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For the first time, Jacques Parizeau shares his views on Quebec's recent history and its future. As chief economics advisor to Quebec premiers in the 1960s, Jacques Parizeau was instrumental in bringing about Quebe's Quiet Revolution. As René Lévesque's Finance Minister...
Editeur :
Baraka Books
Parution :
2010-05-10
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The global food crisis is a stark reminder of the fragility of the global food system. The Global Food Crisis: Governance Challenges and Opportunities captures the debate about how to go forward and examines the implications of the crisis for food security in the...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2009-09-30
Collection :
Studies in International Governance
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In the post-NAFTA era, Canada and Mexico face dramatic and irreversible changes from the Bush revolution in foreign public policy, the rising economic power of China and India, new concerns about border security and human rights, and the trends of economic integration....
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2008-10-10
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Exploring a variety of topics—including health, politics, education, art, literature, media, and film—Aboriginal Canada Revisited draws a portrait of the current political and cultural position of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples. While lauding improvements made in the past...
Editeur :
University of Ottawa Press
Parution :
2008-09-13
ePub
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Political commentator and public policy analyst Gilles Paquet examines the benefits and drawbacks of Canada's multiculturalism policy. He rejects the current policy which perpetuates difference and articulates a model for Canadian transculturalism, a more fluid...
Editeur :
University of Ottawa Press
Parution :
2008-04-22
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Canada is a prosperous country, but this prosperity is being stressed by demographics, pressures on the public purse, and low productivity growth. To maintain the nation's high quality of life, prosperity must increase while remaining sustainable. Combining Tom...
Editeur :
University of Ottawa Press
Parution :
2008-01-22
ePub
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Australia, Canada, and Ireland are all engaged in questions of multiculturalism and in the politics of recognition and reconciliation, the opportunities and pressures of geographic regionalism, shifts in political agendas associated with the impact of neo-liberalism,...
Editeur :
University of Ottawa Press
Parution :
2007-10-15
ePub
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Border security has been high on public-policy agendas in Europe and North America since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York City and on the headquarters of the American military in Washington DC. Governments are now confronted with...
Editeur :
University of Ottawa Press
Parution :
2007-05-05
ePub
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Looking After Children is an assessment and planning approach for children and youth in out of home care, first developed in the UK, and since 1997 adapted and used increasingly in Canada, particularly in Ontario. The approach is developmental and strengths based. The...
Editeur :
University of Ottawa Press
Parution :
2007-03-01
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This thoroughgoing study of international secretariats might be entitled "What the International Civil Servant Really Does," as opposed to what he or she should do or is believed to do. The author interviewed international officials, studied the documents of the...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2006-01-01
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In 1911 one of every three Canadians lived in urban areas; today three out of four do. This growth has raised serious issues in urban government: How should power and authority be distributed among differing, often competing, urban interests? How can municipal...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2006-01-01
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Suffering from a divided membership, the United Nations is at a crossroads, unable to assure human or national security. The UN has been criticized as irrelevant by its most—and least—powerful members alike because it can’t reach consensus on how to respond to...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2006-01-01
Collection :
Studies in International Governance
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Almost twenty years ago, conceptual work began in the United Kingdom on what was to become the international Looking After Children initiative. Looking After Children has had a profound influence on child welfare in Canada and some fifteen other countries, including the...
Editeur :
University of Ottawa Press
Parution :
2005-09-14
ePub
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Many scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers in the cultural sector argue that Canadian cultural policy is at a crossroads: that the environment for cultural policy-making has evolved substantially and that traditional rationales for state intervention no longer...
Editeur :
University of Ottawa Press
Parution :
2005-03-30
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