty and the Canadian State in the Twenty-First Century
    af Peter Urmetzer
    478,95 - 798,95 kr.

    Written with precision and skill, Globalization Unplugged will spark controversy on both sides of the globalization debate and help deflate the rhetoric of both advocates and detractors.

  • af Alison Smith
    432,95 kr.

  • - The Gendered Rise of a Precarious Employment Relationship
    af Leah F. Vosko
    488,95 - 908,95 kr.

    Taking gender as a central lens of analysis, this important new book explores how, and to what extent, 'temporary work' is becoming a norm for a diverse group of workers in the labour market.

  • af Samuel Hollander
    2.198,95 kr.

    Hollander investigates the relation of Malthusian economics to that of the other great classicists - particularly Smith, Ricardo, J.B. Say, and the French physiocrats. He redefines our common perception of Malthus's method and character.

  • af Grace Skogstad
    508,95 kr.

    Expertly researched and assembled, Policy Paradigms, Transnationalism, and Domestic Politics provides insight into the conditions under which different transnational actors can bring about changes in the core ideas that affect public policy development.

  • - The Political Economy of Canada's Provinces and Territories in the Neoliberal Era
     
    838,95 kr.

    Transforming Provincial Politics is the first province-by-province analysis of politics and political economy in more than a decade, and the first to directly examine the turn to neoliberal policies at the provincial and territorial level.

  • - Political Economy and Public Policy at the Turn of the Millennium
    af Rodney S. Haddow
    473,95 - 938,95 kr.

    In Comparing Quebec and Ontario, Rodney Haddow analyses how budgeting, economic development, social assistance, and child care policies differ between the two provinces. The cause of the differences, he argues, are underlying differences between their political economic institutions.

  • - The Political Economy of Canada's Provinces and Territories in the Neoliberal Era
     
    458,95 kr.

    Transforming Provincial Politics is the first province-by-province analysis of politics and political economy in more than a decade, and the first to directly examine the turn to neoliberal policies at the provincial and territorial level.

  • - The Case of Nuclear Waste Management in Canada
    af Genevieve Fuji Johnson
    388,95 - 728,95 kr.

    Genevieve Fuji Johnson proposes that only deliberative democracy contains convincing conceptions of the good, justice, and legitimacy that provide for the justifiable resolution of debates about the moral foundations of public policy.

  • - The Prospects and Pitfalls of Market-Driven Social Justice
    af Gavin Fridell
    458,95 kr.

    Timely, meticulously researched, and engagingly written, this study challenges many commonly held assumptions about the long-term prospects and pitfalls of the fair trade network's market-driven strategy in the era of globalization.

  • af Ronald Manzer
    1.038,95 kr.

    Removed from abstract political principle and observed in the policies of historical educational regimes, changing ideas of community, equality, and liberty not only reveal the likeness and diversity of Anglo-American democracy over time but also constitute criteria for making judgements about its extent and quality.

  • - The Politics and Legacy of the Macdonald Royal Commission
    af Gregory J. Inwood
    983,95 kr.

    Accessible to readers interested in Canadian politics, policy, or economy, Continentalizing Canada offers a thorough examination into the Macdonald Commission and the resulting discourse in the Canadian political economy.

  • - Work Reorganization in the Canadian Mining Industry
    af Bob Russell
    418,95 kr.

    Explores the changing character of industrial relations and labour processes in two staple industries, potash and uranium mining, through an innovative case-analytic approach that compares the managerial strategies used by five transnational firms.

  • - Theory and Analysis
     
    614,95 kr.

    Featuring discussions of comparative politics, public policy, and international relations, this collection from editor Andre Lecours is a comprehensive examination of the subject, making it a crucial addition to any political scientist?s library.

  • - Canada's Changing Science-Based Policy and Regulatory Regime
     
    1.018,95 kr.

    The essays in this volume ask what risks Canadians might be exposed to as fiscal pressures strain the capacity of regulators in areas such as food, drugs, pesticides, fisheries, and the environment.

  • - Women, Urban Housing and Rural Movements
    af Michel Duquette
    723,95 kr.

    The central topic of this book is an examination of three major recent movements within Brazil's civil society: the women's movement, the urban housing movement, and the landless peasant movement.

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    1.123,95 kr.

    Sub-federal units within federal states are taking on new roles in trade policy and trade agreement negotiations. What is motivating this development and how do unique federal contexts impact the way that it unfolds?

  • - Challenges to Modernity in the Fisheries
    af Richard Apostle, Gene Barrett, Petter Holm, mfl.
    561,95 - 853,95 kr.

    This is a study of Northern Norway and Atlantic Canada. It examines the implications of common market integration, privatized resource management, and small business development policies for fishery-dependent communities in terms of long-term sustainability and participatory democracy.

  • - The Social Foundations of the Modern Economy
    af Nico Stehr
    483,95 kr.

    Changing economic circumstances - namely, an end to the primacy of labour and property as determinants of prosperity - have created a need for a new theoretical platform: one that transcends standard economic discourse.

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    908,95 kr.

    Essays examine the impact of social networks and collective action on growth and other economic outcomes, contributing to understanding of the interaction between economic processes and their social framework.

  • - Regional Integration in an Era of Economic Turbulence
    af Laura MacDonald & Jeffrey M. Ayres
    138,95 - 576,95 kr.

    In North America in Question, leading analysts from Canada, the United States, and Mexico provide theoretically innovative and rich empirical reflections on current challenges sweeping the continent and on the faltering political support for North American regionalism.

  • - Canada's Changing Science-Based Policy and Regulatory Regime
     
    488,95 kr.

    The essays in this volume ask what risks Canadians might be exposed to as fiscal pressures strain the capacity of regulators in areas such as food, drugs, pesticides, fisheries, and the environment.

  • - Deliberative Democracy in Canadian Public Policy
    af Genevieve Fuji Johnson
    643,95 kr.

    Illuminating a critical gap between deliberative democratic theory and its applications, this timely and important study shows what needs to be done to ensure deliberative processes offer more than the illusion of democracy.

  • - Biotechnology and the Governance of Food, Health, and Life in Canada
    af Michael J. Prince & G. Bruce Doern
    497,95 - 733,95 kr.

    Three Bio-Realms provides the first integrated examination of the thirty-year story of the democratic governance of biotechnology in Canada.

  • - Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation Systems, and Egypt's Pharmaceutical Industry
    af Basma Abdelgafar
    708,95 kr.

    The Illusive Trade-off is an original and important study crossing the disciplines of political science, law, public policy, and public health.

  • - Labour and Community in the New Rural Economy
    af Belinda Leach & Anthony Winson
    453,95 - 728,95 kr.

    The new rural economy involves a fundamental shift in the stability and security of people's lives and ultimately causes wrenching change and an arduous struggle as rural dwellers struggle to rebuild their lives in the new economic terrain.

  • - Political Movements and Popular Contention Against North American Free Trade
    af Jeffrey Ayres
    388,95 kr.

    The first major study on the origins, strategies, and activities of movements and coalitions in opposition to free trade that arose in Canada and spread across North America - it captures an important developmental period in Canadian political life.

  • - Policy Choices for the Digital Age
     
    540,95 kr.

    Experts from Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, explore five potential paths to privacy protection.

  • - Improving Employment Standards Protections for People in Precarious Jobs
    af Leah Faith Vosko
    609,95 - 1.043,95 kr.

    The sole source of protection for many workers in precarious jobs, this book reveals gaps in the enforcement of employment standards in Ontario, Canada, and offers a bold vision for change drawing on innovative initiatives emerging elsewhere.

  • - Selective Solidarity in Western Democracies
    af Edward A. Koning
    543,95 kr.

    Why do some governments try to limit immigrants' access to social benefits and entitlements? This book reveals that such efforts have little to do with economic pressures but rather result from a political climate that rewards a punitive approach to immigration and multiculturalism.