The role of transportation in the industrial revolution

Addressing the question of why the Industrial Revolution occurred first in England, Rick Szostak demonstrates the crucial role played by the development of a nation-wide network of land and water transport. He rejects revisionist arguments that downplay the significance of transportation to the I...

In business for ourselves

In Business for Ourselves is the first book of case studies to focus exclusively on small businesses in the Canadian north. Drawing from her research on a broad range of eco-nomic activities, Wanda Wuttunee profiles fifteen businesses operating successfully in northern Alberta, the Yukon, and the...

Reclaiming democracy

Building on the ideas of Gregory Baum and Kari Polanyi Levitt, whose contributions as public intellectuals committed to social justice span almost five decades, Reclaiming Democracy features discussions by eminent scholars about social ethics, political economy, and democracy. Culled from the pap...

Natural resources

Getting it right

The federal government established the Department of Regional Economic Expansion (DREE) in 1969 and, four years later, released it from the traditional Ottawa-based departmental mould when it initiated a bold new decentralized approach to DREE's operations. DREE was dissolved in 1982 and replaced...

All the difference

All the Difference is the story of one man's work in the vast international effort since World War II to raise standards of living in less developed countries; an effort in which all member countries of the United Nations have to some extent been involved. In the opening chapter Benjamin Higgins ...

The more moderate side of joseph de maistre

The conventional image of French polemicist and diplomat Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821) is that of a theocrat and a proto-fascist. Cara Camcastle challenges this by considering his unpublished memoirs, memoranda, diplomatic correspondence, and letters. In an analysis of his ideas on political econ...

To make a difference

A story about building a meaningful life through family, work, and community.

The ignorance explosion

The author reveals the darker side of Western society's adoption of, and adaptation to, modern technology. Despite his portrayal of an increasingly complex, artificial and dehumanized technological environment, Lukasiewicz writes with humour and humanism and makes an enlightening contribution to ...

Corporate autonomy and institutional control

Douglas Stevens believes that the balance between corporate autonomy and institutional control is a central issue in the management of Crown corporations. In Corporate Autonomy and Institutional Control he investigates the effects of various organization designs on this balance, taking into accou...

On the political economy of social democracy

The late J.C. Weldon is recognized as one of North America's most respected economists. The twelve papers selected by Allen Fenichel and Sidney Ingerman highlight Weldon's investigation of the economic foundation of social democratic theory and policy as well as his examination of the role of the...

The price of leisure

Iso 9001 registration for small and medium-sized software enterprises

This book provides an inexpensive and comprehensive approach to ISO 9001 registration. The book is for executives, quality managers, and project leaders of small and medium-sized software development organizations. The book assists executives, quality managers and project leaders to: reduce the t...

Regional mobility and resource development in west africa

Growth and the canadian economy

Reviewing several theories of economic growth, the contributors discuss a wide range of policy suggestions. The liveliness of their thought disproves the old maxim that economics is the "dismal science."

Old age pensions and policy-making in canada

Old age pensions have been a recurring issue in Canadian politics since the beginning of the twentieth century and now have more government resources devoted to them than to any other single public program. For these reasons the author has selected old age pensions as a case study on the politics...

The integrated circus

In The Integrated Circus Patricia Marchak examines the relationship between the emergence of the New Right and the development of a global marketplace after the Second World War. Focusing on the political organization and neo-conservative ideologies of the New Right, Marchak scrutinizes the conne...

Canadian economic history

This seminal collection contains formative articles on Canadian economic history by W.A. Mackintosh, Mel Watkins, and Harold Innis as well as thirteen more current contributions. These essays frame the classic staples thesis in terms of its significance and applications for the field while drawin...

Keynesian economics

Quotations for the fast lane

A indispensable reference for finding the right thing to say at the right time.

Changing structure of the western economy

Mainstream growth economists and capital theorists

A necessary assessment of modern growth theories within a historical context.

Economic theory, welfare, and the state

J.C. Weldon was a superb analyst with a deep, abiding interest in economic, social, and political problems. This collection of papers, written in honour of his memory, examines a number of the issues that went to make up his wide ranging professional interests.

Driving continentally

The papers in this collection provide important new material on this industry in crisis which is critical to the economies of the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The authors examine major changes in the industry, and how government policies in the three countries have promoted, protected and shaped it.