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University of British Columbia Press Constituency Influence in Parliament Countering
Book SynopsisThis book examines the rules and conduct of Private Members’ Business to assess the crucial role of MPs in representing citizens and affecting policy decisions.Table of Contents1 Parliament and Its Members: Representation and Governance2 The Electoral Connection and Legislative Behaviour in Canada3 Legislation in the House: Private Members’ Business4 Private Members’ Business: Participation and Motivation5 Constituency Interests and Private Members’ Business6 The Nation’s Interests, the Party’s Interests, or the MP’s Interests?7 Does It Matter? Do Members of Parliament Influence Policy?8 Conclusion: Individual Autonomy and RepresentationAppendices; Notes; Bibliography
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University of British Columbia Press Two Mediterranean Worlds
Book SynopsisThe Mediterranean, a region of uneven globalization, offers clues to understanding the future of democracy in North Africa and the Near East.Table of ContentsPreface to Series / Preface to the English EditionIntroduction / Yassine Essid and William D. ColemanPart 1: Adapting and Integrating -- Governing in Globalization1 Globalization, Governance, and Autonomy / Abdeljabbar Bsaies2 Globalization, Autonomy, and the Euro-Mediterranean Space: The Issues of Regional Cooperation and the Challenges of Sovereignty / Faika Charfi and Sameh ZouariPart 2: Globalization in the Great Texts3 ‘Asabiyya, Market, and Society: The Contemporary Relevance of Ibn Khaldun’s Vision of Social Change / Olivia Orozco de la Torre4 Transmission of Texts and Globalization of Knowledge: Inter-religious Dialogue in Castile in the Fifteenth Century / Sonia FellousPart 3: Religions and Globalization5 Islam: Globalization, Autonomy, and Internationality / Mohamed Yassine Essid6 Muslim Women in the Mediterranean Region: Discriminatory Autonomy / Latifa LakhdharPart 4: Cultural Autonomy -- Music and Food7 Local Tunisian Music and Globalization: Between Musical Autonomy and Commercial Autonomy / Myriem Lakhoua8 Globalization and Food Autonomy in the Mediterranean Region / Amado A. Millán Fuertes9 The Fuentes de Ebro Sweet Onion: Autonomy through Globalization / Rulof Kerkhoff10 Globalization of Food Practices in Amman / Almudena Hasan Bosque11 Food Globalization and Autonomy Strategies: The Case of Meat in Tunisia / Paula Durán MonfortPart 5: Cultural Autonomy -- Languages and Education12 Globalized Literature and Autonomy: The Arabic Novel in the West / François Zabbal13 The Use of English in North Africa: From Globalization to Autonomy / Mongi Bahloul14 Globalization, Autonomy, and Higher Education: The French and Tunisian Cases / Houda Ben HassenPart 6: Globalization and Autonomy -- The Economic Question15 The Economics of Globalization and Autonomy in the Mediterranean Region / Lotfi Bouzaïane16 Globalization and Autonomy in the Mediterranean Region: The Roles of the Main Stakeholders / Rim Ben Ayed Mouelhi17 The Challenge of Financial Globalization in Countries South of the Mediterranean Basin / Samouel Béji18 Industrial Policy in the Mediterranean Region and Capacities for Autonomy in a Context of Globalization / Jihen Malek19 The South Mediterranean Countries and Economic Opening: The State of Affairs / Nizard Jouini20 The Mediterranean and Outsourcing / Fatma SarrajEpilogue21 Globalization and Autonomy: The Individual in the Maghreb / Interview with Dr. Hashmi DhaouiNotes; Works Cited; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Two Mediterranean Worlds
Book SynopsisThe Mediterranean, a region of uneven globalization, offers clues to understanding the future of democracy in North Africa and the Near East.Table of ContentsPreface to Series / Preface to the English EditionIntroduction / Yassine Essid and William D. ColemanPart 1: Adapting and Integrating -- Governing in Globalization1 Globalization, Governance, and Autonomy / Abdeljabbar Bsaies2 Globalization, Autonomy, and the Euro-Mediterranean Space: The Issues of Regional Cooperation and the Challenges of Sovereignty / Faika Charfi and Sameh ZouariPart 2: Globalization in the Great Texts3 ‘Asabiyya, Market, and Society: The Contemporary Relevance of Ibn Khaldun’s Vision of Social Change / Olivia Orozco de la Torre4 Transmission of Texts and Globalization of Knowledge: Inter-religious Dialogue in Castile in the Fifteenth Century / Sonia FellousPart 3: Religions and Globalization5 Islam: Globalization, Autonomy, and Internationality / Mohamed Yassine Essid6 Muslim Women in the Mediterranean Region: Discriminatory Autonomy / Latifa LakhdharPart 4: Cultural Autonomy -- Music and Food7 Local Tunisian Music and Globalization: Between Musical Autonomy and Commercial Autonomy / Myriem Lakhoua8 Globalization and Food Autonomy in the Mediterranean Region / Amado A. Millán Fuertes9 The Fuentes de Ebro Sweet Onion: Autonomy through Globalization / Rulof Kerkhoff10 Globalization of Food Practices in Amman / Almudena Hasan Bosque11 Food Globalization and Autonomy Strategies: The Case of Meat in Tunisia / Paula Durán MonfortPart 5: Cultural Autonomy -- Languages and Education12 Globalized Literature and Autonomy: The Arabic Novel in the West / François Zabbal13 The Use of English in North Africa: From Globalization to Autonomy / Mongi Bahloul14 Globalization, Autonomy, and Higher Education: The French and Tunisian Cases / Houda Ben HassenPart 6: Globalization and Autonomy -- The Economic Question15 The Economics of Globalization and Autonomy in the Mediterranean Region / Lotfi Bouzaïane16 Globalization and Autonomy in the Mediterranean Region: The Roles of the Main Stakeholders / Rim Ben Ayed Mouelhi17 The Challenge of Financial Globalization in Countries South of the Mediterranean Basin / Samouel Béji18 Industrial Policy in the Mediterranean Region and Capacities for Autonomy in a Context of Globalization / Jihen Malek19 The South Mediterranean Countries and Economic Opening: The State of Affairs / Nizard Jouini20 The Mediterranean and Outsourcing / Fatma SarrajEpilogue21 Globalization and Autonomy: The Individual in the Maghreb / Interview with Dr. Hashmi DhaouiNotes; Works Cited; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Inequality and the Fading of Redistributive
Book SynopsisAll advanced democracies have faced the pressures of globalization, technological change, and new family forms, which have generated higher levels of inequality in market incomes. But countries have responded differently, reflecting differences in their domestic politics. The politics of who gets what and why is at the core of this volume, the first to examine this question in an explicitly Canadian context.In Inequality and the Fading of Redistributive Politics, leading political scientists, sociologists, and economists point to the failure of public policy to contain surging income inequality. Government programs are no longer offsetting the growth in inequality generated by the market, and Canadian society has become more unequal. The redistributive state is fading due to powerful forces that have reshaped the politics of social policy, including global economic pressures, ideological change, shifts in the influence of business and labour, changes in the party sysTable of Contents1 Introduction: Inequality and the Fading of Redistributive Politics / Keith Banting and John MylesPart 1: Politics2 Historical Transformations of Canada’s Social Architecture: Institutions, Instruments, and Ideas / Jane Jenson3 Drivers of Increasing Market Income Inequality: Structural Change and Policy / David A. Green and James Townsend4 Business, Labour, and Redistributive Politics / William D. Coleman5 Restructuring Civil Society: Muting the Politics of Redistribution / Susan D. Phillips6 Public Opinion on Social Spending, 1980-2005 / Robert Andersen and Josh Curtis7 Multicultural Diversity and Redistribution / Keith Banting, Stuart Soroka, and Edward Koning8 The Party System, Elections, and Social Policy / Richard Johnston9 The New Bureaucratic Politics of Redistribution / David A. Good10 Territorial Politics and the New Politics of Redistribution / Gerard W. Boychuk11 Quebec’s New Politics of Redistribution / Alain NoëlPart 2: Policy12 Health Care Policy after Universality: Canada in Comparative Perspective / Carolyn Hughes Tuohy13 Income Security for Seniors: System Maintenance and Policy Drift / John Myles14 The Recent Evolution of Tax-Transfer Policies / Robin Boadway and Katherine Cuff15 Childcare, New Social Risks, and the New Politics of Redistribution in Ontario / Rianne Mahon16 Labour Market Income Transfers and Redistribution: National Themes and Provincial Variations / Rodney HaddowPart 3: Conclusion17 Canadian Social Futures: Concluding Reflections / Keith Banting and John MylesIndex
£73.80
University of British Columbia Press Inequality and the Fading of Redistributive
Book SynopsisLeading political scientists, sociologists, and economists explain how and why Canadian public policy has been falling behind in the race to contain surging income inequality.Table of Contents1 Introduction: Inequality and the Fading of Redistributive Politics / Keith Banting and John MylesPart 1: Politics2 Historical Transformations of Canada’s Social Architecture: Institutions, Instruments, and Ideas / Jane Jenson3 Drivers of Increasing Market Income Inequality: Structural Change and Policy / David A. Green and James Townsend4 Business, Labour, and Redistributive Politics / William D. Coleman5 Restructuring Civil Society: Muting the Politics of Redistribution / Susan D. Phillips6 Public Opinion on Social Spending, 1980-2005 / Robert Andersen and Josh Curtis7 Multicultural Diversity and Redistribution / Keith Banting, Stuart Soroka, and Edward Koning8 The Party System, Elections, and Social Policy / Richard Johnston9 The New Bureaucratic Politics of Redistribution / David A. Good10 Territorial Politics and the New Politics of Redistribution / Gerard W. Boychuk11 Quebec’s New Politics of Redistribution / Alain NoëlPart 2: Policy12 Health Care Policy after Universality: Canada in Comparative Perspective / Carolyn Hughes Tuohy13 Income Security for Seniors: System Maintenance and Policy Drift / John Myles14 The Recent Evolution of Tax-Transfer Policies / Robin Boadway and Katherine Cuff15 Childcare, New Social Risks, and the New Politics of Redistribution in Ontario / Rianne Mahon16 Labour Market Income Transfers and Redistribution: National Themes and Provincial Variations / Rodney HaddowPart 3: Conclusion17 Canadian Social Futures: Concluding Reflections / Keith Banting and John MylesIndex
£26.99
University of British Columbia Press Queer Mobilizations
Book SynopsisCanada is considered a leader when it comes to LGBTQ rights, but as Queer Mobilizations shows, this has less to do with progressive politicians than with the work of queer activists who have fought for policy changes from their local city halls to the chambers of Parliament.Trade ReviewThis is a good book to turn to for an overall inventory of LGBTQ equality-seeking actions across the country over the years. It will likely prove to be an important resource for anyone interested in social change, social movements, and LGBTQ studies in Canada. -- Barry Adam, University of Windsor * Labour/Le Travail, Vol. 78 *Table of ContentsForeword / Elise ChenierIntroduction / Manon TremblayPart 1: The National Level1 LGBTQ Activism: The Pan-Canadian Political Space / Miriam Smith2 LGBTQ Issues as Indigenous Politics: Two-Spirit Mobilization in Canada / Julie Depelteau and Dalie GirouxPart 2: The Regional Level3 Queer Advocacy in Ontario / David Rayside4 Quebec and Sexual Diversity: From Repression to Citizenship? / Manon Tremblay5 Mobilization on the Periphery: LGBT Activism and Success in Atlantic Canada / Joanna Everitt6 LGBT Movements in Western Canada: British Columbia / Brian Burtch, Aynsley Pescitelli, and Rebecca Haskell7 “Severely Queer” in Western Canada: LGBT2Q Activism in Alberta / Alexa DeGagnePart 3: The Municipal Level8 From Contestation to Incorporation: LGBT Activism and Urban Politics in Montreal / Julie Podmore9 Gay and Lesbian Political Mobilization in Urban Spaces: Toronto / Catherine J. Nash10 Building Queer Infrastructure: Trajectories of Activism and Organizational Development in Decolonizing Vancouver / Gordon Brent Brochu-Ingram11 “Punch[ing] More Than Its Weight”: LGBT organizing in Halifax, Nova Scotia / Nathaniel M. LewisConclusion / Manon TremblayIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Queer Mobilizations
Book SynopsisCanada is considered a leader when it comes to LGBTQ rights, but as Queer Mobilizations shows, this has less to do with progressive politicians than with the work of queer activists who have fought for policy changes from their local city halls to the chambers of Parliament.Trade ReviewThis is a good book to turn to for an overall inventory of LGBTQ equality-seeking actions across the country over the years. It will likely prove to be an important resource for anyone interested in social change, social movements, and LGBTQ studies in Canada. -- Barry Adam, University of Windsor * Labour/Le Travail, Vol. 78 *Table of ContentsForeword / Elise ChenierIntroduction / Manon TremblayPart 1: The National Level1 LGBTQ Activism: The Pan-Canadian Political Space / Miriam Smith2 LGBTQ Issues as Indigenous Politics: Two-Spirit Mobilization in Canada / Julie Depelteau and Dalie GirouxPart 2: The Regional Level3 Queer Advocacy in Ontario / David Rayside4 Quebec and Sexual Diversity: From Repression to Citizenship? / Manon Tremblay5 Mobilization on the Periphery: LGBT Activism and Success in Atlantic Canada / Joanna Everitt6 LGBT Movements in Western Canada: British Columbia / Brian Burtch, Aynsley Pescitelli, and Rebecca Haskell7 “Severely Queer” in Western Canada: LGBT2Q Activism in Alberta / Alexa DeGagnePart 3: The Municipal Level8 From Contestation to Incorporation: LGBT Activism and Urban Politics in Montreal / Julie Podmore9 Gay and Lesbian Political Mobilization in Urban Spaces: Toronto / Catherine J. Nash10 Building Queer Infrastructure: Trajectories of Activism and Organizational Development in Decolonizing Vancouver / Gordon Brent Brochu-Ingram11 “Punch[ing] More Than Its Weight”: LGBT organizing in Halifax, Nova Scotia / Nathaniel M. LewisConclusion / Manon TremblayIndex
£26.99
University of British Columbia Press Public Interest Private Property
Book SynopsisThrough selected case studies, this volume explores the complex interplay between the public interest and private property rights in Canadian urban-planning policy.Trade ReviewThis collection accomplishes its goal, filling the gap in Canadian academic literature in the context of balancing private property rights and the public interest in urban planning … the problems identified in [Public Interest, Private Property] could have continuing relevance for future urban planning and legislation across Canada. -- Matthew Barnes * Saskatchewan Law Review *While these topics may seem familiar, the common thread – thinking deeply about private property rights – sets this collection apart and makes it an engaging read. The introduction alone would be worthwhile reading for any property law or planning law curriculum ... One of the reasons the book works so well is that at the heart of the collection is a shared belief among the writers in the value of dialogue as well as a desire to avoid artificially amplifying the public-private rights divide that can stunt public conversation of property rights. -- Michael Connell, WeirFoulds LLP * Canadian Law Library Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction / Marcia Valiante and Anneke SmitPart 1: Contextualizing Canadian Private Property and Public Planning1 Private Property in Historical and Global Contexts and Its Lessons for Planning / Harvey M. Jacobs2 Bumble Bees Cannot Fly, and Restrictive Covenants Cannot Run / Bruce ZiffPart 2: Public Interest, Participation, and Planning Law3 The Disappearance of Planning Law in Ontario / Stanley M. Makuch4 In Search of the “Public Interest” in Ontario Planning Decisions / Marcia ValiantePart 3: Recent Shifts in Canadian Urban Planning and Private Property5 Transforming Toronto: Implementation and Impacts of Metropolitan-Scale Plans / Pierre Filion and Anna Kramer6 Green Development: New Entanglements of Property, Planning, and the Public Interest / Deborah CurranPart 4: Private Property, Natural Resources, and Planning7 Private Tree Protection Bylaws: In the Public Interest? / Eran S. Kaplinsky8 Planning for Potable Water: Public Interest and Property Rights / Jane Matthews GlennPart 5: Issues in Canadian Expropriation Law and Practice9 Expropriation: The Raw Edge of the Conflict between Public and Private Interests / Stephen F. Waqué and Ian Mathany10 Making Up for the Loss of “Home”: Compensation in Residential Property Expropriation / Anneke SmitIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Made in Nunavut
Book SynopsisMade in Nunavut provides a definitive account of how an innovative government was designed and implemented in Canada’s Eastern and Central Artic.Trade ReviewMade in Nunavut fills an important gap. Up to now little has been written about the process through which the new territory was formed, in the period from 1993 to 1999, and on the extent to which the hopes and aspirations for that territory have been realized in the years following its establishment. This is the subject matter of Made in Nunavut, with a particular focus on the decentralization of certain functions of the Nunavut government to various communities across the territory. It is a work well suited to students of political science, public administration, and northern studies, primarily at the university level, but for some at a college level as well: it provides an enormous information base. It is written in a non-technical manner, and in this sense is also suited to the general reader. -- Alastair Campbell * Arctic *Made in Nunavut is meticulous and beautifully researched. It recounts an experiment in governance in the strangest place on earth, a territory of 1.9 million square kilometres flung across three time zones … Made in Nunavut is the definitive analysis of the nation’s most ambitious trial in home rule. -- Holly Doan * Blacklocks Reporter *With stories and details gathered together for the first time, Made in Nunavut … provides a behind-the-scenes view, a critical evaluation and a solid historical account. -- Michele LeTourneau * Northern News Service *Table of ContentsPreface1 Introduction2 The Literature and Experience of Decentralization in Canada3 The Land, the Claim, and the Act4 The Players and Their Interactions5 The Decentralization Initiative: January 1994–December 19956 Solidifying the Plan: January 1996–April 19977 Achieving the Impossible: April 1997–April 1, 19998 Additional Design and Implementation Issues9 Implementing Decentralization10 Decentralization Evaluated11 ConclusionNotesIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Brand Command
Book SynopsisAn eye-opening look at how political parties and the government use branding strategies and the implications that this has for Canadian democracy.Trade ReviewMarland’s excellent account pulls back the curtain and reveals minute behind the scenes details of how the government practiced strategic communication, something that is seldom possible to document so thoroughly. His analysis of specific branding efforts will be useful to academics studying the field. -- R. Paul Wilson, Assistant Professor of Political Science * International Journal of Public Administration *"Marland’s excellent account pulls back the curtain and reveals minute behind the scenes details of how the government practiced strategic communication, something that is seldom possible to document so thoroughly. His analysis of specific branding efforts will be useful to academics studying the field. But it is also highly recommended for practitioners, both on the political side and within the public service, who want to understand how a particular government handled communications, the path that future governments are likely to take in a similar way to solve similar challenges, and the pressures that this puts on the relationship between the political government and the permanent government." -- R. Paul Wilson * International Journal of Public Administration *The pursuit of political power is more strategic than ever and political parties and governments are using the same brand control as the world’s largest corporations, which does not bode well for democracy, argues Alex Marland in his thought-provoking new book … Mr. Marland, one of the country’s leading experts on marketing and politics … substantially investigates the branding strategy in government and politics today and looks at how it will create serious problems for parliamentary democracy. -- Kate Malloy * The Hill Times *Much of Marland’s book is focused on how the former Conservative government brought branding and message control to federal politics — and it’s the most complete, revelatory insight to date … Marland flatly warns that branding erodes parliamentary democracy and the book contains a number of suggested ways to keep branding power in check. It doesn’t work well when people are “off message.” Healthy democracy, on the other hand, requires an element of dissent and disagreement. The same is true of the media, which can often be seen by brand-fixated governments as just another arm of the marketing machine. -- Susan Delacourt * The Toronto Star *Practically every paragraph [of Brand Command] is jam-packed with provocative instances and insightful opinions. Any person who aspires to political participation, or simply to an intelligent grasp of the nuances of modem politics, must read this book. -- Bill Rowe, former politician and author of The Worst and Best of the Premiers and Some We Never Had * Newfoundland Quarterly *Alex Marland’s Brand Command provides us with insightful and profound lessons about how government works behind the scenes. Marland collected and analyzed a wealth of fascinating primary government data to write the book, and as a result, it demonstrates how tightly government can manage its communications, raises questions about how effective centralized systems are, and requires us all to reflect on how (or even if) we can judge whether the practice of political management is acceptable or not for democracy. -- Jennifer Lees-Marshment, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand * The International Journal of Press/Politics *Alex Marland has written a tour de force on message control in government and party communications … Beyond this worthy contribution to his field of study, Marland also manages to interweave a synthesis of theoretical perspectives while offering his own original insights into modern government communications and political marketing. In all likelihood, Brand Command will become a standard reference work for those who study this increasingly important aspect of politics and public policy. -- James Bickerton, St. Francis Xavier University * Journal of Newfoundland and Labrador Studies *This book represents another major contribution to the study of Canadian political communications and marketing by Alex Marland. -- William Wilson, University of Ottawa * Journal of Canadian Studies *Table of ContentsPreface: Branding, Message Control, and Sunny WaysIdentifies what went wrong for Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party in the 2015 election campaign, which sets up a provocative summary of communications practices in the early days of the new Liberal government led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.1 The Centralization of Communications in Government and PoliticsSets the scene by establishing that communications practices are contributing to centralized power in the centre of parliamentary government. A hypothesis is introduced that everything political passes through a branding “lens.”2 Marketing and Branding in PoliticsSummarizes the advent of political marketing and branding, and identifies party discipline and central agencies as enablers.3 The Tumultuous Digital Media EnvironmentEstablishes that politics, government and the parliamentary press gallery have been transformed by digital media. Discusses concepts such as media logic, agenda setting, framing, information subsidies, celebritization, pseudo-scandal, and political advertising.4 Public Sector BrandsContinues to lay a theoretical foundation by conceptualizing types of brands in the political marketplace. Features a case study that treats Justin Trudeau as a brand line extension of his father Pierre, the transformative Canadian prime minister.5 Communications Simplicity and Political MarketingArgues that research is informing the simplification and precision of communications messaging in politics. Presents evidence of ways that political marketing is practiced.6 Brand Discipline and DebrandingAdvances an argument that political elites are responding to changing communications technology with intensified media management that requires message consistency. This includes a penchant for negativity, as strategists attempt to damage an opponent’s brand.7 Central Government Agencies and CommunicationsDocuments ways that the cabinet, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and supporting agencies impose message control through spin and other forms of media management.8 Branding in Canadian Public AdministrationExplores the variety of ways that the Government of Canada practices message control and branding within the public service itself, bringing together formerly disparate units.9 Politicization of Government CommunicationsIllustrates ways that political personnel impose their partisan values on the public service, through such mechanisms as a “whole of government” approach to marketing.10 The Fusion of Party and Government BrandsShows how the governing party attempts to fuse its brand with the government’s and strives to eviscerate select reminders of past administrations. Features a case study of the Economic Action Plan branding campaign after the 2008-09 global economic crisis.11 Public Sector Branding: Good or Bad for Democracy?Presents arguments in favour of public sector branding and warns of a number of concerns, before presenting recommendations for policy change.AppendicesGlossaryNotesReferencesInterviewsIndex
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University of British Columbia Press After Morgentaler
Book SynopsisA long-overdue update on the dynamics of abortion politics in Canada, After Morgentaler explores the role of both state and non-state actors in the creation and maintenance of access to abortion services following the 1988 Morgentaler decision.Trade Review"After Morgentaler provides a nuanced examination of the legislative and judicial actions that shaped access to abortion in Canada in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries." "After Morgentaler is an important and compelling contribution to Canadian abortion scholarship." -- Katrina Ackerman * Canadian Historical Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 The Anti-abortion, Pro-choice, and Reproductive Justice Movements2 Federal Politics and the Supreme Court3 Abortion in the Provinces4 Abortion as Health Care5 Social Movement Activism in the Provinces6 Never Going BackAppendices; Notes; References; Index
£55.80
University of British Columbia Press Disabling Barriers
Book SynopsisDisabling Barriers analyzes issues relating to disability at different moments in Canadian and American history. In this volume, legal scholars, historians, and disability-rights activists demonstrate that disabled people can change their social status by transforming the political and legal discourse surrounding disablement.Employing tools from the fields of law and history, this original contribution explores how disabled people have been portrayed and treated in a variety of contexts, including within the labour market, the workers' compensation system, the immigration process, and the legal system (both as litigants and as lawyers). It deepens our knowledge of the role of people with disabilities within social movements in disability history. The contributors encourage us to rethink our understanding of both the systemic barriers disabled people face and the capacity of disabled people to effect positive societal change.Trade ReviewDisabled Barriers is an intricate and thorough analysis of the interaction between labour histories and disability rights. The collection introduces a focus that has been largely ignored in the literature but would be quite valuable to researchers of labour and disability studies. -- Sara Klein, Research and Learning Services Librarian, University of Calgary * Canadian Law Library Review, Vol. 43, No. 4 *Table of ContentsForeword / Bryan D. PalmerIntroduction: Bringing History and Law to Disability Studies / Ravi Malhotra and Benjamin IsittPart 1: Historical Debates on Work and Disability1 Bearing the Marks of Capital: Solidarities and Fractures in E.T. Kingsley’s British Columbia / Mark Leier2 Employers, Disabled Workers, and the War on Attitudes in Late Twentieth-Century Canada / Dustin Galer3 Gender and the Value of Work in Canadian Disability History / Geoffrey ReaumePart 2: Debates in Disability Studies4 Dancing with a Cane: The Public Perception of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Disability / Anne Finger5 Disability in Motion: Aesthetics, Embodiment, Sensation, and the Emergence of Modern Vestibular Science in the Nineteenth Century / Mark Walters6 “Of Dark Type and Poor Physique”: Law, Immigration Restriction, and Disability in Canada, 1900–30 / Jen Rinaldi and Jay DolmagePart 3: Legal Debates7 Battling the Warrior-Litigator: An Exploration of Chronic Illness and Employment Discrimination Paradigms / Odelia R. Bay8 Towards Full Inclusion: Addressing the Issue of Income Inequality for People with Disabilities in Canada / Megan A. Rusciano9 Compensating Work-Related Disability: The Theory, Politics, and History of the Commodification-Decommodification Dialectic / Eric TuckerIndex
£67.15
University of British Columbia Press Disabling Barriers
Book SynopsisDisabling Barriers analyzes issues relating to disability at different moments in Canadian and American history. In this volume, legal scholars, historians, and disability-rights activists demonstrate that disabled people can change their social status by transforming the political and legal discourse surrounding disablement.Employing tools from the fields of law and history, this original contribution explores how disabled people have been portrayed and treated in a variety of contexts, including within the labour market, the workers' compensation system, the immigration process, and the legal system (both as litigants and as lawyers). It deepens our knowledge of the role of people with disabilities within social movements in disability history. The contributors encourage us to rethink our understanding of both the systemic barriers disabled people face and the capacity of disabled people to effect positive societal change.Trade ReviewDisabled Barriers is an intricate and thorough analysis of the interaction between labour histories and disability rights. The collection introduces a focus that has been largely ignored in the literature but would be quite valuable to researchers of labour and disability studies. -- Sara Klein, Research and Learning Services Librarian, University of Calgary * Canadian Law Library Review, Vol. 43, No. 4 *Table of ContentsForeword / Bryan D. PalmerIntroduction: Bringing History and Law to Disability Studies / Ravi Malhotra and Benjamin IsittPart 1: Historical Debates on Work and Disability1 Bearing the Marks of Capital: Solidarities and Fractures in E.T. Kingsley’s British Columbia / Mark Leier2 Employers, Disabled Workers, and the War on Attitudes in Late Twentieth-Century Canada / Dustin Galer3 Gender and the Value of Work in Canadian Disability History / Geoffrey ReaumePart 2: Debates in Disability Studies4 Dancing with a Cane: The Public Perception of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Disability / Anne Finger5 Disability in Motion: Aesthetics, Embodiment, Sensation, and the Emergence of Modern Vestibular Science in the Nineteenth Century / Mark Walters6 “Of Dark Type and Poor Physique”: Law, Immigration Restriction, and Disability in Canada, 1900–30 / Jen Rinaldi and Jay DolmagePart 3: Legal Debates7 Battling the Warrior-Litigator: An Exploration of Chronic Illness and Employment Discrimination Paradigms / Odelia R. Bay8 Towards Full Inclusion: Addressing the Issue of Income Inequality for People with Disabilities in Canada / Megan A. Rusciano9 Compensating Work-Related Disability: The Theory, Politics, and History of the Commodification-Decommodification Dialectic / Eric TuckerIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Abortion
Book SynopsisThis volume highlights abortion experiences in the post-Morgentaler era and links new approaches to abortion history and research to the growing movement for reproductive justice.Trade ReviewAbortion is unique in that it ties together the perspectives of scholars in history, politics, and law, as opposed to other compilations that focus on works from one particular field, echoing the intersectionality of modern day reproductive justice framework. -- Megan Siu, Community Developer & Educational Specialist Centre, CPLEA * Canadian Law Library Review *[…][i]n 2019 it is ever more evident that a broader concept of reproductive justice is one that encompasses not only our reproductive health but legal, social and economic justice as well. This book helps move us in that direction. -- Amanda Le Rougetel * Herizons *Table of ContentsIntroduction / Shannon Stettner, Kristin Burnett, and Travis HayPart 1: History1 Different Histories: Reproduction, Colonialism, and Treaty 7 Communities in Southern Alberta, 1880–1940 / Kristin Burnett2 Not Guilty but Guilty? Race, Rumour, and Respectability in the 1882 Abortion Trial of Letitia Munson / Rebecca Beausaert3 Abortion and Birth Control on the Canadian Prairies: Feminists, Catholics, and Family Values in the 1970s / Erika DyckPart 2: Experience4 He Is Still Unwanted: Women’s Assertions of Authority over Abortion in Letters to the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada / Shannon Stettner5 Abortion on Trial: Abortion Tribunals in the 1970s and 1980s / Beth Palmer6 The Dark, Well-Kept Secret: Abortion Experiences in the Maritime Provinces / Katrina Ackerman7 When Research Is Personal and Political: Researchers Reflect on the Study of Abortion / Marion Doull, Christabelle Sethna, Evelyne Morrissette, and Caitlin ScottPart 3: Politics8 Functionally Inaccessible: Historical Conflicts in Legal and Medical Access to Abortion / Frances E. Chapman and Tracy Penny Light9 Morgentaler and the Technological Production of Embodiment / Jen Rinaldi10 Between a Woman and Her Doctor? The Medicalization of Abortion Politics in Canada / Rachael Johnstone11 Subverting the Constitution: Anti-abortion Policies and Activism in the United States and Canada / Lori Brown, J. Shoshanna Ehrlich, and Colleen MacQuarriePart 4: Discourse and Reproductive Justice12 The Future of Pro-choice Discourse in Canada / Kelly Gordon and Paul Saurette13 Reproductive Justice in Canada: Exploring Immigrant Women’s Experiences / Laura Salamanca14 Toxic Matters: Vital and Material Struggles for Environmental Reproductive Justice / Sarah Marie WiebeConclusion / Kristin Burnett and Shannon Stettner
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University of British Columbia Press Reassessing the Rogue Tory Canadian Foreign
Book SynopsisBy uncovering new sources of research and applying innovative analysis, Reassessing the Rogue Tory challenges standard interpretations of Canadian foreign policy during the controversial Diefenbaker years.Trade ReviewThis is an excellent collection of essays, which make a significant contribution to the field. The book is also very readable. Therefore, I wholeheartedly recommend it to readers, both expert and general. -- Jatinder Mann, Hong Kong Baptist University * British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 33.1 *Table of ContentsIntroduction / Janice CavellPart 1: The Commonwealth1 A New Vision for the Commonwealth: Diefenbaker’s Commonwealth Tour of 1958 / Francine McKenzie2 Different Leader, Different Paths: Diefenbaker and the British, 1957–63 / Norman HillmerPart 2: Canadian-American Relations3 The Spirit of ’56: The Suez Crisis, Anti-Americanism, and Diefenbaker’s 1957 and 1958 Election Victories / Janice Cavell4 When the Chips Are Down: Eisenhower, Diefenbaker, and the Lebanon Crisis, 1958 / Greg Donaghy5 The Problem Child: Diefenbaker and Canada in the Language of the Kennedy Administration / Stephen AzziPart 3: Nuclear Weapons6 The Defence Dilemma, 1957–63: Reconsidering the Strategic, Technological, and Operational Contexts / Isabel Campbell7 “I Would Rather Be Right”: Diefenbaker and Canadian Disarmament Movements / Nicole MarionPart 4: The Developing World8 A Limited Engagement: Diefenbaker, Canada, and Latin America’s Cold War, 1957–63 / Asa McKercher9 The Diefenbaker Government and Foreign Policy in Africa / Kevin A. Spooner10 Tilting the Balance: Diefenbaker and Asia, 1957–63 / Jill Campbell-Miller, Michael Carroll, and Greg Donaghy11 The Winds of Change: Ellen Fairclough and the Removal of Discriminatory Immigration Barriers / Robert VinebergPart 5: The Role of the Foreign Minister12 Sidney Smith, Howard Green, and the Conduct of Canadian Foreign Policy during the Diefenbaker Government, 1957–63 / Michael D. StevensonPart 6: The End of the Diefenbaker Era13 A Complex Reckoning: A Personal Reflection on the 1963 Election / Hugh SegalConclusion / Ryan M. TouheyIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Reassessing the Rogue Tory
Book SynopsisBy uncovering new sources of research and applying innovative analysis, Reassessing the Rogue Tory challenges standard interpretations of Canadian foreign policy during the controversial Diefenbaker years.Trade ReviewThis is an excellent collection of essays, which make a significant contribution to the field. The book is also very readable. Therefore, I wholeheartedly recommend it to readers, both expert and general. -- Jatinder Mann, Hong Kong Baptist University * British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 33.1 *Table of ContentsIntroduction / Janice CavellPart 1: The Commonwealth1 A New Vision for the Commonwealth: Diefenbaker’s Commonwealth Tour of 1958 / Francine McKenzie2 Different Leader, Different Paths: Diefenbaker and the British, 1957–63 / Norman HillmerPart 2: Canadian-American Relations3 The Spirit of ’56: The Suez Crisis, Anti-Americanism, and Diefenbaker’s 1957 and 1958 Election Victories / Janice Cavell4 When the Chips Are Down: Eisenhower, Diefenbaker, and the Lebanon Crisis, 1958 / Greg Donaghy5 The Problem Child: Diefenbaker and Canada in the Language of the Kennedy Administration / Stephen AzziPart 3: Nuclear Weapons6 The Defence Dilemma, 1957–63: Reconsidering the Strategic, Technological, and Operational Contexts / Isabel Campbell7 “I Would Rather Be Right”: Diefenbaker and Canadian Disarmament Movements / Nicole MarionPart 4: The Developing World8 A Limited Engagement: Diefenbaker, Canada, and Latin America’s Cold War, 1957–63 / Asa McKercher9 The Diefenbaker Government and Foreign Policy in Africa / Kevin A. Spooner10 Tilting the Balance: Diefenbaker and Asia, 1957–63 / Jill Campbell-Miller, Michael Carroll, and Greg Donaghy11 The Winds of Change: Ellen Fairclough and the Removal of Discriminatory Immigration Barriers / Robert VinebergPart 5: The Role of the Foreign Minister12 Sidney Smith, Howard Green, and the Conduct of Canadian Foreign Policy during the Diefenbaker Government, 1957–63 / Michael D. StevensonPart 6: The End of the Diefenbaker Era13 A Complex Reckoning: A Personal Reflection on the 1963 Election / Hugh SegalConclusion / Ryan M. TouheyIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Seeking the Courts Advice The Politics of the
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive analysis of the Canadian reference power, Seeking the Court’s Advice examines how policy makers use the courts strategically to achieve political ends.Trade Reviewthis is an excellent book that completely fills a major and unfortunate lacuna in the academic literature. It is well organized, well written, thorough and balanced, and it winds up with recommendations for better squaring the practice with judicial independence concerns.A first book, you say, and by a very junior author? It certainly doesn’t read that way—this is a polished work of mature scholarship. I recommend it highly. -- Peter McCormick * Canadian Journal of Political Science *[Puddister] manages to provide a superb and comprehensive analysis of the development, evolution, and purposes of the reference power. -- Emmett Macfarlane, associate professor, University of Waterloo * The Review of Constitutional Studies *…Seeking the Court’s Advice will likely affect the way the power is exercised and conceived of by governments, interveners, and courts. -- Jennah Khaled, JD, Osgoode Hall Law * Osgoode Hall Law Journal *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Reference Cases as a Mix of Law and Politics1 Origins and Implications of the Reference Power2 Contestation and Reference Cases3 Routine Politics and Nonroutine Litigation: References after 19494 “It’s Always a Little Bit of Politics”: Why Governments Ask Reference Questions5 Why Not Refer Everything? The Padlock Act and Blasphemy6 Seeking the Court’s Advice and the Delegation of Decision MakingConclusion: A Legal Solution to Political ProblemsAppendix A: Canadian Reference LegislationAppendix B: Reference Case ListNotes; References; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Seeking the Courts Advice
Book SynopsisCan Parliament legalize same-sex marriage? Can Quebec unilaterally secede from Canada? Can the federal government create a national firearms registry? Each of these questions is contentious and deeply political, and each was addressed by a court in a reference case, not by elected policy makers.Reference cases allow governments to obtain an advisory opinion from a court without a live dispute and opposing litigants and governments often wield this power strategically. Through a reference case, elected officials can insert the courts and the judiciary into political debates that can be both contentious and normative. Seeking the Court's Advice is the first in-depth study of the reference power, drawing on over two hundred reference cases from 1875 to 2017. With novel insight and analysis, Kate Puddister demonstrates that the actual outcome of a reference case win or lose is often secondary to the political benefits that can be attained from relying on courts througTrade Reviewthis is an excellent book that completely fills a major and unfortunate lacuna in the academic literature. It is well organized, well written, thorough and balanced, and it winds up with recommendations for better squaring the practice with judicial independence concerns.A first book, you say, and by a very junior author? It certainly doesn’t read that way—this is a polished work of mature scholarship. I recommend it highly. -- Peter McCormick * Canadian Journal of Political Science *[Puddister] manages to provide a superb and comprehensive analysis of the development, evolution, and purposes of the reference power. -- Emmett Macfarlane, associate professor, University of Waterloo * The Review of Constitutional Studies *…Seeking the Court’s Advice will likely affect the way the power is exercised and conceived of by governments, interveners, and courts. -- Jennah Khaled, JD, Osgoode Hall Law * Osgoode Hall Law Journal *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Reference Cases as a Mix of Law and Politics1 Origins and Implications of the Reference Power2 Contestation and Reference Cases3 Routine Politics and Nonroutine Litigation: References after 19494 “It’s Always a Little Bit of Politics”: Why Governments Ask Reference Questions5 Why Not Refer Everything? The Padlock Act and Blasphemy6 Seeking the Court’s Advice and the Delegation of Decision MakingConclusion: A Legal Solution to Political ProblemsAppendix A: Canadian Reference LegislationAppendix B: Reference Case ListNotes; References; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Political Ideology in Parties Policy and Civil
Book SynopsisThis important study demonstrates that varied disciplinary approaches can illuminate the reach and impact of political ideologies on both politics and society.Table of ContentsIntroduction / David LaycockPart 1: Ideology in Partisan, Policy, and Academic Contexts 1 Consent, Representation, and Liberty: America as the Last Medieval Society – or a Footnote to Louis Hartz / Ivan Jankovic2 Canadian Development Assistance and Mediated Geopolitics / Katherine Reilly3 Right-Wing Populism, Conservative Governance, and Multiculturalism in Canada / David Laycock and Steven Weldon4 Not Merely Playing: Game Theory’s Subversive Proclivities / Laurent DobuzinskisPart 2: Ideology in the Politics of Civil Society5 The Contribution of Rhetorical Analysis and Discourse Theory to the Study of Political Ideologies: The Cases of Multiculturalism and Environmentalism / Ian Angus6 Mobilizing Political Strategy: The Global Practices of Taxpayer Groups / Kyle Willmott7 Telling Their Stories: Ideology and the Subject of Prairie Agriculture / Katherine Strand and Darin Barney8 Laborlore and the Ideology of the British Columbia Labour Bureaucracy, 1900–2015 / Mark Leier9 A Reconnaissance of Everyday Working Class Ideology in British Columbia / Dennis PilonConclusion / David LaycockIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Globalization Poverty and Income Inequality
Book SynopsisGlobalization, Poverty, and Income Inequality uses diverse empirical approaches to reveal the sometimes unexpected effects of trade and globalization on poverty and inequality.Table of Contents1 Indonesia: Economic History, Growth, Poverty, Income Inequality, and Trade / Richard Barichello2 Globalization and Inequality: Causes, Consequences, and Cures / James W. Dean and Colin McLean3 Trade Expansion in Indonesia: The Impact on Poverty and Income Inequality / Teguh Dartanto, Yusuf Sofiyandi, and Nia Kurnia Sholiha4 Is Globalization Associated with Income Inequality? The Case of Indonesia / Yessi Vadila and Budy P. Resosudarmo5 A Child’s Growth is a Nation’s Growth: Children’s Well-being and Inequality in Indonesia / Santi Kusumaningrum, Arianto Patunru, Clara Siagian, and Cyril Bennouna6 Reducing Rural Poverty through Trade? Evidence from Indonesia / Richard Barichello and Faisal Harahap7 Is Greater Openness to Trade Good? What are the Effects on Poverty and Inequality? / Arianto Patunru8 Coffee Eco-Certification: New Challenges for Farmers’ Welfare / Bustanul Arifin9 Understanding Visual Disability as a Development and Global Human Rights Issues: A Demographic Perspective in Indonesia / Evi Nurvidya Arifin and Aris Ananta10 Urban Property Rights: A View from Jakarta / Michael Leaf11 Indonesia: The Links between Globalization, Poverty, and Income Inequality / Richard SchwindtList of Contributors; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Canadian Labour Policy and Politics
Book SynopsisCanadian Labour Policy and Politics is essential reading for students seeking to understand the politics of inequality in Canada’s labour market and the policy agenda needed for greater economic equality and a sustainable green recovery.Trade Review"It is a wonderful collective achievement of the Canadian labour studies community to make its knowledge accessible to students in one place." -- Peter Graefe * BC Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Context 1 Confronting the "Monster": The COVID-19 Pandemic / John Peters 2 Globalization and the Rise of Bad Jobs / Stephanie Luce 3 Low-wage Work: Canada in Comparative Perspective / Bryan Evans and Carlo Fanelli 4 Globalization, Work, and Employment Regulation / John Peters Part 2: The Politics of Labour Policy in Canada5 Provincial Governments and the Politics of Deregulation / John Peters6 Precarious Employment in Canada’s Federally Regulated Private Sector / Leah Vosko, Andie Noack, Adam King, and Rebecca Hii7 Why It’s Hard to Organize a Union and Negotiate a Decent Contract / Rafael Gomez and Jennifer Harmer 8 The Politics of Health and Safety at Work / Andy King 9 Disposable People: The Politics of Temporary Migrant Workers in Canada / Philip Kelly, Janet McLaughlin, and Don Wells10 Poverty, Jobs, and Social Policy / Jim Silver Part 3: Cases 11 The Service Economy, Low-Wage Work, and the Populist Moment / Mark Thomas and Steve Tufts 12 The Decline of Good Manufacturing Industry Jobs / John Holmes 13 Neoliberalism, Austerity, and Crises in Care Work / Donna Baines 14 Reform or Erosion? The Challenges Facing Canada’s Health Care Workforce / Colleen Fuller15 Permanent Precarity? Racial Exclusion, Discrimination, and Low-wage Work among Canada’s First Nations / Yale Belanger Part 4: Better Futures 16 Canadian Labour and Climate Change / John Calvert 17 Organizing for Better Work / Don Wells 18 In Search of a New Politics of Labour: Democratic Futures / Stephanie Ross and Larry Savage Index
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University of British Columbia Press Reconciling Truths
Book SynopsisHundreds of commissions of inquiry have been struck in Canada since before Confederation, but many of their recommendations have never been implemented.Reconciling Truths explores the role and implications of commissions such as Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, and particularly their limits and possibilities in an era of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. Whether it is a public inquiry, truth commission, or royal commission, the chosen leadership and processes fundamentally affect its ability to achieve its mandate. Kim Stanton provides examples and in-depth critical analysis of these factors to offer practical guidance on how to improve the odds that recommendations will be implemented.As a forthright examination of the institutional design of public inquiries, Reconciling Truths affirms their potential to create a dialogue about issues of public importancTable of ContentsIntroduction: Setting the Context1 Inquiries in Canada2 The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry 3 Inquiries and Residential Schools4 Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission5 Inquiries and the Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and GirlsConclusionEpilogueAppendix: Chronological List of Referenced Canadian CommissionsNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index
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University of British Columbia Press The High North
Book SynopsisThe High North is a groundbreaking collection of essays that shakes up widely accepted narratives about marijuana legalization in Canada. In 2018, Canada became only the second country in the world to legalize cannabis. Once shunned, cannabis users are now eagerly courted as customers. What has cannabis legalization meant for the general public, governments, and the Canadian legal system? The contributors, cannabis scholars and practitioners, activists and advocates, examine public policy on cannabis, analyze consumer perceptions, and recount the history of the legalization movement. From the first appearance of cannabis in Canada and the advent of current-day dispensaries, to the mental health implications of legal weed and the plight of workers in the cannabis economy, The High North offers a comprehensive critique of the many aspects of legalization. To quote the Grateful Dead: What a Long Strange Trip It's Been.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Can Someone Tell Me What Just Happened? / Andrew D. Hathaway and Clayton James Smith McCannPart 1: Cannabis in Context: Historical, Political, and Economic Factors1 From Prohibition to Legalization: Cannabis Use and the Law / Catherine Carstairs2 Cannabis-Policy Integration and Alignment: Missed Opportunities and Obstacles to Collaborative Governance / Jared J. Wesley3 Displacing the Illicit Cannabis Market: Challenges and Trade-offs / Jason Childs and George Hartner4 Medical Cannabis Dispensaries: A Conduit for Change? / Jenna VallerianiPart 2: Cannabis and Public Health: A Multidisciplinary View5 Cannabis Legalization: Déjà Vu All over Again? / Michael DeVillaer 6 Cannabis Substitution: The Canadian Experience / Michelle St. Pierre, Sarah Daniels, and Zach Walsh7 Cannabis and Mental Health: A Sociological Perspective / Andrew D. Hathaway8 Help Wanted: The Plight of Workers and Consumers under Canada’s Legal Cannabis Production Regime / Clayton James Smith McCannPart 3: Cannabis Subjectivities: An Array of Voices9 Women in Corporate Cannabis WorkFrom a Good House to Good Farm / An interview with Jeannette VanderMarelBuilding Consumer Trust in a Nascent Industry / Karina LahnakoskiCannabis Jobs in Canada / Alison McMahon10 Last Stop Before Hopeless / Kelly Insley11 Dusting Off the Path – Tsi Nionkwarihotens / Kanenhariyo Seth LeFort12 Slow Cannabis / Kelly Coulter13 Illicit Cannabis Market FolkloreGuilty Republic / Clayton James Smith McCannFor the Discriminating Traveller / “Sal”14 Cannabis Activism in Canada: Reflections on a Movement in Transition / Jodie EmeryPostscript: “Craft” Cannabis and a New Kind of Canadian Farm / Andrew D. Hathaway and Clayton James Smith McCannList of Contributors; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Banning Transgender Conversion Practices A Legal
Book SynopsisBanning Transgender Conversion Practices is the first book to offer a comprehensive analysis of how conversion practices targeting transgender people are regulated around the world.Trade ReviewFlorence Ashley does a magnificent job putting theory into practice. -- Rebecca Sanaeikia, University of Rochester * Medical Law International *Authored by an award-winning legal scholar, this book has an obvious home beyond academic law library collections. -- Alexandra Kwan, University of Toronto * Canadian Law Library Review *Table of ContentsForewordIntroduction1 What Are Trans Conversion Practices?2 Interpreting the Scope of Bans3 Legal Variants Across the Globe4 Opposition and Constitutional Challenges to Bans5 Policy Analysis 6 Developing an Affirmative Professional Culture7 Annotated Model Law for Prohibiting Conversion PracticesConclusionAppendix: Professional Organizations Opposing Trans Conversion PracticesNotes; Glossary; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Banning Transgender Conversion Practices
Book SynopsisSurvivors of conversion practices interventions meant to stop gender transition have likened these to torture. In the last decade, bans on these deeply unethical and harmful processes have proliferated, and governments across the world are considering following suit.Banning Transgender Conversion Practices considers pivotal questions for anyone studying or working to prevent these harmful interventions. What is the scope of the bans? How do they differ across jurisdictions? What are the advantages and disadvantages of legislative approaches to regulating trans conversion therapy? How can we improve these prohibitions? Florence Ashley answers these questions and demonstrates the need for affirmative health care cultures and detailed laws that clearly communicate which practices are banned.Banning Transgender Conversion Practices centres trans realities to rethink and push forward the legal regulation of conversion therapy, culminating in a carefully Trade ReviewFlorence Ashley does a magnificent job putting theory into practice. -- Rebecca Sanaeikia, University of Rochester * Medical Law International *Authored by an award-winning legal scholar, this book has an obvious home beyond academic law library collections. -- Alexandra Kwan, University of Toronto * Canadian Law Library Review *Table of ContentsForewordIntroduction1 What Are Trans Conversion Practices?2 Interpreting the Scope of Bans3 Legal Variants Across the Globe4 Opposition and Constitutional Challenges to Bans5 Policy Analysis 6 Developing an Affirmative Professional Culture7 Annotated Model Law for Prohibiting Conversion PracticesConclusionAppendix: Professional Organizations Opposing Trans Conversion PracticesNotes; Glossary; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Feminisms Fight
Book SynopsisFeminism’s Fight shows how fifty years of feminist struggle over public policy can inform today’s fight for gender justice and against continued discrimination.Table of ContentsPart 1: Challenging Dominant Paradigms1 From the Status of Women to Gender Justice for Women / Barbara Cameron and Meg Luxton2 Sex Discrimination in the Indian Act: A Tool of Forced Assimilation / Shelagh Day and Pamela PalmaterPart 2: Reclaiming the Economy3 Feminism Meets Macroeconomic Policy / Barbara Cameron4 Never Done: The Challenge of Unpaid Work in the Home / Meg Luxton5 Fifty Years for Farm Women: Gender and Shifting Agricultural Policy Paradigms in Canada / Amber J. FletcherPart 3: Reimagining Policy6 Policy Discourses on Sexual Violence: From the Royal Commission to the (Post-)Neoliberal State / Lise Gotell7 Responsibility and Reproduction after the Royal Commission / Alana Cattapan8 The Royal Commission and Immigration and Citizenship: A Missed Opportunity? / Christina Gabriel9 Securing Income, Sustaining Livelihoods: Th e Royal Commission, Social Reproduction, and Income Security / Ann PorterPart 4: Reframing Representation10 Strategic, Cynical, and Sinister Representation: Reconceptualizing and Recasting Women’s Representation / Alexandra Dobrowolsky11 The Royal Commission and Unions: Leadership, Equality, Women’s Organizing, and Collective Agency / Linda BriskinPart 5: Reforming Institutions12 Equality Instituted? Gender Equity, Women’s Rights, and Human Rights Commissions / Nicole S. Bernhardt13 Federalism for the Twenty-First Century: Feminism and Multilevel Governance in Canada / Tammy FindlayIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Constraining the Court
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University of British Columbia Press Age and Immigration Policy in Canada
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University of British Columbia Press Hunting the Northern Character
Book SynopsisThis deeply personal account of recent developments in the Canadian North tells the story of a region that leaders in Oslo, Ottawa, Moscow, and Washington often refuse to see and that only insiders fully know.Trade ReviewThere are tantalizing snippets of memoir in this book—Penikett is an excellent writer, and there’s one especially lovely description of his presence as honorary pallbearer at his former mother-in-law’s funeral and potlatch. But it is largely a comprehensive review of issues such as governance, international relations (a history and critique of the Arctic Council), resource management, climate change, and social issues like poverty, education, and health. Chapters on climate change, the “hungry ghost,” and the complex issue of sovereignty are especially good, as Penikett honours traditional knowledge (known colloquially as TK), and the slow integration of traditional knowledge into scientific research and analysis in the Arctic. -- Marian Botsford Fraser * Literary Review of Canada *Hunting The Northern Character is an eloquent appeal to end condescending treatment of the one uniquely Canada region best known to the outside world. -- Holly Doan * Blacklock’s Reporter *This is an insider’s view of Canada’s North and the Arctic world generally, informed by decades of experience in all aspects of northern life – social, environmental, and economic. It is astonishingly wide-ranging and comprehensive in its approach to topics, as well as lighthearted and anecdotal. It is difficult to think of anyone who knows more, or as much, about this subject as Penikett, which makes his book indispensable reading for anyone interested in the North. Summing Up: Essential. -- W. R. Morrison * CHOICE, April 2018 *Table of ContentsPrologueContours1 Who, What, Where? Arctic Peoples and Places2 Pawns: The Cold War3 Born in the Northern Bush: Indigenous Government4 No Settler Need Apply: The Arctic CouncilCommunity5 What You Eat and Where You Live: Poverty in the North6 Knowing Yourself: Education and Health7 Underfoot: Resources, Renewable and Non-renewableConflict8 Arctic Security: Control or Cooperation?9 Hungry Ghost: Climate Change10 Boomers and Lifers: A New DivideNotes; Bibliography; Index
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Workbook for Seamless Government
Book SynopsisRuss Linden''s Workbook for Seamless Government is a must read... Linden artfully weaves together practical details about how to implement change with candid commentary about our humanness...The Workbook is a virtual do-it-yourself kit full of handy instruments and insights, tools and techniques. ?Barbara Dyer, senior partner, The Public''s Work From the author of Seamless Government?this hands-on workbook helps public sector managers and teams put reform ideas into action. Broader in scope than other programs, this workbook deals with the human side of change in addition to the methods and tools of change. Linden focuses on the actual implementation of ideas as well as design, structure and process. The workbook includes worksheets for each part of the process, brainstorming tools for unleashing creativity and overcoming obstacles, flow charts to illustrate the path of information, and examples of successful government agency reform projects. Russell M.Trade Review"Finally, a practical, step-by-step guide for producing better government! Based upon his real experience in consulting with governments, Russ Linden warns of "speedbumps" which can crash our best efforts and gives practical hints to avoid these early disasters. He places a strong emphasis on the process and influence of change and includes real examples in graphic formats, He also has wonderful insights into the world of the senior managers who can either champion or destroy the best efforts of work teams. This workbook will help transform "dream" teams into real design teams." —Steven Schwartz, director, Stutzman Alcohol Treatment Center, NY State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, Buffalo, NY "Having used Seamless Government in classes for several years, I'm delighted to see the arrival of the Workbook. It should bridge the gap between managerial insight and organizational implementation. The Workbook is accessible, regardless of an individual's role. One can easily envisage how a whole organization might be energized and engaged using this step-by-step guide." "If the workbook is followed, mangers will make fewer mistakes, teams will be able to get useful closure from their projects, and the dialogue among senior management, steering teams and reengineering teams will be productive. Inevitably, organizations will become more accountable. This can lead to the kind of positive, long term culture change which makes governmental agencies consistently worthy of public trust." —Jaqueline Rogers, senior fellow, the School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland and former secretary of the Department of Housing and Community Development, State of Maryland "Russ Linden's Workbook for Seamless Government is a must read...Linden artfully weaves together practical details about how to implement change with candid commentary about our humanness..The Workbook is a virtual do-it-yourself kit full of handy instruments and insights, tools and techniques." —Barbara Dyer, senior partner, The Public's Work, a national and international consulting practice dedicated to improving government performance and former special assistant to the Secretary of the Interior "The Workbook for Seamless Government represents a major step in the process of bringing theory to implementation. Chapter 11, Communicating and Marketing the Project is worth the price of admission. Here Linden points to the very real need for government managers to not only develop change programs but to understand how to sell them. . .The Workbook will be an invaluable tool even a friAnd, for any employee of local government. Once you read it you will keep it close by as an essential reference guide." —Bob Havlick, president, the Innovation Groups, a nonprofit organization providing support and networking services to local governments "Used as directed, the workbook should allow a team to proceed without a high-priced consultant. It is that good! The workbook is highly readable, jargon free, and filled with relevant examples and work exercise sheets. It is also filled with amazing good sense...especially about practical pitfalls (e.g. advice on the competition of teams, modeling the current process, the practical politics of winning support of key people in the organization, and communicating the redesign.)" —Carolyn Burstein, Ivy Planning Group, and former executive with the Federal Quality Institute "This workbook is an invaluable roadmap for organizations to navigate the challenges of change Using the tools provided, teams can gain new insights about the outcomes stakeholders value, the performance of the current system, and hidden assumptions that undermine achievement of desired results. These insights helped our teams develop innovative, workable improvements to meet challenging stretch objectives and achieve significant gains in performance. By using the recommAnded approach, our organization has enhanced its ability to solve problems and facilitate change. I recommAnd the workbook with enthusiasm for its usefulness in tapping the creative energy of people to achieve better results" —Martha Marshall, management consulting supervisor, office of executive management, Prince William County, VirginiaTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xvii The Author xix Part 1 Preparing for Real Change 1 Overview of Seamless government Concepts 3 2 Reconditions for Major Change 15 3 Key Roles when Redesigning 25 4 The Steering Team Takes the Lead 35 Part 2 Redesigning Your Work Progresses 5 Four Steps to Redesigning Key Processes 51 6 Mapping the Current Process 55 7 Establishing Desired Outcomes 73 8 Setting Your Stretch Objective 89 9 Designing from a Clean Sheet 105 Part 3 Ensuring Successful Implementation 10 Writing and Making Your Business Case 127 11 Communicating and Marketing Your Project 137 12 Building a Bridge from Design to Implementation 149 Afterword 173 Appendixes A Focus Group Example 175 B Stakeholder Gap Analysis 179 C Benchmarking Steps 183 D Exercises for Doing Out-of-the-Box Thinking 185 E Value-Added Analysis 193 F Network Planning Techniques 195 Recommended 201
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Cornell University Press Regulating Privacy
Book SynopsisThe information revolution has brought with it the technology for easily collecting personal information about individuals, a facility that inherently threatens personal privacy. Colin J. Bennett here examines political responses to the data protection issue in four Western democracies, comparing legislation that the United States, Britain...
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Cornell University Press The Price of Wealth Economies and Institutions
Book SynopsisKiren Aziz Chaudhry shows how state and market institutions are created and transformed in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, two countries that typify labor and oil exporters in the developing worlds.Trade ReviewAn interesting and thought-provoking book, well researched and well argued. It fills a vacuum in studies on both the Middle East and political economy and is recommended to all those who are interested in these fields. * Millennium: Journal of International Studies *Chaudry has written three books in one. The most important is an account of the connection between Saudi Arabia's government and economy. Using previously unknown Saudi archival material, her chapter on the 1914–73 period is spectacularly rich. * Choice *Chaudry is a first-rate political economist who does careful and methodical research.... In her hands, this fascinating subject causes one to rethink theories about social modernization, economic development, and political change. * Perspectives on Political Science *Drawing on Saudi sources never before used by scholars, Chaudry has written a brief but definitive account on the connection between the Saudi state and economy. * Middle East Quarterly *This is a solid two-case study that instead of the usual grand theories offers more contextual and multicausal explanations. * Foreign Affairs *What is most remarkable about this volume is that it makes a valuable theoretical contribution while also containing such a rich and much needed account of the political economic development of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Yemen Arab Republic.... A rich odyssey through the political and the economic histories of these two countries, well-documented and cogently written. * Middle East Policy *
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Cornell University Press Collective Action in East Asia
Book SynopsisAs one Asian economic crisis follows another, sending shock waves through the global market, questions about the making and conduct of industrial policy in the East take on a special urgency. Observers are sharply divided as to whether the ubiquitous...Trade ReviewGregory Noble has written an important and painstakingly researched book that adds much to our understanding of the way industry policies develop and collective action problems are resolved in East Asia. -- Mark Beeson * Pacific Affairs *This systematically comparative study takes a close look at the impact of industrial policies on collective action in East Asia—Japan and Taiwan and, more briefly, in South Korea.... Brought to light are the unexpected inconsistencies in the effectiveness of Japanese policy which frequently succeeds with research and development consortia but struggles with cartels.... The author throws light on these countries' approach to today's global economy. * International Review of Administrative Sciences *
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Cornell University Press ThirdSector Development
Book SynopsisNonprofit corporations, cooperatives, and credit unions constitute an alternative avenue of hope and action for communities that have come up short in the normal operation of the market economy. These organizations comprise the third sector, which...Trade Review"Perhaps the greatest achievement of Christopher Gunn's Third-Sector Development is to take seriously the economic contribution and potential of the independent sector. Not only does he remind us that we are talking about 10 percent of the current economy but he proceeds to sketch the dimensions of the sector's qualitative contributions. In a series of penetrating case studies accompanied by hardheaded analysis, he gives color and depth to arguably the most creative undertakings in today's economy. If indeed mainstream private-sector growth seems increasingly unable to solve social deficits (and may, in fact, be exacerbating them) while public-sector efforts shrink in the face of yawning economic deficits, we would be well advised to look more carefully to where Gunn points: the socio-frontier of third-sector development."-Robert Friedman, Chair, Corporation for Enterprise Development "Christopher Gunn illuminates one of the hidden recesses of our nation's vast nonprofit subcontinent and uncovers a mother lode of innovative organizations effectively mobilizing nonmarket impulses to offset some of the structural shortcomings of our market system. The result is a fascinating account of how third-sector organizations bring hope and progress to those left behind in the march of globalization."-Lester M. Salamon, Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies and author of The Resilient Sector: The State of Nonprofit America "Christopher Gunn's Third-Sector Development highlights an engine for prosperity long overlooked by economists inside and outside of government. Gunn meticulously describes the contours, mission, and evolution of the nation's nonprofits and cooperatives-which together make up the fastest-growing sector in the economy-and then provides two dozen engaging case studies. Rich in data, stories, and insight, Third-Sector Development should be in the hands of the nation's expanding army of do-gooders as proof of the claim that they are the real foundation for America's economic future."-Michael H. Shuman, author of Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Global Age
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Cornell University Press Monetary Orders Ambiguous Economics Ubiquitous Politics Cornell Studies in Political Economy
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Cornell University Press Amakudari
Book SynopsisThe widespread migration of civil servants to high-profile positions in the private and public sectors is known in Japan as amakudari, or "descent from heaven." Recent media stories associate the practice with corruption as the former officials seek...Trade ReviewAmakudari, by putting together different data sources, presents a useful, bird's-eye view of the extensive practice and serves as a good introduction to the topic, especially for those to whom the sheer scope of amakudari in Japanese society would be news. -- Koichi Nakano, Sophia University * Journal of Japanese Studies *Colignon documents the networks and informal relationships that make Japanese capitalism less than a pure market-driven system... and that there is no clear line between acceptable corporatism and corruption. * Foreign Affairs *The current debate over the nature of 'welfare capitalisms' would be greatly enriched with more material on Asian nations such as that provided by Colignon and Usui. Japan scholars, however, will also find this book extremely useful, not because of new ideas about the Japanese political-economy, but because of a wealth of new data confirming much of what we had already suspected. In no industrial society today do we find a power elite as united and commanding as in present day Japan. -- Harold R. Kerbo, California Polytechnic State University * Comparative Sociology *This volume presents a study of a set of Japanese practices collectively known as amakudari, or 'descent from heaven,' where high-level bureaucrats move from government ministries to top positions in public and private corporations as well as national politics.... In the last ten years, amakudari has become the chief obstacle to reform in Japan, and its legitimacy has been undermined by glaring government corruption and the gross mismanagement of the economy. This extremely interesting work reveals important hidden networks of influence in the Japanese political economy and contributes to further revealing the cultural specificity of Japanese capitalism. * Choice *Table of ContentsAmakudari and the political economy of Japan; Amakudari as institution; Amakudari - movement to the private sector; Yokosuberi and public corporations; Wataridori and private and public corporations; Chii Riyo and the movement to political office; Amakudari as power structure.
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MB - Cornell University Press A Certain Idea of Europe Cornell Studies in Political Economy
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Cornell University Press Surfacing Up
Book SynopsisFocusing on the history of the Ingutsheni Lunatic Asylum (renamed a mental hospital after 1933), situated near Bulawayo in the former Southern Rhodesia, Surfacing Up explores the social, cultural, and political history of the colony that became...Trade ReviewLynnette Jackson's Surfacing Up carries on the project of exposing what Franz Fanon called the 'pathology of colonialism.' This book is important in three major ways. First, it comes in the wake of Achille Mbembe's critique of this genre of defining and writing the 'African' experience as a 'cult of victimization,' and his call for a robust self-reflexive reappraisal of the authenticity and redemption of African nationalism. Second, Jackson approaches these broader debates on Africa—inspired by Fanon, Aime Cesaire, and others—from the standpoint of health and healing in Africa. She tells her story within the thematic of therapeutic options available to Africans during the colonial moment, dwelling on the limits of such latitude, especially for those judged insane. Third, and overall, Surfacing Up is a theoretical and methodological statement on the fate of western-designed artifacts, ideas, and people that travel beyond metropolitan societies to colonies. Hence the book speaks to scholars—particularly historians—of Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Africa, colonial and postcolonial studies, science and technology, psychiatry, gender, women's studies, and feminism. * H-SAfrica *
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Cornell University Press Affirmative Action for the Future
Book SynopsisAt a time when private and public institutions of higher education are reassessing their admissions policies in light of new economic conditions, Affirmative Action for the Future is a clarion call for the need to keep the door of opportunity open. In...Trade Review"James P. Sterba has thoroughly canvassed the subject of affirmative action, and his arguments in this book are very clear and compelling. Affirmative Action for the Future will be read eagerly by anyone interested in affirmative action and social justice, whether their primary focus is on philosophy, law, political science, race theory, or feminism."—Anita M. Superson, University of Kentucky, author of The Moral Skeptic"Wherever we might stand on the topic of affirmative action, James P. Sterba's extraordinarily well-informed book in defense of the practice truly deserves our attention. We who oppose affirmative action will find significant considerations that give us tremendous pause. We who support it will find new resources for refashioning our arguments in far more powerful ways. Written with thoroughness, eloquence of thought, and purity of heart, Affirmative Action for the Future is a book that no one should ignore. It is a magnificent piece of philosophical writing that is most timely."—Laurence Thomas, Syracuse University, author of The Family and the Political Self
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Cornell University Press Farmers on Welfare
Book SynopsisIn 2007 the farm subsidies of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy took over 40 percent of the entire EU budget. How did a sector of diminishing social and economic importance manage to maintain such political prominence? The conventional...Trade ReviewHow is one to make sense of the surprising resilience of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in the face of efforts at reforming it? This important book has much to say about the limbo in which the CAP currently finds itself, but, unlike most of the literature in the field, it does so through a historical analysis of the origins of the CAP, from the entering into force of the European Economic Community Treaty in January 1958 to the settlement of the common grain price in December 1964. This is the occasion for the author—a historian—not only to illuminate the particular context in which the CAP materialized and to highlight its lasting effect on subsequent policy developments, but also to challenge the prevailing (liberal intergovernmentalist) view of the CAP as a policy driven and captured by national, commercial interests.... Farmers on Welfare offers an original and compelling ideal-typical portrait of the CAP as a welfare policy and makes a significant contribution to the literature. Students of the CAP and European Union politics alike will find it both highly informative and entertaining. -- Christilla Roederer-Rynning * International Affairs *
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Cornell University Press Armed with Expertise
Book SynopsisDuring the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon launched a controversial counterinsurgency program called the Human Terrain System. The program embedded social scientists within military units to provide commanders with information about the cultures and grievances of local populations. Yet the controversy it inspired was...Trade ReviewArmed with Expertise represents an important addition to the debate over how the Cold War affected the American natural and social sciences. Rohde balances detailed, behind-the-scenes analyses of who did what, where, and when with close readings of published and unpublished sources that illustrated their changing assumptions about the relationship between science, values, politics, and institutions. She explores the 'gray area' of hybrid military-academic work undertaken by social scientists at federal contract research centers such as the RAND Corporation and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for International Studies, focusing especially on American University's Special Operations Research Office (SORO). Rohde's compelling book offers an invaluable guide to that shadowy world in its formative decades. * American Historical Review *By now the militarization of Cold War science is a familiar theme, yet Joy Rohde's deftly crafted volume illustrates how the literature has missed important components of this story. Rather than focusing on military funding of university faculty or well-known Federal Contract Research Centers such as the RAND Corporation, Rohde highlights less-studied entities, including the Special Operations Research Office run by American University, which became central channels for military funding of social science research.... Crisply written and carefully documented, Armed with Expertise shows that militarization did not end after the Vietnam War; it merely went underground, ready to resurface for a new war on terror. * Journal of American History *Joy Rohde tells a well-crafted story based on extensive documentary research about the intimate embrace between the military establishment and key aspects of the postwar social sciences. Starting immediately after the end of the Second World War, Armed with Expertise explores the development of the Special Operations Research Office SORO in 1956 and then the remarkable development of Project Camelot, elaborated in the early 1960s, which drew in leading social scientists to develop an ambitious project examining the origins and causes of insurgency using a 'state-of-the-art' behavioral model.... [T]here is no doubt that Joy Rohde has performed sterling service in this thorough and detailed book that will be a valuable building block for further critical reflections on the role of the social sciences in projects of governance. * American Journal of Sociology *Rohde makes a significant, highly readable, relevant contribution to understanding the relationship between social science expertise and the US national security state.... Recent authorized and unauthorized revelations about the domestic and foreign programs of the National Security Agency, the role of psychologists during the interrogation of suspects, and the roles of the Defense and State Departments in the war on terror suggest that Rohde's work has much to say to Americans today. Summing Up: Highly recommended. * Choice *The bulk of Rohde's succinct book investigates the social scientists who informed the Pentagon from the 1950s to the 1970s. The contemporary context frames the narrative and illustrates the enduring utility of academics in developing military strategy.... In a useful corrective to the reflexive view of a left-leaning ivory tower, Rohde offers stimulating insight into the complicated lives and ideological persuasions at play. And in an age when research funding has never seemed more important to academics' career prospects, Armed With Expertise offers a historical lesson worth heeding. * Times Higher Education Supplement *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Hearts, Minds, and Militarization 1. Creating the Gray Area: Scholars, Soldiers, and National Security 2. A Democracy of Experts: Knowledge and Politics in the Military-Industrial-Academic Complex 3. Deeper Shades of Gray: Ambition and Deception in Project Camelot 4. From Democratic Experts to "Automatic Cold Warriors": Dismantling the Gray Area in the Vietnam Era 5. Fade to Black: The Enduring Warfare State Epilogue: Militarization Without End? Notes Bibliography Index
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Cornell University Press Small Works
Book SynopsisIn Small Works, John A. Donaldson draws on his extensive fieldwork in two Chinese provinces—Yunnan and Guizhou—that are exceptions to the purported relationship between economic growth and poverty reduction.Trade ReviewDonaldson's analysis goes beyond the frequently-assumed dichotomy between state and market to scrutinize the various relationships between the two, as well as the different impacts they have on economic growth and poverty reduction. The research design of the book is rigorous and the overall analysis rich in data, vivid, and well-structured. Scholars and graduate students interested in contemporary China or development studies will find this book useful. -- Sabrina Habich * Journal of Chinese Political Science *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Guizhou and Yunnan in Comparison 2. Why Do Similar Areas Adopt Different Developmental Strategies? 3. Roads: Building Connections to Markets 4. Migration: Go East, Young Man (and Woman) 5. Tourism: Joyous Village Life 6. Coal Mining: Black Gold Conclusion: The Micro-Oriented State, Development, and PovertyAppendix: Methodology and Case Selection References Index
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Cornell University Press Creative Reconstructions
Book SynopsisTwentieth-century Europe was an intense laboratory of capitalist experimentation. Confronted with economic booms and crises, technological revolutions, and economic globalization, Western Europe's governments constantly explored alternative ways of managing domestic economic systems and international commerce. Bridging comparative and international political economy, Creative Reconstructions compellingly expands our understanding of the historic relationship between varieties of capitalism and international cooperation. Orfeo Fioretos' pathbreaking analysis places multilateral institutions at the center of the study of capitalism. He highlights the role played by governments' multilateral strategies in shaping the national trajectories of capitalism in Great Britain, France, and Germany. Fioretos shows that membership in international organizations such as the European Union and its precursors was an integral innovation in the domestic management of capitalism that came to play a ceTrade ReviewComparing developments in industrial relations, and innovation, financial, and corporate governance systems in the UK, Germany, and France across six decades, Fioretos demonstrates how multilateral cooperation was initially designed to buttress existing economic practices, while changes in multilateral governance in the l970s and l980s were accomplished by reserving some exemptions for key national economic actors. Most recently, there has been a convergence in financial systems and corporate governance that was embraced by domestic firms most implicated by such reforms. With a clear, complex argument grounded in formal analysis, this nuanced examination will best serve those with some theoretical facility in political economy.... Summing up: Highly recommended. * Choice *Table of Contents1. Capitalist Diversity in Open Economies 2. Governments, Business, and the Design Problem 3. Three Models of Open Governance 4. Britain: From Replacing to Reinforcing a Liberal Market Economy 5. France: The Centralized Market Economy and Its Alternatives 6. Germany: Stability and Redesign in a Coordinated Market Economy 7. Lessons from Capitalist Diversity and Open GovernanceAppendix Notes References Index
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Cornell University Press Land and Loyalty
Book SynopsisDomestic and international development strategies often focus on private ownership as a crucial anchor for long-term investment; the security of property rights provides a foundation for capitalist expansion. In recent years, Thailand''s policies have been hailed as a prime example of how granting formal land rights to poor farmers in low-income countries can result in economic benefits. But the country provides a puzzle: Thailand faced major security threats from colonial powers in the nineteenth century and from communism in the twentieth century, yet only in the latter case did the government respond with pro-development tactics.In Land and Loyalty, Tomas Larsson argues that institutional underdevelopment may prove, under certain circumstances, a strategic advantage rather than a weakness and that external threats play an important role in shaping the development of property regimes. Security concerns, he find, often guide economic policy. The domestic legacies, legTrade ReviewIn this excellent book, Tomas Larsson seeks to explain the origins of effective formal property rights to land in Thailand.... His highly original approach to the question is a model of concise, analytically-driven historical research... Land and Loyalty makes an original and stimulating contribution not just to the understanding of land rights in Thailand but to much broader debates over political economy, development, and state formation. It makes a sophisticated set of arguments without sacrificing readability, and it is packed with fascinating historical detail. -- Derek Hall * Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde [Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia] *Is the rhetoric that 'farmers are the backbone of the Thai nation' still relevant today? Larsson offers a nuanced analysis of the emergence of the Thai state very much in conversation with recent critical scholarship examining how and why appeals to such rhetoric continue to legitimize the disparate work and goals of multiple state and non-state actors within Thailand.... While written for a broader political economy of development audience, the detailed archival work and innovative arguments mean that this book should be required reading for scholars with an interest in agrarian history as well as those with interest in the relationships between the Thai state and its ‘backbone.’. -- Vanessa Lamb * Journal of Southeast Asian Studies *This book is a valuable addition to the slight literature on land policy in Thailand. The narrative on the making of land policy extends significantly beyond earlier studies and has many new revelations. Larsson points up his arguments by comparisons with parallel cases in Japan, Burma, and the Philippines. -- Chris Baker * Asian-Pacific Economic Literature *This book is well-written, clearly organized, and based on a hefty array of sources, including court and government documents. The nuanced argument is carefully traced throughout the book. The emphasis on perceived security concerns to fend off colonial, capitalist and communist threats is warranted.... I strongly recommend Land and Loyalty to scholars of property rights and state formation. This is a good book to think with. -- Janet C. Sturgeon * Pacific Affairs *With Land and Loyalty: Security and the Development of Property Rights in Thailand, political scientist Tomas Larsson presents an original and provocative study on thehistorical origins of Thailand's property rights regime. -- Keith Barney * Journal of Asian Studies *Table of Contents1. Securitization and Institutional Development 2. Capitalizing Thailand 3. Weapon of a Weak State 4. Conserving Smallholder Society 5. Combating Specters and Communists 6. Old Solutions, New Challenges
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Cornell University Press 3.11
Book SynopsisOn March 11, 2011, Japan was struck by the shockwaves of a 9.0 magnitude undersea earthquake originating less than 50 miles off its eastern coastline. The most powerful earthquake to have hit Japan in recorded history, it produced a devastating tsunami with waves reaching heights of over 130 feet that in turn caused an unprecedented multireactor meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. This triple catastrophe claimed almost 20,000 lives, destroyed whole towns, and will ultimately cost hundreds of billions of dollars for reconstruction. In 3.11, Richard Samuels offers the first broad scholarly assessment of the disaster''s impact on Japan''s government and society. The events of March 2011 occurred after two decades of social and economic malaiseas well as considerable political and administrative dysfunction at both the national and local levelsand resulted in national soul-searching. Political reformers saw in the tragedy cause for hope: an opportunity for JTrade Review[3.11] is clearly the product of a deep sympathy for the disaster's immediate victims and Japan as a whole. -- Andrew E. Barshay * Political Science Quarterly *Samuels draws on a lifetime of experience researching Japan's politics and local government, military and energy policy, and political leadership and economy to craft a definitive political account of the country's response to the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accidents of March 11, 2011. In a narrative organized around the themes of vulnerability, leadership, community, and change, Samuels emphasizes how institutions of Japanese government and society shaped the disaster response. * Library Journal *Samuels goes beyond the human tragedy of the massive earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, to examine the disaster's impact on the subsequent political discourse in Japan.... Highly recommended. * Choice *So why hasn't March 11, 2011, been the game-changer that many anticipated? Richard Samuels’ masterful account of Japan’s policy responses to its greatest crisis since World War II explains why continuity has trumped change. But maybe, just maybe, it hasn’t, as he also reminds us that the consequences are still unfolding. * The Japan Times *This is a carefully argued book, based on immense research and deep understanding of underlying causes. -- J. A. A. Stockwin * Journal of Japanese Studies *Table of ContentsPreface1. The Status Quo Ante and 3.112. Never Waste a Good Crisis3. Historical and Comparative Guidance4. Dueling Security Narratives5. Debating Energy Policy6. Repurposing Local GovernmentConclusionNotes References Index
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MB - Cornell University Press Ruling Capital
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Cornell University Press Chinese Workers in Comparative Perspective
Book SynopsisAs the world's factory China exerts an enormous pressure on workers around the world. Many nations have had to adjust to a new global political and economic reality, and so has China. Its workers and its official trade union federation have had to contend with rapid changes in industrial relations. Anita Chan argues that Chinese labor is too often viewed from a prism of exceptionalism and too rarely examined comparatively, even though valuable insights can be derived by analyzing China's workforce and labor relations side by side with the systems of other nations. The contributors to Chinese Workers in Comparative Perspective compare labor issues in China with those in the United States, Australia, Japan, India, Pakistan, Germany, Russia, Vietnam, and Taiwan. They also draw contrasts among different types of workplaces within China. The chapters address labor regimes and standards, describe efforts to reshape industrial relations to improve the circumstances of workersTrade ReviewMost academic research about the working conditions of Chinese factory workers has been focused on China itself, with little or no reference and comparison to workers and working conditions in other countries. However, this new book edited by Chan (China Research Center, Univ. of Technology, Sydney, Australia) attempts to convince readers that China is not exceptional and that it is critical to use a comparative perspective as an analytical tool to explain Chinas labor conditions. -- R.M. Ramazani * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Fallacy of Chinese Exceptionalism by Anita ChanPart I. Historical and Structural Developments1. Exporting Corporatism? German and Japanese Transnationals' Regimes of Production in China by Boy Lüthje2. Globalization and Labor in China and the United States: Convergence and Divergence by Mingwei Liu, Frederick Scott Bentley, Mary Huong Thi Evans, and Susan J. SchurmanPart II. Labor Standards3. Recomposing Chinese Migrant and State-Sector Workers by Kevin Lin4. Industrial Upgrading and Work: The Impact of Industrial Transformation on Labor in Guangdong’s Garment and IT Industries by Florian Butollo5. The Working and Living Conditions of Garment Workers in China and Vietnam: A Comparative Study by Kaxton Siu6. Race to the Bottom: The Soccer Ball Industry in China, Pakistan, and India by Anita Chan, Hong Xue, Peter Lund-Thomsen, Khalid Nadvi, and Navjote KharaPart III. Trade Unions, Collective Bargaining, and the Right to Strike7. Labor NGOs under State Corporatism: Comparing China since the 1990s with Taiwan in the 1980s by Chris King-chi Chan and Yu-bin Chiu8. One Step Forward: Collective Bargaining Experiments in Vietnam and China by Katie Quan9. Creating a Right to Strike in China: Some Lessons from the Australian Experience by Thomas Nice and Sean Cooney10. Trade Union Reform in Russia and China: Harmony, Partnership, and Power from Below by Tim PringleNotes Contributors Index
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