Politics and government Books
University of British Columbia Press Disarming Intervention
Book SynopsisDisarming Intervention traces the social, historical, and legal legitimization of non-lethal weapons in the United States.Table of ContentsIntroduction: On the Rise of Non-Lethality in Domestic and International Intervention1 Locating Non-Lethality2 Governmentality, Technology, and Security3 The Conduct of Conflict: Historicizing Non-Lethality4 Non-Lethality, Riot-Control, and the Governance of US Cities5 “Softening Fires”: Non-Lethality in Vietnam6 Tragic Consequence: University Unrest and the Ethico-Politics of Tragedy7 Paper Traces: Towards a Genealogy of Non-LethalityConclusion: Articulations of Past and PresentNotes; References; Index
£23.39
University of British Columbia Press Patriation and Its Consequences
Book SynopsisPatriation and Its Consequences examines the political events and struggles that resulted in the 1981 agreement to patriate the Canadian constitution and sheds light on the political consequences of this key moment in Canadian history.Table of ContentsPart 1: Introduction: The Significance of Constitution Making1 Looking Back on Patriation and Its Consequences / Lois Harder and Steve Patten2 Constituting Constitutions: The Patriation Moment / Janine BrodiePart 2: Tracing the Long Road to Patriation3 Constitutional Nationalism: Politics, Law, and Culture on the Road to Patriation / Eric M. Adams4 The Evolution of the Charter / Barry L. Strayer5 The Rise of Spectator Constitutionalism, 1967-81 / P.E. BrydenPart 3: Shaping Patriation: Law, Political Vision, Political Actors, and Political Struggle6 Law, Politics, and the Patriation Reference of 1981 / Philip Girard7 The Judiciary in Trudeau’s Constitutional Vision: Intellectual Trajectory and Origins of the Charter / David Schneiderman8 More Distress than Enchantment: The Constitutional Negotiations of November 1981 Seen from Quebec / Guy Laforest and Rosalie Readman9 Tracking Justice: The Constitution Express to Section 35 and Beyond / Louise Mandell and Leslie Hall Pinder10 “28 – Helluva Lot to Lose in 27 Days”: The Ad Hoc Committee and Women’s Constitutional Activism in the Era of Patriation / Marilou McPhedran, Judith Erola, and Loren BraulPart 4: The Political and Constitutional Consequences of Patriation11 Patriation and the Law of Unintended Consequences / Peter Russell12 Canadian Federalism since Patriation: Advancing a Federalism of Empowerment / Alain-G. Gagnon and Alex Schwartz13 An Indigenous Constitutional Paradox: Both Monumental Achievement and Monumental Defeat / Kiera Ladner14 The Sad but True Story of a Shrinking Equality Opportunity Structure / Alexandra DobrowolskyList of Contributors; Index
£69.70
University of British Columbia Press Patriation and Its Consequences
Book SynopsisPatriation and Its Consequences examines the political events and struggles that resulted in the 1981 agreement to patriate the Canadian constitution and sheds light on the political consequences of this key moment in Canadian history.Table of ContentsPart 1: Introduction: The Significance of Constitution Making1 Looking Back on Patriation and Its Consequences / Lois Harder and Steve Patten2 Constituting Constitutions: The Patriation Moment / Janine BrodiePart 2: Tracing the Long Road to Patriation3 Constitutional Nationalism: Politics, Law, and Culture on the Road to Patriation / Eric M. Adams4 The Evolution of the Charter / Barry L. Strayer5 The Rise of Spectator Constitutionalism, 1967-81 / P.E. BrydenPart 3: Shaping Patriation: Law, Political Vision, Political Actors, and Political Struggle6 Law, Politics, and the Patriation Reference of 1981 / Philip Girard7 The Judiciary in Trudeau’s Constitutional Vision: Intellectual Trajectory and Origins of the Charter / David Schneiderman8 More Distress than Enchantment: The Constitutional Negotiations of November 1981 Seen from Quebec / Guy Laforest and Rosalie Readman9 Tracking Justice: The Constitution Express to Section 35 and Beyond / Louise Mandell and Leslie Hall Pinder10 “28 – Helluva Lot to Lose in 27 Days”: The Ad Hoc Committee and Women’s Constitutional Activism in the Era of Patriation / Marilou McPhedran, Judith Erola, and Loren BraulPart 4: The Political and Constitutional Consequences of Patriation11 Patriation and the Law of Unintended Consequences / Peter Russell12 Canadian Federalism since Patriation: Advancing a Federalism of Empowerment / Alain-G. Gagnon and Alex Schwartz13 An Indigenous Constitutional Paradox: Both Monumental Achievement and Monumental Defeat / Kiera Ladner14 The Sad but True Story of a Shrinking Equality Opportunity Structure / Alexandra DobrowolskyList of Contributors; Index
£26.99
University of British Columbia Press Conflicting Visions
Book SynopsisConflicting Visions recounts the Cold War history of Canada’s turbulent diplomatic relationship with India, from India’s independence through to its controversial emergence as a nuclear power, using Canadian technology to help build its first nuclear device.Trade ReviewThis is a much-needed book in the field of Canada’s (and India’s) bilateral relations, and is based on a painstaking search through the vast (and often nonlinear) RG25 file group at the National Archives in Ottawa...[and it is] an excellent study of diplomatic access to the top, the role of ministers of external affairs (both countries used similar names for this activity), and the role of the powerful unelected officials who guarded the doors and crafted the language of policies. -- Robert Anderson, Simon Fraser University * Pacific Affairs, Vol. 90 No. 1, March 2017 *Conflicting Visions [is] perhaps the best of [a] superb new crop of historical work on Canada’s international relations ... Like other recent books on Canadian international history published by UBC Press, Conflicting Visions draws on a source base that is not just multi-archival but international. The result is an exemplary work of history. -- Asa McKercher, McMaster University * British Journal of Canadian Studies *[Touhey’s] research deftly combines well-known events in the [Canada–India] bilateral history with the personal reflections of some of its most proficient members. The narrative is reminiscent of a classic story arc featuring two star-crossed lovers who, despite their best intentions, are beset by a series of mistaken expectations and miscommunications, and are ultimately separated … [This book] will stand as one of the finest studies within the Canadian foreign policy literature of Canada’s bilateral relations. -- Anita Singh, Centre for the Study of Security and Development, Dalhousie University * International Journal *[Ryan Touhey’s] book is indeed thorough. It provides a well-researched and documented history of diplomacy and all its attendant personalities, misunderstandings, and foibles, and how these qualities affected the nature of the interactions between the governments of Canada and India. Because this is a diplomatic history, it focuses exclusively on the elite: prime ministers, cabinets, high-ranking diplomats, and their personnel. Touhey’s main argument concerns the so-called “bridge thesis”...Touhey provides an excellent history of the bridge thesis, showing step-by-step how it was formulated and put into action. He also reveals where it started to go awry until finally it was acknowledged to be a myth. -- Matthew Hayes * American Review of Canadian Studies, Issue 46.4, December 2016 *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Plain Tales from the DEA: Why India?2 Building a Bridge: Bilateral Relations, 1947–493 A Helping Hand: The Genesis of Canada’s Aid Relationship with India, 1950–514 In Close and Friendly Collaboration: Canada and India during the Korean War, 1950–535 A Special Relationship? 1952–576 Friendly but Not Close: The Diefenbaker Years, 1957–637 Mounting Problems, 1963–668 An Inability to Influence: Nuclear Cooperation and the NPT Negotiations, 1966–689 Old Hopes and a New Realism? Bilateral Relations, 1968–7310 Choices Made: The Descent of Bilateral Relations, 1974–76ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
£26.99
University of British Columbia Press Grit
Book SynopsisGrit examines the remarkable life and political career of Paul Martin Sr., a liberal reformer and cabinet minister from 1945 to 1968, who championed health care and pension rights, new meanings for Canadian citizenship, and internationalism in world affairs.Trade ReviewGreg Donaghy paints a picture of a man whose ambition never superseded his fundamental decency, his connection to individuals both great and small, and his unwavering loyalty to colleagues, constituents and indeed a country that often treated him with something less than loyalty. This is both a fascinating study of twentieth-century Canada and the somewhat poignant story of a boy with big dreams. -- Penny Bryden * Ontario History *During his lifetime Martin published two volumes of memoirs, and the diaries he kept while High Commissioner. But they are dull stuff: too long, too detailed, too stiff; as one reviewer put it, he left out the politics. Donaghy’s impeccably researched and immensely readable biography, which draws on new material and numerous interviews, shows the extent to which Martin undersold himself. It also reveals him to be a very complex, highly intelligent, well-read, thoughtful, likeable, convivial, and witty man. It is one of the best biographies I have read in the last decade. -- Lorna Lloyd, Keele University * British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 29 No. 2, Fall 2016 *In his detailed biography, Greg Donaghy ably chronicles the key roles that Martin played in ... Canadian political and international history ... Grit will surely serve as a valuable reference tool for scholars interested in the inner workings of policy formation and ministerial wrangling, and it illuminates our understanding of one of Canada’s important twentieth century political operatives. -- Matthew Hayday, University of Guelph * Canadian Journal of History *Table of ContentsForeword by Robert Bothwell and John EnglishPreface1 Sweet Paul, 1903-302 The Young Politician, 1930-393 A Conquered World, 1939-454 The Apprentice Minister, 1945-485 A Liberal in a High-Tory Cabinet, 1948-526 The Greatest Country in the World, 1953-567 Disappointment and Opposition, 1956-638 Saving the World, 1963-649 Dealing with Washington, 1964-6510 Vietnam and a Mood of Protest, 1965-6711 A Hard-Pressed Minister, 196712 Defeat and the Senate, 1968-7413 Legacies, 1974-92NotesBibliographyIndex
£31.50
University of British Columbia Press Protest and Politics
Book SynopsisProtest and Politics examines the blurring of contentious politics and mainstream politics to argue that, in an era of social movement societies, our understanding of the boundaries between politics and protest needs to be reconfigured.Trade ReviewThis high-quality collection … makes an important empirical contribution, especially because of the many chapters that deal with aspects of activism that are not often canvassed in Canadian scholarship. -- Miriam Smith * BC Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Promise of Social Movement Societies / Howard Ramos and Kathleen RodgersPart 1: Political and Historical Context 1 Reconsidering the Social Movement Society in the New Century / David S. Meyer and Amanda Pullum2 Evangelical Radio: Institution Building and the Religious Right / Tina Fetner, Allyson Stokes, and Carrie B. Sanders3 The Social Movement Society and the Human Rights State / Dominique Clément4 Institutionalization, State Funding, and Advocacy in the Quebec Women’s Movement / Dominique MassonPart 2: State Dynamics and Processes 5 How the State Shapes Social Movements: An Examination of the Environmental Movement in Canada / Catherine Corrigall-Brown and Mabel Ho6 Immigrant Collective Mobilization and Socio-economic Integration in Canada / Philippe Couton7 Uncooperative Movements, Militarized Policing, and the Social Movement Society / Lesley WoodPart 3: How People Participate 8 Social Movement Communities in the Movement Society / Suzanne Staggenborg9 No to Protests, Yes to Festivals: How the Creative Class Organizes in the Social Movement Society / Judith Taylor10 Justification and Critique in the Social Movement Society / Jim Conley11 The Concept of Social Movement and Its Relationship to the Social Movement Society: An Empirical Investigation / David B. Tindall and Joanna L. RobinsonPart 4: Knowledge and Culture 12 Alternative Policy Groups and Global Civil Society: Networks and Discourses of Counter-Hegemony / William K. Carroll13 Wilderness Revisited: Canadian Environmental Movements and the Eco-Politics of Special Places / Mark C.J. Stoddart14 Alberta Internalizing Oil Sands Opposition: A Test of the Social Movement Society Thesis / Randolph Haluza-DeLayConclusion: What We Can Say about the Promise of Social Movement Societies / Kathleen Rodgers and Howard RamosReferencesIndex
£999.99
University of British Columbia Press Fighting for Votes
Book SynopsisThis book shines a light on how parties, the media, and voters interacted during a recent Ontario election, providing one of the most complete accounts of a provincial election available.Table of Contents1 Introduction2 The Political and Economic Setting3 The Run-Up to 20114 The Campaign5 The Parties’ Campaign Messages6 From 1.0 to 2.0: The Online Campaign7 The Leaders’ Debate8 The Parties’ Campaign Strategies9 At the Races: The Toronto Star’s Coverage of the Election10 Did the Parties’ Campaign Efforts Affect Voters?11 Vote Choice12 Fighting for VotesAppendixNotesReferencesIndex
£69.70
University of British Columbia Press Parties and Party Systems Structure and Context
Book SynopsisBridging a gap that has been too wide for too long, leading political scientists examine parties as organizations that exist within political systems.Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction / Richard Johnston and Campbell Sharman1 Brokerage Parties, Brokerage Politics / R. Kenneth Carty2 Regional Pivots and Brokerage Politics / Richard Johnston3 Barbarians at the Gate? Conservative Identifiers and the Myths of Brokerage Politics / David K. Stewart and Anthony M. Sayers4 Franchising the Franchise Party: How Far Can a New Concept Travel? / Steven B. Wolinetz5 Courting, but Not Always Serving: Perverted Burkeanism and the Puzzle of Irish Parliamentary Cohesion / David M. Farrell, Peter Mair, Séin Ó Muineacháin, and Matthew Wall6 Parties, Politicians, and Parliaments: The Impact of Intra-Party Democracy on Party Unity / Reuven Y. Hazan and Gideon Rahat7 Towards a European Politics / Luciano Bardi, Richard S. Katz, and Peter Mair8 Politicians and Local Party Organizations: A Delegation Approach / Royce Koop9 Patterns of Party Recruitment and Campaign Individualisation in an SMP System / William Cross and Lisa Young10 Joining Isn’t Everything: Exit, Voice, and Loyalty in Party Organizations / Emilie van Haute11 Canada’s National Parties: From Private to Public Institutions / John C. Courtney12 Canadian Public Funding of Parties and the End of Per-Vote Subsidies: Parties, Strategic Interests, and Decartelization / Peter Aucoin and Herman Bakvis13 Electoral Reform and Parliamentary Legitimacy in Canada / Campbell Sharman and Kyle Attanasio14 Winners, Losers, and Electoral System Change / Fred Cutler and Graeme Hooper15 Parties and Party Systems: The Imperatives of Integration / Richard Johnston and Campbell SharmanContributorsIndex
£40.50
University of British Columbia Press So They Want Us to Learn French
Book SynopsisSo They Want Us to Learn French examines how and why Canadians both embraced and virulently opposed the ideal of personal bilingualism over the past fifty years, detailing and analyzing the strategies that social movements on both sides used to advance their goals.Trade ReviewHayday’s work is solid, carefully researched, and written in an accessible style … [T]he entire book is worthwhile reading, for it tells an important story of efforts, not by political decision-makers or paper-pushers but by grassroots activists, to transform English Canada’s linguistic identity one classroom at a time. -- Bruce Douville, Algoma University * Canadian Journal of History *Hayday’s work is a careful account of the English Canadian response to the Official Languages Act and French immersion programming that effectively illustrates the divisions of public opinion on these controversial programs. It is a valuable addition to our understanding of the evolution of English Canadian opinions regarding Canadian identity, official bilingualism, and national unity. -- Jack Cecillon, Glendon College * Historical Studies in Education *...So They Want Us to Learn French. Promoting and Opposing Bilingualism in English-speaking Canada est à la fois informatif mais aussi symptomatique d’un problème profond et souvent occulté que peu de politiciens canadiens osent regarder en face. -- Yves Laberge * The Journal of Canadian Studies *Table of ContentsForeword / Graham FraserPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Canada’s Bilingualism Conundrum1 Bilingualism and Official Languages in Canada2 From Chez Hélène to the First French Immersion Experiments3 Playing Games with the Language Czar: The First Commissioner of Official Languages4 Social Movement Activism, 1969-765 Canadian Parents for French and its Adversaries, 1977-866 Internationalization and Higher Education: The Second Commissioner of Official Languages7 Canadian Parents for French and Local Activism, 1977-878 Shifting Priorities in the Commissioner’s Office9 Squaring off the Foes of Bilingualism in the Meech Lake Years, 1986-9010 Constitutional Crises and Economic Challenges in the Early 1990s11 A Millennial ReprieveConclusion: We Learned French! Well, Many Canadians DidAppendicesNotesList of Unpublished Primary SourcesIndex
£73.80
University of British Columbia Press Points of Entry How Canadas Immigration Officers
Book SynopsisA renowned sociologist gains unprecedented access to Canadian immigration offices and reveals how visa officers determine who gets into Canada – and who stays out.Trade ReviewThis carefully researched and well-written book makes a major contribution to the field of immigration policy and its implementation. -- D.A. Chekki * CHOICE, February 2016 *Satzewich’s first-hand account of the inner workings at the Department of Immigration is not merely timely, it is excellent. Satzewich visited 11 Canadian visa offices abroad, interviewed 128 staff and witnessed 42 interviews with immigrants. It was unprecedented access … Points of Entry is crisp and compelling, written with objectivity and an extraordinary eye for detail. To read it is to understand why Syrian boys died on a beach, and why politicians lament that “doing the right thing is not always easy” — and then feel slightly ashamed. -- Holly Doan * Blacklock's Reporter, September 2015 *Points of Entry is an ethnographically rich study which brings to life, at times sympathetically, the remote experiences of immigration officers. While offering an entree to the broader implications of how discretionary powers and the organizational culture of visa offices oscillate alongside experiential accounts of racism within Canada’s immigration system, the study also calls for further research into the motivations and intentions of immigration officers. -- Sonia D'Angelo, York University * International Journal, Vol. 71 No. 4, December 2016 *Points of Entry is a well-written, accessible volume. It makes transparent the formerly hidden exercise of decision making on the part of Canada’s admissions officers and, in so doing, challenges an often critical literature that has presumed entry bias without the test of evidence. -- David Ley, University of British Columbia * BC Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Stated and Hidden Agendas2 Delegated Discretion3 Immigration Policy4 Visa Offices and Officers5 Approval and Refusal Rates6 Spousal and Partner Sponsorships7 Federal Skilled Workers8 Visitor Visas9 The InterviewConclusionAppendixNotes, References, Index
£69.70
University of British Columbia Press Points of Entry
Book SynopsisA renowned sociologist gains unprecedented access to Canadian immigration offices and reveals how visa officers determine who gets into Canada and who stays out.Trade ReviewThis carefully researched and well-written book makes a major contribution to the field of immigration policy and its implementation. -- D.A. Chekki * CHOICE, February 2016 *Satzewich’s first-hand account of the inner workings at the Department of Immigration is not merely timely, it is excellent. Satzewich visited 11 Canadian visa offices abroad, interviewed 128 staff and witnessed 42 interviews with immigrants. It was unprecedented access … Points of Entry is crisp and compelling, written with objectivity and an extraordinary eye for detail. To read it is to understand why Syrian boys died on a beach, and why politicians lament that “doing the right thing is not always easy” — and then feel slightly ashamed. -- Holly Doan * Blacklock's Reporter, September 2015 *Points of Entry is an ethnographically rich study which brings to life, at times sympathetically, the remote experiences of immigration officers. While offering an entree to the broader implications of how discretionary powers and the organizational culture of visa offices oscillate alongside experiential accounts of racism within Canada’s immigration system, the study also calls for further research into the motivations and intentions of immigration officers. -- Sonia D'Angelo, York University * International Journal, Vol. 71 No. 4, December 2016 *Points of Entry is a well-written, accessible volume. It makes transparent the formerly hidden exercise of decision making on the part of Canada’s admissions officers and, in so doing, challenges an often critical literature that has presumed entry bias without the test of evidence. -- David Ley, University of British Columbia * BC Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Stated and Hidden Agendas2 Delegated Discretion3 Immigration Policy4 Visa Offices and Officers5 Approval and Refusal Rates6 Spousal and Partner Sponsorships7 Federal Skilled Workers8 Visitor Visas9 The InterviewConclusionAppendixNotes, References, Index
£999.99
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
£73.80
University of British Columbia Press Permanent Campaigning in Canada
Book SynopsisThis book provides a provocative look at the growth of non-stop election campaigning in Canada and its implications for Canadian democracy and how we are governed.Trade ReviewThe existing literature on this topic reflects a series of disparate thoughts about political behaviour, political communication, and public administration - thoughts that the editors and contributors successfully unite under a common set of theoretical assumptions and methodological commitments. -- William Wilson, University of Ottawa * British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 33.1 *The editors have collected essays that examine the rise of permanent campaigning in Canada and its implications for politics and governing … Though the authors of the essays appear to connect most of these developments to Harper, most suggest the long-term implications are yet to be seen, speculating that Justin Trudeau’s “sunny ways” might bring some changes. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. -- J. F. Kraus, Wagner College * CHOICE *Table of ContentsForeword / Tom FlanaganPart 1: Theoretical Parameters1 Welcome to Non-Stop Campaigning / Alex Marland, Anna Lennox Esselment, and Thierry Giasson2 Governing on the Front Foot: Politicians, Civil Servants, and the Permanent Campaign in Canada / Jonathan Craft3 Databases, Microtargeting, and the Permanent Campaign: A Threat to Democracy? / Steve PattenPart 2: Political Parties4 Media-Party Parallelism: How the Media Covers Party Messaging / Andrea Lawlor5 “Friend, Can You Chip in $3?”: Canadian Political Parties’ Email Communication and Fundraising / Alex Marland and Maria Mathews6 Online, All the Time: The Strategic Objectives of Canadian Opposition Parties / Thierry Giasson and Tamara A. Small7 Permanent Polling and Governance / André Turcotte and Simon Vodrey 8 Election Preparation in the Federal NDP: The Next Campaign Starts the Day after the Last One Ends / David McGranePart 3: Governance9 Institutional Change, Permanent Campaigning, and Canada’s Fixed Election Date Law / Phillipe Lagassé10 Preaching to the Choir in Case It Is Losing Faith: Government Advertising’s Direct Electoral Consequences / Denver McNeney and David Coletto11 The Obama Approach in Canada: Lessons in Leadership Branding / J.P. Lewis and Kenneth Cosgrove12 Campaigning from the Centre / Anna Lennox Esselment and Paul Wilson13 Permanent Campaigning and Digital Government / Amanda Clarke and Mary Francoli14 24 Seven Videostyle: Blurring the Lines and Building Strong Leadership / Mireille Lalancette and Sofia Tourigny-Koné15 Vulnerable Populations and the Permanent Campaign: Disability Organizations as Policy Entrepreneurs / Mario Levesque16 Permanent Campaigning: Changing the Nature of Canadian Democracy / Anna Lennox Esselment, Alex Marland, and Thierry GiassonGlossary; List of Contributors; Index
£59.40
University of British Columbia Press Religion and Canadian Party Politics
Book SynopsisA unique and timely exploration of the important ways that religion shapes political conflict across Canada.Trade ReviewThis is a solid monograph, based on an impressive array of sources ... It is also very readable, and mercifully free of jargon, making it accessible for undergraduates and interested lay readers outside academia. It is recommended to anybody seeking to understand the role of religion in the recent Canadian political landscape. It is also an important contribution to the ongoing debate over 'secularization' in Canadian society. -- Bruce Douville, History Department, Algoma University * Canadian Parliamentary Review *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Faith and Party Politics in CanadaPart 1: Federal Politics1 Conservative Faith and Federal Parties2 Abortion Politics and Federal PartiesPart 2: Persistent Denominationalism in Provincial Politics3 Religion in Atlantic Provincial Politics: The Special Cases of Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick4 Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives and Tenacious Denominational Politics, 1943–85Part 3: Religious Conservatism and the Partisan Right5 Sexual Diversity and the Mobilization of Faith Communities in Ontario, 1986–20156 The Declining Influence of Conservative Faith in Alberta since 19717 Schooling, Sexuality, and Religious Conservatism in British Columbia PoliticsPart 4: Canada’s Most Distinctive Regions8 Conflicted Secularism in Francophone Quebec Party Politics9 Evangelical Christianity and Northern Territorial PoliticsConclusion: Canadian Diversity in Comparative ContextNotes; Index
£26.99
MN - University of British Columbia Press Give and Take The CitizenTaxpayer and the Rise
Book SynopsisEnthralling, witty, and masterful, Give and Take brings to light Canada’s surprisingly unruly tax history, showing the tax clashes and compromises that made Canadian democracy.Trade ReviewGive and Take is amazingly well researched[...] -- Patricia E. Roy * Canadian Historical Review *[Tillotson] writes in a light, accessible manner … [she] is skilful in using historical analysis to explain the past through a modern lens. -- Victor Rabinovitch, distinguished fellow in the School of Policy Studies at Queen's University * Canada's History *…this is a path-breaking work that hopefully will lead to other investigations of Canadians’ love/hate relationship with the state, a relationship where taxes generally land in the hate department. -- Alvin Finkel * Alberta Views *Table of Contents1 Talking Tax2 We, the Taxpayers3 Our Conservative Tax Structure4 Resistance in the Interwar Years5 Taxation at the Edges of Citizenship6 Honour, Confidence, and Federalism during the Depression7 Warfare, Welfare, and the Mass Income Tax Payer8 New Publics and the Tax Man in the 1950s9 Poverty, Bureaucracy, and Taxes10 Reform, Populism, and the Presence of the Past in the 1960s11 Self-Interest, Community, and the Evolution of the Citizen-TaxpayerAppendix: TablesNotes; Bibliography; Index
£29.45
University of British Columbia Press Give and Take
Book SynopsisEnthralling, witty, and masterful, Give and Take brings to light Canada’s surprisingly unruly tax history, showing the tax clashes and compromises that made Canadian democracy.Trade ReviewGive and Take is amazingly well researched[...] -- Patricia E. Roy * Canadian Historical Review *[Tillotson] writes in a light, accessible manner … [she] is skilful in using historical analysis to explain the past through a modern lens. -- Victor Rabinovitch, distinguished fellow in the School of Policy Studies at Queen's University * Canada's History *…this is a path-breaking work that hopefully will lead to other investigations of Canadians’ love/hate relationship with the state, a relationship where taxes generally land in the hate department. -- Alvin Finkel * Alberta Views *Table of Contents1 Talking Tax2 We, the Taxpayers3 Our Conservative Tax Structure4 Resistance in the Interwar Years5 Taxation at the Edges of Citizenship6 Honour, Confidence, and Federalism during the Depression7 Warfare, Welfare, and the Mass Income Tax Payer8 New Publics and the Tax Man in the 1950s9 Poverty, Bureaucracy, and Taxes10 Reform, Populism, and the Presence of the Past in the 1960s11 Self-Interest, Community, and the Evolution of the Citizen-TaxpayerAppendix: TablesNotes; Bibliography; Index
£26.99
University of British Columbia Press Identities and Interests
Book SynopsisIdentities and Interests examines the electoral behaviour of racialized Canadians: how they self-identify, why they support minority candidates, and what these patterns mean for Canadian politics.Table of Contents1 Introduction2 Framing and Explaining Affinity Voting3 Coethnic and Racialized Affinity in Canada4 The Importance of Self-Identification5 Ethnic Identity and Voter Behaviour6 The Role of Interests, Ideology, and Policy7 Affinity Voting in Federal Elections8 ConclusionAppendicesNotes; References; Index
£62.90
University of British Columbia Press Identities and Interests
Book SynopsisIdentities and Interests examines the electoral behaviour of racialized Canadians: how they self-identify, why they support minority candidates, and what these patterns mean for Canadian politics.Table of Contents1 Introduction2 Framing and Explaining Affinity Voting3 Coethnic and Racialized Affinity in Canada4 The Importance of Self-Identification5 Ethnic Identity and Voter Behaviour6 The Role of Interests, Ideology, and Policy7 Affinity Voting in Federal Elections8 ConclusionAppendicesNotes; References; Index
£25.19
University of British Columbia Press The Good Fight
Book SynopsisThe Good Fight is the insightful and entertaining biography of arguably the most important francophone diplomat and civil servant in Canadian history.Trade Review"[An] absorbing political biography." -- Bruce K. Ward * Literary Review of Canada *Kelly’s formidable biography – superbly researched, judiciously argued, and well written – is a guarantee that Cadieux will no longer be forgotten. -- Greg Donaghy * British Journal of Canadian Studies *"This is an excellent biography of one of Canada’s most important diplomats and civil servants during a pivotal period in Canada’s international affairs." -- Robin Gendron * Canadian Foreign Policy Journal *This excellent biography should be required reading for foreign policy practitioners and academics alike. Kelly has deeply mined his primary sources in both official languages and has offered up a narrative that convincingly challenges some existing precepts of this period in Canadian diplomatic history. He offers us a convincing portrait of one of the greats in Canadian public service. In his Marcel Cadieux we see a selfless diplomat of firm and fearless skill, as well as a Canadian and Quebecois patriot deeply devoted to national unity. Through Brendan Kelly’s rendering, we also see Cadieux as the epitome of the human, networked, and connected diplomat. -- Peter Boehm, Senate of Canada * International Journal *"Une excellente biographie consacrée à un haut fonctionnaire francophone d’une grande valeur, d’une grande intégrité professionnelle, et dont la contribution fût marquante au service du Canada et qui, à certains égards, demeure toujours d’actualité." -- Jean-Pierre Juneau * Forum: Bulletin of Canadian Foreign Service *"[B]y centering the French-Canadian perspective and focusing on the figure of Marcel Cadieux, The Good Fight enriches our understanding of Canadian international history in the mid-twentieth century." -- David Meren * American Review of Canadian Studies *Table of ContentsPreface 1 The Birth of a French Canadian Nationalist, 1915–41 2 Premières Armes: Ottawa, London, Brussels, 1941–47 3 The Making of a Diplomat and Cold Warrior, 1947–554 A Versatile Diplomat, 1955–635 Departmental Tensions: Cadieux, Paul Martin Sr., and Canadian Foreign Policy, 1963–686 A Lonely Fight: Countering France and the Establishment of Quebec’s “International Personality,” 1963–677 The National Unity Crisis: Resisting Quebec and France at Home and in la Francophonie, 1967–708 The Politician and the Civil Servant: Pierre Trudeau, Cadieux, and the DEA, 1968–709 Ambassadorial Woes: Washington, 1970–7510 Final Assignments, 1975–81ConclusionNotes; Bibliography; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Gendered Mediation Identity and Image Making in
Book SynopsisTaking an original approach to the study of gender and political communication, this book examines how politicians, journalists, and citizens deploy intersecting notions of gender, sexuality, race, age, and class in Canadian politics.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Gendered Identities and Political Communication / Angelia Wagner and Joanna EverittPart 1: Politicians’ Gendered Strategies to Shape Their Public Image1 Candidates’ Self-Presentation Strategies: Filling in the Gaps / Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant2 Competing Masculinities and Political Campaigns / Jerald Sabin and Kyle Kirkup3 Not a Taboo Topic? Talking about Family on the Campaign Trail / Angelia WagnerPart 2: Gender-Based Media Coverage of Politicians4 Processes of Differentiation in the 2014 Toronto Mayoral Race / Bailey Gerrits and Randy Besco5 Breaking the Concrete Ceiling: Media Portrayals of Racialized Women in Politics / Erin Tolley6 May the Best Man Win: Masculinity in Canadian Political Humour / Daisy Raphael7 Examining Mediation of Female and LGBTQ-Identifying Candidates / Karalena McLean in Collaboration with Angelia Wagner and Joanna EverittPart 3: Reactions to Gendered (Re)presentations8 Words and Deeds: Social Movement Actors’ Assessments of Allied Politicians / Elise Maiolino9 She’s Too Tough and He’s Too Soft: Measuring How Gendered News Frames Affect Voters’ Evaluation of Party Leaders / Catherine Lemarier-Saulnier and Thierry Giasson10 Gender and Candidate Communication: Is There a “Double Bind”? / Elisabeth Gidengil, Delia Dumitrescu, and Dietlind Stolle11 Exploring Viewer Reactions to Media Coverage of Female Politicians / Joanna Everitt, Lisa Best, and Derek GaudetConclusion: The Complexity of Gendered Identities in Canadian Politics / Elisabeth GidengilContributors; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Métis Politics and Governance in Canada
Book SynopsisThis timely book offers a novel, practical guide for understanding who the Métis are and the challenges they face on the path to self-government.Table of ContentsForeword by Clément ChartierForeword by Jason MaddenIntroduction1 La Noovel Naasyoon / Métis Political Organization in Historical Perspective2 Lii Valeur di Goovarnimaan di Michif / Principles of Métis Governance3 Lii Goovarnimaan di Michif / Métis Governments4 Kiihtwaam Ooshtaahk lii Goovarnimaan di Michif / (Re)building a Métis Civil Service5 Lii Faam di Naasyoon di Michif / Mothers of the Métis Nation6 Li Shmayn ishi Tipaymishoohk / The Road to Métis Self-GovernmentConclusion: Lii Drway di Naasyoon di Michif Ka Paashpiiwahk / The Ongoing Struggle for Métis RightsNotes; References; Index
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MN - University of British Columbia Press Ours by Every Law of Right and Justice
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University of British Columbia Press Ours by Every Law of Right and Justice
Book SynopsisThis long-overdue account of the suffrage campaigns in the first region to grant women the vote in Canada shatters cherished myths about how the West was won.Trade ReviewCarter’s book is undoubtedly required reading not only for students of suffrage history, Prairie history and Canadian history more generally but also for scholars interested in the empirical investigation of that history. -- Gerard Boychuk, University of Waterloo * Canadian Journal of Political Science *"Sarah Carter’s decades-long expertise in Prairie history ensures that the objective of viewing women’s suffrage in both the wider socio-political context and the local environmental setting are handled with aplomb." -- Katie Pickles, University of Canterbury. * University of Toronto Quarterly. *With clarity, sensitivity and deftness, Carter shows that these activists’ accomplishments, and the oppression they furthered, were equally real… she sets a useful template for historians to examine and understand other similarly complex events and figures in Canadian history. -- Amy Shaw, associate professor, University of Lethbridge * Canadian Journal of History *Outstanding research and a fluid writing style make this book an impressive, useful, and accessible history of Canadian women's fight for suffrage. Carter's portraits of the women leading the efforts bring the period to life for the reader ... It delves into complex political and sociological aspects of the movement and the unsettling biases of the movers. It includes the perspectives of Indigneous peoples, white British settlers, ethnic minorities, farm women, and the working class. An important contribution to women's studies. -- WILLA Literary Award for Scholarly Nonfiction JudgesTable of ContentsIntroduction1 Settler Suffragists: Context, Causes, Obstacles2 Manitoba: A Long-Sustained and Just Agitation3 Saskatchewan: A Spark Nearly Smothered4 Alberta: Plain, Old-Fashioned, Unfrilled Justice5 A New Day Coming? Essential by Incomplete VictoriesSources and Further Readings; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Rising Up
Book SynopsisRising Up shows how living wage movements have transformed, or are campaigning to transform, labour policy in Canada and stimulated broader public debate about income and social inequality.Trade ReviewThis is an older, more classical, and well-informed political economy analysis. -- T. M. Bateman, St. Thomas University * CHOICE Connect *Table of Contents1 Resisting Low-Wage Work: The Struggle for Living Wages / Bryan Evans, Carlo Fanelli, and Tom McDowellPart 1: The "Standard" Employment Relationship: Low-Wage Work2 The Comparative Political Economy of Low Wages / Stephen McBride, Sorin Mitrea, and Mohammad Ferdosi3 Labour Justice: Assessing the Politics of the American Labor Movement / Biko Koenig and Deva Woodly4 Media (Mis)Representations and the Living Wage Movement / Carlo Fanelli and A.J. WilsonPart 2: The Fight for Living Wages in Canada5 The Emergence of the Living Wage Movement in Canada’s Northern Territories / Kendall Hammond6 Getting By but Dreaming of Normal: Low-Wage Employment, Living in Toronto, and the Crisis of Social Reproduction / Meg Luxton and Patricia McDermott7 The Living Wage and the Extremely Precarious: The Case of "Illegalized" Migrant Workers / Charity-Ann Hannan, John Shields, and Harald Bauder8 Working for a Living, Not Living for Work: Living Wages in the Maritimes / Mary-Dan Johnston and Christine Saulnier 9 The BC Living Wage for Families Campaign: A Decade of Building / Catherine Ludgate 10 Challenging the Small Business Ideology in Saskatchewan’s Living Wage Debate / Andrew StevensPart 3: Resistance and Alternatives11 The Living Wage Campaign in Hamilton: Assessing the Voluntary Approach / David Goutor12 Why Business-Led Living Wage Campaigns Fail: The Case of Calgary, Alberta 1999–2009 / Carol-Anne Hudson13 The Low-Wage Economy in the Age of Neoliberalism: What Can be Done? / Tom McDowell, Sune Sandbeck, and Bryan EvansList of Contributors; Index
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University of British Columbia Press A People and a Nation
Book SynopsisIn A People and a Nation, the authors, most of whom are themselves Métis, offer readers a set of lenses through which to consider the complexity of historical and contemporary Métis nationhood and peoplehood. The field of Métis Studies has been afflicted by a longstanding tendency to situate Métis within deeply racialized contexts, and/or by an overwhelming focus on the nineteenth century. This volume challenges the pervasive racialization of Métis studies with multidisciplinary chapters on identity, history, politics, literature, spirituality, religion, and kinship networks, reorienting the conversation toward Métis experiences today. In the process, this timely collection dismantles the narrow notions that continue to shape political, legal, and social understanding of Métis existence, and convincingly demonstrates a more robust approach to Métis studies that centres Métis peoplehood and nationhood.Trade ReviewThis is an important text, which has been carefully edited to bring disparate voices together in a way that creates a resonance. -- Lyle Ford, University of Manitoba Libraries * Prairie History *This is a timely, potentially paradigm-shifting book. -- B. F. R. Edwards * CHOICE Connect *Table of ContentsIntroduction: A New Era of Métis Studies Scholarship / Chris Andersen and Jennifer Adese1 Peoplehood and the Nation Form: Core Concepts for a Critical Métis Studies / Chris Andersen2 The Power of Peoplehood: Reimagining Metis Relationships, Research, and Responsibilities / Robert L.A. Hancock3 The Race Question in Canada and the Politics of Racial Mixing / Daniel Voth4 Challenging a Racist Fiction: A Closer Look at Métis-First Nations Relations / Robert Alexander Innes5 Restoring the Balance: Métis Women and Contemporary Nationalist Political Organizing / Jennifer Adese6 Alcide Morrissette: Oral Histories of a Métis Man on the Prairies in the Mid-Twentieth Century / Jesse Thistle7 “We’re Still Here and Métis:” Rewriting the 1885 Resistance in Marilyn Dumont’s The Pemmican Eaters / June Scudeler8 Mary and the Métis: Religion as a Site for New Insight in Métis Studies / Paul L. Gareau9 Building the Field of Métis Studies: Toward Transformative and Empowering Métis Scholarship / Adam GaudryList of Contributors; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Upholding Indigenous Economic Relationships
Book SynopsisUpholding Indigenous Economic Relationships investigates Indigenous economic theories and relationships through the lenses of settler colonial exploitation and Indigenous resurgence. Trade ReviewJobin offers a ground-breaking rethinking of what economic means in the context of nehiyawak ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐊᐧᐠ (Plains Cree) culture. -- S. Perreault, CHOICE ConnectTable of ContentsPreface1 Grounding Methods2 Grounding Economic Relationships3 nehiyawak Peoplehood and Relationality4 Canada’s Genesis Story5 ᐃᐧᐦᑎᑯᐤ Warnings of Insatiable Greed6 Indigenous Women’s Lands and Bodies7 Theorizing Cree Economic and Governing Relationships8 Colonial Dissonance9 Principles Guiding Cree Economic Relationships10 Renewed Relationships through Resurgent Practices11 Upholding RelationsPostscriptGlossary of Cree TermsNotes; References; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Making and Breaking Settler Space
Book SynopsisMaking and Breaking Settler Space reveals decolonization opportunities for Indigenous and settler people alike through an exploration of how power and space are organized under settler colonialism.Trade ReviewMaking and Breaking Settler Space offers important points of conversation and contestation as we continue to figure out what it means to live together in this place, and how we should go about doing something about it. -- Coll Thrush * BC Studies *"Barker takes readers on a critical thought journey through relationships between past, present, and future complexities of settler colonialism, space, place, and identity." -- Mark T.S. Currie, Carleton University. * University of Toronto Quarterly. *Barker’s work presents a strong synthesis of recent work in settler studies. It testifies to his comprehensive understanding, as a self-acknowledged settler, of the dynamics that have presided over the construction of ongoing and structural North American inequities between settler and indigenous peoples. -- S. Perreault, Red Deer Polytechnic * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Cores and Peripheries: From Imperial Contact to Settler Colonial Claims2 Spatialities of Settlement: Remaking Landscapes and Identities3 Remaking People and Places: States, Suburbs, and Forms of Settlement4 Revolutionary Aspirations? Social Movements and Settler Colonial Complicity5 The Efficacy of Failure: Advancing Struggles in Support of Indigenous Resurgence6 Affinity and Alliance: Breaking the Boundaries of Settler Colonial SpaceNotes; References; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Making and Breaking Settler Space
Book SynopsisMaking and Breaking Settler Space reveals decolonization opportunities for Indigenous and settler people alike through an exploration of how power and space are organized under settler colonialism.Trade ReviewMaking and Breaking Settler Space offers important points of conversation and contestation as we continue to figure out what it means to live together in this place, and how we should go about doing something about it. -- Coll Thrush * BC Studies *"Barker takes readers on a critical thought journey through relationships between past, present, and future complexities of settler colonialism, space, place, and identity." -- Mark T.S. Currie, Carleton University. * University of Toronto Quarterly. *Barker’s work presents a strong synthesis of recent work in settler studies. It testifies to his comprehensive understanding, as a self-acknowledged settler, of the dynamics that have presided over the construction of ongoing and structural North American inequities between settler and indigenous peoples. -- S. Perreault, Red Deer Polytechnic * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Cores and Peripheries: From Imperial Contact to Settler Colonial Claims2 Spatialities of Settlement: Remaking Landscapes and Identities3 Remaking People and Places: States, Suburbs, and Forms of Settlement4 Revolutionary Aspirations? Social Movements and Settler Colonial Complicity5 The Efficacy of Failure: Advancing Struggles in Support of Indigenous Resurgence6 Affinity and Alliance: Breaking the Boundaries of Settler Colonial SpaceNotes; References; 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 Constitutional Pariah
Book SynopsisConstitutional Pariah is the first comprehensive account of the Senate in the aftermath of the landmark Supreme Court decision that resulted in one of the most significant reforms to Parliament in Canadian history.
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University of British Columbia Press People Politics and Purpose
Book SynopsisPeople, Politics, and Purpose investigates the roles and reputations of a wide array of political actors, offering insight into Canada's place in the world and stimulating fresh thinking about political biography.Trade Review"Readers of People, Politics, and Purpose will likely be academics — the book surely won’t make any holiday bestsellers list — but it is an entertaining and informative collection of portraits in Canadian leadership. In this way, it would be of interest to even non-specialists." -- Daniel Woolf * Literary Review of Canada *Table of ContentsIntroduction / P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Greg Donaghy1 Canada’s Diplomatic Autobiographers and the Burden of History, 1928–84 / Robert Bothwell and Norman Hillmer2 That Bouncy Man: Americans and Lester B. Pearson / Galen Roger Perras and Asa McKercher3 The Lumberjack Wars 1943–44: Canadian-American Relations at the Border and the Lives of Ordinary People / Angelika Sauer4 Competing Biographies: How James Gladstone Became Canada’s First Indigenous Senator / P. Whitney Lackenbauer5 Prime Minister Lester Pearson: A Leadership Biography / Stephen Azzi6 Scandal and the Decentring of Canadian Biography: The Case of Gerda Munsinger / P.E. Bryden7 Herb Gray and the founding of the Foreign Investment Review Agency / Jennifer Levin Bonder8 The Fine Balance Intended: Allan J. MacEachen and Canadian Diplomacy in the Middle East, 1974–84 / Greg Donaghy9 A Journey Without Maps: John Hadwen in India 1979–83 / Ryan TouheyConclusion: The Academic as Activist / John MilloyContributors; Index
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University of British Columbia Press A LiberalLabour Lady The Times and Life of Mary
Book SynopsisThis authoritative biography of Mary Ellen Smith (1863–1933) – British Columbia’s first female MLA, the British Empire’s first female cabinet minister, and a BC suffragist – recovers from obscurity an audacious but imperfect champion in the struggle for greater democracy in early twentieth-century Canada.Trade ReviewAs an acclaimed scholarly chronicler of Canadian, especially British Columbian, herstory, Veronica Strong-Boag is determined that Mary Ellen Spear Smith will not slip from recorded memory. -- Phyllis Reeve * The British Columbia Review *Not quite a woman for her times, let alone ours, Smith seemed destined to disappear. Until, that is, Strong-Boag took on the task, uncovering both the good and the bad, using Smith as a lens onto gender relations and gender politics, British Columbia and Ottawa, and electoral politics and the power of connection. The result is a refreshingly complex picture of early twentieth-century Canada and of the crooked path to power. -- P.E. Bryden, University of Victoria * BC Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Worker, Settler, Liberal, Feminist1 Setting the Stage in British Mining Villages, to 18922 Replenishing the Empire, 1892–19003 From Nanaimo to Ottawa and Back Again, 1900–114 Boom, Bust, War, and Death, 1912–175 Independent Liberal Lady? 1917–206 From Hope to Disillusion, 1920–287 On the Margins, 1928–33Conclusion: British Columbia’s Famous PioneerPolitician: Making HistoryNotes; Index
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University of British Columbia Press A LiberalLabour Lady
Book SynopsisThis authoritative biography of Mary Ellen Smith (1863–1933) – British Columbia’s first female MLA, the British Empire’s first female cabinet minister, and a BC suffragist – recovers from obscurity an audacious but imperfect champion in the struggle for greater democracy in early twentieth-century Canada.Trade ReviewAs an acclaimed scholarly chronicler of Canadian, especially British Columbian, herstory, Veronica Strong-Boag is determined that Mary Ellen Spear Smith will not slip from recorded memory. -- Phyllis Reeve * The British Columbia Review *Not quite a woman for her times, let alone ours, Smith seemed destined to disappear. Until, that is, Strong-Boag took on the task, uncovering both the good and the bad, using Smith as a lens onto gender relations and gender politics, British Columbia and Ottawa, and electoral politics and the power of connection. The result is a refreshingly complex picture of early twentieth-century Canada and of the crooked path to power. -- P.E. Bryden, University of Victoria * BC Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Worker, Settler, Liberal, Feminist1 Setting the Stage in British Mining Villages, to 18922 Replenishing the Empire, 1892–19003 From Nanaimo to Ottawa and Back Again, 1900–114 Boom, Bust, War, and Death, 1912–175 Independent Liberal Lady? 1917–206 From Hope to Disillusion, 1920–287 On the Margins, 1928–33Conclusion: British Columbia’s Famous PioneerPolitician: Making HistoryNotes; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Life against States of Emergency
Book SynopsisLife against States of Emergency responds to the central question Attawapiskat chief Theresa Spence asked in a high-profile ceremonial fast: What does it mean to be in a treaty relationship today? Trade Review"Life Against States of Emergency is … refreshingly personable … enlivened by Wiebe’s dialogic approach to research and writing … Wiebe makes a deep contribution to critical policy conversations on Indigenous resurgence and futurities in Canada, Indigenous/settler relations, and Treaty-making and remaking." -- Rebecca Hall * Critical Policy Studies *"Wiebe – a settler scholar and writer-activist – is an immensely gifted storyteller … Life Against States of Emergency has arrived at a crucial point for the field of environmental politics, reminding us to recenter relationships as foundational to meaningful engagement with the politics of planetary justice. In doing so, we can better imagine and create alternative ways of being in the world." -- Hannah Ascough, Queen's University * Environmental Politics *Table of ContentsForeword: Nanabush and the Emergence of Butterflies / Lindsay Keegitah BorrowsPrefaceIntroduction: “You Are Treaty, Too”1 Artistic Movements for Alternative Decolonial Futures 2 Creative Engagement through Mixed Media Storytelling 3 Chief Spence’s Story4 Community Voices: Reimagining Attawapiskat 5 Discursive Responses to Attawapiskat, Chief Spence, and the Hunger Strike 6 Treaties Are Alive7 Fleshing Out New Directions for Environmental JusticeAfterword: Emergency Feelings – Reflections on the Body Politics of Sudden and Slow Emergencies Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Environmental Governance in the Gulf of St
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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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University of British Columbia Press A Healthy Society Updated and Expanded Edition
Book SynopsisA Healthy Society draws on one doctor’s experience in family practice, community building, and politics to envision a new approach to politics – and a healthier world.Trade ReviewA Healthy Society now includes chapters on poverty, food security, and climate change. Thought-provoking and highly readable, it weaves together the vision of a young politician--Meili was elected leader of the Saskatchewan NDP in March 2018--and the advocacy of a good physician who has worked in rural and urban Saskatchewan and in Africa. -- Dr. Fiona Clement, director of the Health Technology Assessment Unit at the O'Brien Institute of Public Health, University of Calgary * Alberta Views, Vol. 21, No. 9 *Table of ContentsForeword / André PicardForeword to the First Edition / Roy RomanowPreface1 A Healthy Society2 Medicine on a Larger Scale3 The Extra Mile4 Growth and Development5 The Search for a Cure to Poverty6 Out of House and Home7 The Warming World8 The Equality of Mercy9 Learning to Live10 Heading Downstream11 Less Politics, More Democracy12 Our Future TogetherNotes; Index
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University of British Columbia Press The Call of the World
Book SynopsisIn this fiercely intelligent memoir, Bill Graham Canada's minister of foreign affairs and minister of defence during the tumultuous years following 9/11 takes us on a personal journey through a period of upheaval in global and domestic politics, arguing that global institutions based on international law offer the best hope for a safer, more prosperous, and just world.Trade ReviewIt is rare when former politicians fail to use every word, sentence, and chapter of their memoirs to justify their decisions, to explain how they were either misunderstood or unheeded when things went wrong, and how their superior sense and profound understanding of what was necessary prevailed when things went right. It is precisely this rarity that makes The Call of the World: A Political Memoir so readable and unique. -- Hugh Segal, Distinguished Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs; Master, Massey College, University of Toronto * International Journal, Vol. 72 (4) *[A]mong the most profound writing of any postwar Canadian politician … To read The Call Of The World is to sense a nagging conscience and sleepless nights … Graham is sincere and forthright … [He] deserves credit for plain honesty in a political memoir that breaks the mold of self-serving platitudes. -- Holly Doan * Blacklocks Reporter, June 2016 *One of the more revealing memoirs by a Canadian politician to come along. -- Lawrence Martin * Globe and Mail, May 2016 *I was in the Parliamentary Press Gallery for The Globe and Mail during the whole of Graham’s elected career and wrote about him from time to time. But I have to admit that I came away from his book with a greater appreciation of his gravitas and accomplishments than I reflected in my stories at the time – indeed the whole gallery underestimated him. If we had paid more attention to him and done our homework, the Canadian public would have been better informed. -- Hugh Winsor * Literary Review of Canada, July 2016 *With the Liberal party back in government after an eleven-year run by Stephen Harper’s Conservatives, we are seeing many figures who served Liberal governments throughout the 1990s and early 2000s returning in advisory capacities. One of those is Bill Graham, who was variably Foreign Affairs Minister, Minister of Defence and interim leader of the Liberal Party. While he might be unfamiliar to a new generation of voters, his autobiography The Call of the World, gives insight into Graham the politician and the inner workings of the Liberal governments under former prime ministers Paul Martin and Jean Chretien. -- Patrick Gossage * Toronto Star, May 2016 *Bill Graham was foreign minister in 2003 when Canada infuriated George W. Bush by refusing to join his “coalition of the willing” and invade lraq. In The Call of the World Graham reveals the intense pressure that Bush put on Jean Chrétien, the prime minister, who turned down the president’s request to come to Ottawa and make his case in person. Canadians, who often feel bullied by their powerful neighbour, are entranced. -- “What the World is Reading” * The Economist, July 2016 *The Call of the World includes a good deal of interesting information about the nuts and bolts of electoral politics in this country and how they are changing. -- George Fetherling * Diplomat and International Canada, October 2016 *Graham’s “political memoir” The Call of the World is not only one of the best autobiographies ever produced by a Canadian politician, it is a deeply informed and insightful commentary on Canada’s international relations, both in policy and practice, as well as a passionate positive appeal for active citizenship from the local to the global. -- Gerald Schmitz * Prairie Messenger, November 2016 *Well written, and leavened with ample doses of humor and insight, The Call of the World is above all a frank and compelling account of one policymaker’s efforts to reconcile our highest legal and human rights ideals with the real world. However imperfect, it’s a record worth celebrating. -- Greg Donaghy, Historical Section, Global Affairs Canada * H-Canada, March 2017 *Bill Graham’s political memoir, The Call of the World, provides a window seat to some of the most important domestic and foreign events of the past quarter century in a candid and colourful way. -- Kevin Brushett, Royal Military College of Canada * British Journal of Canadian Studies *Table of ContentsPart 1: Foreign Education1 Where I Come From2 Out and About3 Trading Places4 Never Twice without a ThirdPart 2: Foreign Matters5 House Duty6 Parliamentary Diplomacy7 Democratic Deficit8 Human Security9 All Geopolitics Is Local10 Marching as to WarPart 3: Foreign Affairs11 Friends in High Places12 The Unwilling13 Picking Up the PiecesPart 4: Foreign Legions14 Changing of the Guard15 The 3D War16 Home FiresAftermath
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Communicating Results Govt P A Strategic Approach
Book SynopsisDrawing on research and practical experience, James L. Garnett offers public managers a new, more systematic and strategic approach to communicating with superiors, colleagues, and citizens; presents guidelines for effective communication; and furnishes practical tools for using this new approach.Trade Review"This is the book for administrators because of its emphasis oncommunication.... It is equally useful for graduate work in publicadministration, urban planning, social work, forestry, and otherfields of government." "This is one of those rare books where the rave reviews do the workjustice. Although the work deals specifically with communication ingovernment, any reader wishing to communicate better willappreciate this book. Communicating for Results in Governmentshould be required reading for anyone entering into any position ingovernment." "This thorough and well researched book articulates and reinforcesmany of the ideas with which public administration as a field isconcerned as we enter the 1990s.... It is a much needed addition tothe professional literature as a guide for practitioners and a textfor students."Table of ContentsForeword. Part One: Understanding Communication in Public Management. 1. Why Communication Is So Crucial to Government Success. 2. Recognizing and Overcoming Barriers to EffectiveCommunication. 3. Applying a Strategic Model to Government Communication. Part Two: Communicating with Key Audiences to Achieve PublicManagement Results. 4. Relating to Administrative Superiors and ElectedOfficials. 5. Strengthening Exchanges with Subordinates. 6. Improving Relationships with Colleagues and OtherAgencies. 7. Communicating with Government's Publics. Part Three: Crucial Issues in Government Communication. 8. Communicating During Crises. 9. Communicating Ethically in Government: Issues andGuidelines. 10. Improving Communication Skills.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc New Strategies for Public Pay
Book SynopsisThe survival and success of public organizations depends on employee satisfaction and motivation to improve performance. New Strategies for Public Pay addresses one of the strongest motivators?compensation. The book outlines proven strategies, many of which are successfully used in private industry, that are also well-suited for government organizations. Specific programs are described and analyzed by experts from government, academia, think tanks, labor unions, and private business, running the gamut from merit pay to competency-based pay to gainsharing. New Strategies for Public Pay introduces a range of alternative pay systems that show public sector managers how they can: ? Set standards that match the unique needs of individual organizations ? Stimulate desired new behaviors necessary to overcome the fear of change and business as usual mentality ? Energize employees and provide a fresh incentive for continuing improved performanTable of ContentsRethinking Government Compensation Programs One: Understanding Salary Management 1. Are Current Programs Working? Views from the Trenches, Barbara S. Wamsley 2. Salary Structures: The Framework for Salary Management, Howard Risher 3. Aligning Pay Levels with Prevailing Labor Market Rates, Charles Fay 4. Job Classification: The Support System for Personal Decision Making, Lynn Holley, James O'Connell 5. Job Evaluation: The Search for Internal Equity, Howard Risher, Lois Wise 6. Rewarding Skills in the Public Sector, Nina Gupta 7. Competency-Based Pay: The Next Model for Salary Management, Howard Risher 8. Executive Salary Management: The Clash of Political and Labor Market Realities, Howard Risher Two: Linking Pay to Performance 9. Managing and Assessing Employee Performance, Doris Hausser, Charles Fay 10. Merit Pay: Motivating and rewarding Individual Performance, Howard Risher, Charles Fay, James Perry 11. Gainsharing in Government: Group-Based Performance Pay for Public Employees, Ronald P. Sanders 12. Paying for Performance: Lessons Learned in Fifteen Years of Federal Demonstration Projects, Brigitte W. Schay Three: Public Compensation in Unionized and International Contexts 13. The Role of Collective Bargaining in Public Sector Pay Determination, Bonnie Bogue 14. Public Pay Programs in OECD Countries, Anke Freibert Planning for the Future, Howard Risher, Charles Fay
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The OneHour Activist
Book SynopsisNo matter what your political persuasion, The One-Hour Activist is your guide to influencing lawmakers, candidates, and reporters. The One-Hour Activist reveals fifteen powerful, proven grassroots actions that persuade lawmakers and candidates to see things your way. Each action is designed to grab the attention of your representatives and build relationships that serve your issues over the long run. And each action takes less than an hour to complete, so you can make a difference without giving up your life! The One-Hour Activist is packed with insider advice from elected officials, professional organizers, lobbyists, and journalists who share state-of-the-art tips for getting your message across. Real-life examples of effective letters, e-mail, phone calls, public testimony, and news story pitches from concerned citizens just like you illustrate the actions.Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xv The Author xvii Introduction: Democracy in Action xix Part One: Gather Information and Strategize 1 ACTION 1 Learn How Grassroots Advocacy Works 3 ACTION 2 Pick Your Issues and Your Angle 17 ACTION 3 Identify Your Representatives 31 ACTION 4 Join an Interest Group 45 ACTION 5 Create a Legislative Agenda 53 ACTION 6 Analyze a Bill 61 ACTION 7 Conduct Opposition Research 73 Part Two: Contact Your Elected Officials 83 ACTION 8 Write an Effective Letter 85 ACTION 9 Send a Powerful E-Mail 97 ACTION 10 Make a Compelling Phone Call 105 ACTION 11 Persuade Others to Act 113 Part Three: Get Involved with Elections 119 ACTION 12 Get Out the Vote 121 ACTION 13 Contribute Money to Candidates Who Support Your Cause 131 Part Four: Work the News Media 143 ACTION 14 Start a Press Clippings File 145 ACTION 15 Write a Letter to the Editor 151 Part Five: Super-Powerful Actions That 159 Take a Little More Time ACTION 16 Have a Face-to-Face Meeting with Your Representative 161 ACTION 17 Testify at a Public Hearing 175 ACTION 18 Participate in a Protest 185 ACTION 19 Volunteer for a Political Campaign 193 ACTION 20 Pitch a News Story or Interview 199 It’s Time for Action! 211
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Privacy Lost How Technology is Endangering Your
Book SynopsisWhile other books in the field focus on specific aspects of privacy or how to avoid invasions, David H. Holtzman--a master technologist, internet pioneer, security analyst, and former military codebreaker--presents a comprehensive insider's expose of the world of invasive technology, who's using it, and how our privacy is at risk.Table of ContentsForeword v Senator Evan Bayh Preface: The Monkey House ix Acknowledgments xvii Introduction: How and Why Our Privacy Is at Risk xix Privacy Invasions Hurt 1. The Seven Sins Against Privacy 3 2. Collateral Damage: The Harm to Society 41 Why Technology Is Key 3. Technology Affects Privacy: How and Why 57 4. New Tech, New Crimes: Fresh Wounds 71 Privacy in Context 5. Privacy and the Law: A Right Ahead or Left Behind? 93 6. Privacy and Identity: The Cult of Me 121 7. Privacy and Culture in a Technological World: Shoji Screens 137 The Technology 8. Voyeurism: Surveillance Technology 149 9. Stalking: Networks, Tags, and Locators 169 The Watchers 10. Marketing Invasions: Garbos and Greed 187 11. Government Invasions for Security: Mugwumps and Momists 211 What Can Be Done? 12. Fighting Back: Gandhis, Curmudgeons, and Vigilantes 239 13. The Panopticon: See the Bars, Rattle the Cage 265 Recommended Reading 279 Notes 281 Index 313 The Author 329
£15.29
Cornell University Press The Transformation of Central Asia
Book SynopsisWith the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, former Communist Party leaders in Central Asia were faced with the daunting task of building states where they previously had not existed: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan...Trade ReviewDuring the long period of communist control of Central Asia, this region was treated largely as a peripheral part of the Soviet Union. Consequently, despite its rich culture and historical achievements, the region received scant scholarly attention in the West. The downfall of the Soviet Union and the subsequent independence of the former Soviet republics elevated Central Asia from obscurity in the West, and the region has been catapulted... into the forefront of the 'war against terrorism.'... All chapters of this book are well informed and create a united whole.... Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. * Choice *Luong and her colleagues challenge basic assumptions said to have guided earlier studies of Central Asia: that the Soviet system only superficially penetrated traditional cultural norms and organizations, that Islam was a force waiting to be unleashed, and that the Central Asian republics were more colonies than an integral part of the Soviet Union. In a series of detailed essays examining the situation of women, the role of nongovernmental organizations, center-regional relations, and the place of culture and language, the contributors contend that the Soviet legacy looms large, regional divisions rather than clans or tribes define the political arena, leaders exploit rather than subscribe to pre-Soviet traditions, and Islam is tamed and localized. -- Robert Levgold * Foreign Affairs *
£97.20
Cornell University Press Merit
Book SynopsisThe idea that citizens' advancement should depend exclusively on merit, on qualities that deserve reward rather than on bloodlines or wire-pulling, was among the Founding ideals of the American republic, Joseph F. Kett argues in this book.Trade ReviewHistorian Kett (Univ. of Virginia) provides a wide-ranging history of the idea of merit, tracing its shaping of the US over the course of three centuries. Much has been written about the importance of 'equality' and 'consent' to the American experience; comparatively, 'merit' has been overlooked. For Kett, the US was 'born meritorious,' as advancement by merit was a pillar belief of American revolutionaries.... Summing Up: Recommended. -- M.G. Spencer * Choice *"Kett's dense and detailed history argues that the ideal of merit was vital to the founding and development of the United States... This ambitious and wide-ranging book is an apt complement to such indispensable studies of the subject... " —Darrin M. McMahon * The Journal of Interdisciplinary History *Kett's history of decision making about talent is consistently strong and readable.... The bittersweet legacy for American history is a partial triumph of meritocracy. There is a perennial tension in attempts to reconcile equality and excellence. Setting asside abuses of blatant favoritism, a typical situaion is as thus: whether in admission to an academically selective college, in selecting candidates for a judgeship or cabinet position, in being hired as a CEO, or in choosing an award-winning book, the social fact is that often most applicants are qualified, perhaps highly qualified. The corollary is that even talented people can be left out in high-stakes competition. That may not be the way of the world, but as Kett's excellent book documents, it is the American way. -- John R. Thelin * The Journal of Southern History *The young American republic seemed a nation peculiarly conducive to recognizing merit, or a 'quality deserving reward' in public life. Here Kett traces the evolution of this ideal from the revolution forward, pointing out how merit frequently clashed with other ideals such as equality.... He succeeds in a tightrope performance, tying what seem disparate phenomena together in a frequently delightful narrative..... Kett’s book has opened new historical avenues. * Library Journal *This book provides a veritable treasure trove of historical anecdotes, facts, statistics, and studies relating to American educational history and its intersections with American political history. The book is impressively researched throughout and provides a number of insightful suggestions at the intersections of American political history/theory and educational history/theory. For these reasons, Kett's book should prove valuable to a wide range of scholars of American political thought, including both historians and political scientists. -- S. Adam Seagrave * Political Science Quarterly *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Faces of Merit1. Republic of Merit2. Merit and the Culture of Public Life3. Small Worlds: Competition in the Colleges4. Making the Grade: Managed Competition and Schooling5. The Scientific Measurement of Merit6. The "Presumption of Merit": Institutionalizing Merit7. Squeeze Play: Merit in Government8. Merit in CrisisEpilogue: Merit, Equality, ConsentNotes Index
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Cornell University Press Emperor of the World
Book SynopsisExploring how the historical memory of Charlemagne was used to shape the institutions of kingship and empire in the High Middle Ages.Trade ReviewCharlemagne holds a cardinal place in the collective imagination of medieval politics. The character has been reinterpereted throughout the centuries depending on the different causes his figure has been used to support.... Consequently, certain hypotheses are transformed too quickly into facts. Anne Latowsky questions the validity of one of the most ingrained certainties: that the figure of Charlemagne was used to promote the idea of crusade and feed the fervor of crusaders.... We can only hope that she will complete this provoking work by returning to the vernacular sources of her initial project. * Annales *In her superb new book... Latowsky contributes to a broader literature that has recently begun to reexamine and rethink the remembrance of Charlemagne and the Carolingians in the West.... Over the course of her study, Latowsky deftly reveals the ways that this apocalyptic discourse [surrounding the fabled Last Emperor, prophesied by the ancient sibylline tradition to reunite East and West and herald the end of time itself] was merged with the foreign embassy motif, and how this striking hybrid enabled the expression, ranging from praise to polemic, of ideas about rulership and the nature of the political. * American Historical Review *Latowsky untangles the complicated processes of projection and reception whereby legend was transformed into ideology to become a significant and contested theme in cultural history. The results are original and illuminating. They also raise timely questions about methodology and interdisciplinarity which will be of interest to all medievalists whatever their affiliations in university departments. * H-France Review *Latowsky's detailed analyses of the refashioning of Charlemagne’s figure and the construction of his fictive journey to the East shows convincingly how ideological needs and changes in political contexts lead to an adaptation of a powerful narrative over the course of four centuries. Her careful untangling of the sources as well as the readjusting of the historiographically accepted image of Charlemagne as a crusader 'avant la lettre’ shows how profitably her book fits into the contemporary scholarly questioning of historical narratives as cultural and political constructs in light of global history, for the image of Charlemagne continues to be adapted even today. * The Journal of Medieval Latin 24 *Latowsky's efforts to enrich our understanding of what the motif of Charlemagne in the East meant to medieval writers, and to insist on the relevance of the empire to this story, are successful and constitute an important addition to the field. One of the particular virtues of her work is her ability to combine close readings of literary texts with sensitive appreciation of the historical contexts that produced them, without reducing the literary texts to a simple reflection of political policies.... She has.... provided a nuanced new perspective on a very old legend, one that encourages her readers to appreciate the multivalent responses that the figure of Charlemagne evoked in the medieval German empire. * German Studies Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Carolingian Origins 2. Relics from the East 3. Benzo of Alba's Parallel Signs 4. In Praise of Frederick Barbarossa 5. The Emperor's Charlemagne 6. "Charlemagne and the East" in France Epilogue: The Remains of CharlemagneBibliography Index
£999.99
Cornell University Press Qatar
Book SynopsisThe Persian Gulf state of Qatar has fewer than 2 million inhabitants, virtually no potable water, and has been an independent nation only since 1971. Yet its enormous oil and gas wealth has permitted the ruling al Thani family to exert a disproportionately large influence on regional and even international politics. Qatar is, as Mehran Kamrava...Trade Review"Mehran Kamrava, a well-known expert on the middle East and the Persian Gulf, continues to contribute immensely to the intellectual life of Doha where he has been working since the establishment of Centre for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University's School of Forgein Service in Qatar.Therefore, his book entitled Qatar: Small State, Big Politics came as no surprise and indeed is very much welcome." -Erdem Tuncer, Perceptions: Jounral of International Affairs(Fall 2013) "In this impressive book, Mehran Kamrava addresses the remarkable phenomenon of tiny Qatar and whether or not it is likely to become a major regional force. Crucially, he sets Qatar apart from its other resource-rich monarchical neighbors by placing necessary emphasis on its emerging foreign policy."-Christopher M. Davidson, Durham University, author of After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies "This very well-written book uses Qatar as a vehicle to discuss big ideas like the nature of power, state autonomy, and high modernism."-F. Gregory Gause, University of Vermont, author of Oil Monarchies "Mehran Kamrava, who is an established authority on the Persian Gulf, has generated the most readable and analytically rich studies of this subregion with great consistency. It is good to see him turn his sharp eye toward the subregion's most interesting state actor today-namely Qatar. In his brilliant new book on this small but economically dynamic Gulf state, Kamrava provides the reader with a comprehensive analysis of this country's power pyramid and the policy imperatives of its modernizing elite alongside a full analysis of the essence of its 'subtle power,' indeed 'soft power,' as he maps what he calls Doha's 'hyperactive' diplomacy and regional conduct. This book will excite even the keenest observer of the Gulf for its ability to delve deep while also painting the most intricate conceptual canvass for Qatar's 'moment in history.' Honestly, I read it cover to cover and enjoyed learning something new from its every page! Kamrava never fails to deliver."-Anoush Ehteshami, author of Dynamics of Change in the Persian Gulf: Political Economy, War and RevolutionTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Setting the Stage2. The Subtle Powers of a Small State3. Foreign Policy and Power Projection4. The Stability of Royal Autocracy5. State Capacity and High Modernism6. Qatar's Moment in HistoryNotesBibliographyIndex
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MB - Cornell University Press Survival Migration
Book SynopsisBetts develops the concept of "survival migration" to highlight the recent phenomenon of people fleeing failed or fragile states that are unable or unwilling to ensure their basic rights.Trade ReviewOverall, due to its inter-disciplinarity, the author's clear writing style, and a balancedassessment of competing and relevant perspectives, Survival Migration: FailedGovernance and the Crisis of Displacement is convincing as well as very accessible to adiverse readership. -- Hannah Baumeister * International Journal of Refugee Law *This book is a brilliant and valuable contribution to international norm and refugee literature. It should most certainly be closely studied not only by humanitarian practitioners, but by all students of international relations and global governance. -- Catherine Weaver * European Political Science *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Survival Migration2. The National Politics of International Institutions3. South Africa: The Ad Hoc Response to the Zimbabwean Influx4. Botswana: The Division of Zimbabweans into Refugees and Migrants5. Angola: The Expulsion of the Congolese6. Tanzania: The Paradoxical Response to Congolese from South Kivu7. Kenya: Humanitarian Containment and the Somalis8. Yemen: Contrasting Responses to Somalis and Ethiopians9. Improving the Refugee Protection RegimeConclusion: Implementation MattersNotes References Index
£22.39
MB - Cornell University Press Empires Twin
Book SynopsisEmpire's Twin broadens our conception of anti-imperialist actors, ideas, and actions; it charts this story across the range of American history, from the Revolution to our own era; and it opens up the transnational and global dimensions of American anti-imperialism.Trade ReviewThis rich and provocativeargument invites wide-ranging conversationabout variations and disjunctions in thehistory of anti-imperialism.... The result is anengaging collection that advances our understanding in part through its productively untidy scope. -- Mary A. Renda * Journal of American History *Empire's Twin is an admirable collection of research with insightful conclusions that manages to cover succinctly a great deal of information. It is a noteworthy and necessary start to a trend in historiography that will hopefully begin to place American anti-imperialism alongside American imperialism in importance. -- Alex Bryne, University of Nottingham * History: Journal of the Historical Association *Table of ContentsIntroduction by Ian Tyrrell and Jay SextonPart I. Conquest and Anticolonialism in the Nineteenth Century1. Imperialism and Nationalism in the Early American Republic by Peter S. Onuf2. Native Americans against Empire and Colonial Rule by Jeffrey Ostler3. "The Imperialism of the Declaration of Independence" in the Civil War Era by Jay SextonPart II. Anti-Imperialism and the New American Empire4. Anti-imperialism in the U.S. Territories after 1898 by Julian Go5. U.S. Anti-imperialism and the Mexican Revolution by Alan Knight6. Anti-imperialism, Missionary Work, and the King-Crane Commission by Ussama MakdisiPart III. The Extent and Limits of Anti-Imperialism7. Global Anti-imperialism in the Age of Wilson by Erez Manela8. Feminist Historiography, Anti-imperialism, and the Decolonial by Patricia A. Schechter9. Resource Use, Conservation, and the Environmental Limits of Anti-imperialism, c. 1890–1930 by Ian TyrrellPart IV. Anti-Imperialism in the Age of American Power10. Promoting American Anti-imperialism in the Early Cold War by Laura A. Belmonte11. Ruling-Class Anti-imperialism in the Era of the Vietnam War by Robert Buzzanco12. Whither American Anti-imperialism in a Postcolonial World? by Ian Tyrrell and Jay SextonNotes Contributors Index
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