Innovation, science, environment 06/07, 2006-2007

This first volume in the Innovation, Science, Environment series examines a range of ISE policy priorities, from the broader areas of federal/provincial and city/community involvement in these fields to the international dimensions that influence Canadian politics and governance.

Changing canada

Changing Canada examines political transformations, welfare state restructuring, international boundaries and contexts, the new urban experience, and creative resistance.

Crisis, challenge and change

Canada in the soviet mirror

This is an original, thoroughly researched account of the image of Canada in Soviet writings - political, jounalistic and academic - over the entire course of Soviet history. A study of the role of ideology in Soviet foreign affairs, the book traces the influence of an adjusting Marxist-Leninist ...

North atlantic triangle

Image-building in canadian municipalities

How cities use image-building to define themselves to the world.

Ethics in public service

Specialists from the U.S., Canada, Britain, Australia and Sweden focus on topics from the field of public service ethics. They cover promotion of ethics, the teaching of ethics, freedom of information, trade unions, protection of human rights and legal aspects of public service ethics.

Tax, borrow and spend

Letting the people decide

Letting the People Decide is an account of the 1988 Canadian federal election its dynamics and its place in history. The authors analyse the election in terms of both the final result and the campaign dynamics that produced that result. They place the election in context as one in a century of el...

The rowell-sirois report

Regulating flexibility

A timely analysis of employment standards legislation that calls for a new approach to labour market regulation.

Shall we dance?

A proposal for renewed political dialogue in Canada that would realise the common good by giving a significant place to conversation as a means of reconciling our conflicts.

The flight of the wild oats

Making public transport work

An examination of urban and intercity transport, looking at the changes that need to be made to give transit renewed life.

Politics in high latitudes

Canada, latin america, and the new internationalism

Post-war Canadian foreign policy has been characterized by two enduring themes - an ongoing commitment to multilateralism on the one hand, and a substantial commitment to continentalism on the other. In the early 1970s the post-war structures for international politics and economics entered a per...

The practice of fiscal federalism, vol. 4

Leading scholars and practitioners examine constitutional design and taxing, spending, and regulatory responsibilities at the federal, state/provincial, and local/municipal levels in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and the Un...

Dialogues on constitutional origins, structure, and change in federal countries, vol. 1

An exploration of the origins, structure, and change of twelve federal constitutions.

Autonomy in subnational income taxes

Subnational tax autonomy is a cornerstone of a viable system of fiscal federalism. The underlying principle is that spending by constituent units in a federal or quasi federal country is paid for by revenues that are under the control of that unit. Economists recommend that the taxation base rema...

Recounting migration

Millions of citizens from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been killed or displaced during decades of political corruption and military conflict. Many forced migrants are young people, who are often seen either as passive victims or as radicalized and amoral child soldiers perpetuating...

The world in canada

Just as Canada is increasingly at home in the world, the world is increasingly finding a home in Canada. The World in Canada confronts three questions: What are the implications of the dramatic and sustained shift in the Canadian ethnic mosaic for foreign policy? In what ways do diasporas influen...

Canada among nations, 1990-91

This is the seventh volume on Canada in international affairs produced by The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University .As in the past, the book is organized around the most recent calendar year and contains an analysis and assessment of Canadian foreign policies as ...

Towards a canada-quebec union

Dialogues on distribution of powers and responsibilities in federal countries, booklet 2 english

An exploration of the distribution of powers and responsibilities in eleven federal systems.

Independent foreign policy for canada?

Guide des pays fédéraux, 2005

Depuis plus de deux siècles, le fédéralisme montre comment les gens peuvent vivre ensemble tout en conservant leur diversité. Le Guide des pays fédéraux, 2005 perpétue la tradition amorcée par l'édition de 2002; il se fonde sur les travaux de Ronald Watts et de Daniel Elazar et les met à jour, of...

Policy governance in multi-level systems

An examination of trends towards increasing state-society partnerships and intergovernmental collaboration in the face of global economic restructuring.

Dialogues on diversity and unity in federal countries

These lively, timely, and accessible dialogues on federal systems provide the reader with highlights of each topic, serving as an entry point to the corresponding book, which offers a more in depth, comprehensive exploration of the theme. Whether you are a student or teacher of federalism, workin...

Divided loyalties: canadian concepts of federalism

Considerations on france

The present translation of Considérations sur la France is made from the critical French edition of R. de Johannet and F. Vermale (Paris: Vrin, 1936), which in turn is based on Maistre's own corrected edition of 1821.

Interregional migration and public policy in canada

Given Canada's vast geography and uneven distribution of economic activity, almost all Canadians have at one time or another faced the question of whether an interprovincial move would make them better off.

Canadian foreign policy, 1955-1965

This volume documents the decade in which Canada's influence on world affairs was at its apex, and contains speeches and writings of Lester B. Pearson, Sydney Smith, Howard C. Green and Paul Martin.

Canada among nations, 1992-93

Contemporary majority nationalism

For many years nationalism has been associated with political demands by minority nations that challenge the rights of the central state. However, over the last two decades many works have challenged this perspective, arguing that nationalism - as a political phenomenon - is likely to emerge amon...

Canadian confederation

The Canadian federal system is a product of a complex decision taken by the Fathers of Confederation in the 1860s. That decision, the political elite who took it, and the milieu in which it was taken are the focus of this volume.

In pursuit of the public good

In this collection of essays, leading experts in the field of public policy discuss some of the main issues confronting Canadians as we approach a new century: Do we need less government or more? Is the retreat of government in fact serving the public good? Can our political parties provide effec...

The three pillars of public management

Written especially for the public sector but applicable far beyond it, The Three Pillars of Public Management offers government managers insights that, for the first time, speak directly to their situation. Unlike other management books that promote fads and private-sector models or focus on poli...

Elections in dangerous places

From Afghanistan and Iraq to Haiti, Cote d'Ivoire, and Egypt, ill-timed, fraudulent, or poorly managed elections have led to discord, violence, and even regime change. While much of the international community views elections as a critical milestone in the stabilization of war-torn societies, Ele...

Public budgeting in canada

Nouvelles directions

A diplomacy of hope

A Diplomacy of Hope is the first comprehensive survey of the history of Canadian diplomacy in the area of arms control and disarmament. Taking much of their information from Canadian archival sources, Albert Legault and Michel Fortmann cover all major negotiations on arms control and disarmament ...

Citizenship, diversity, and pluralism

Citizenship has both a vertical and a horizontal dimension. The vertical links individuals to the state by reinforcing the idea that it is "their" state - that they are full members of an ongoing association that is expected to survive the passing generations. Accordingly their relation to the st...

Trojan-horse aid

A frank account about Andean aid that asks development workers to leave their hubris and Western recipes at home.

How ottawa spends, 1993-1994

How ottawa spends, 1992-1993

This volume is the thirteenth in the series on federal government spending and policy performance compiled by Carleton University's School of Public Administration. This year's edition considers the politics of competitiveness - the ways in which international forces and trends pose particular ch...

A sovereign idea

Bringing together the best of Reg Whitaker's essays on democracy, federalism, and the state, A Sovereign Idea will be essential reading for anyone interested in the rise of the idea of democracy in Canada. The essays, each in its own way, are an attempt to discover how a more democratic Canada ca...

How ottawa spends, 1991-1992

This volume is the twelfth in the series on federal government spending and policy performance compiled by Carleton University's School of Public Administration. This edition assesses the future of Canada in the post-Meech, post-free trade era. Four articles concentrate on the increasing fragment...

Going to war?

A multi-disciplinary study on wartime decision-making, with a focus on how Canada and its allies engage in conflict.

Rules and unruliness

A ground-breaking study of how governments both regulate and fail to regulate the economy and society.

From peacekeeping to peacemaking

From Peacekeeping to Peacemaking provides the first extensive examination of Canada's response to the recent disintegration of the Federal State of Yugoslavia. Nicholas Gammer reflects on how Canadian foreign policy was made and on the role of the prime minister in this decisionmaking, showing th...

Governance in a changing environment

Fiscal cutbacks, the public's declining confidence in government, and new ideologies are forcing the public sector in industrialized democracies to undertake major reforms. In these essays contributing authors examine changes to the political and economic environment and the ways in which governm...

Role quests in the post-cold war era

Role Quests in the Post-Cold War Era examines the question of foreign policy change through a comparative analysis of the Great Powers' reactions to the transformations in international relations after the Cold War. Contributors describe and explain the efforts of the United States, the Soviet Un...

Governance in the twenty-first century

Numerous administrative reforms during the past several decades, referred to as the "New Public Management," have altered government in a number of fundamental ways. These changes have, in turn, produced the need for even greater change if the public sector is to be capable of governing efficient...

Governing the poor

Why have billions of dollars in aid failed to end poverty?

State traditions and language regimes

Original and provocative analyses of how state traditions inform language policy choices in Asia, Europe, and North America.

Urban aboriginal policy making in canadian municipalities

The majority of Aboriginal people in Canada - First Nations, Inuit, and Métis - live in urban areas. Public policy making concerning urban Aboriginal people is, however, complex, complicated by geographic variation, and varies greatly in both quality and quantity from municipality to municipality...

Judicial power and canadian democracy

The role the courts should play in Canada's political system is a long-simmering issue. Ever since the Charter of Rights and Freedoms came into effect in 1982, Canada's courts have been empowered to strike down any legislation held to contravene Canadians' basic rights. While any number of court ...

Between principle and practice

Between Principle and Practice examines the human rights diplomacy of Canada, the Netherlands, and Norway, all prosperous industrial democracies with an international reputation for protesting human rights abuses, from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. David Gillies reveals that even these countr...

Trade, industrial policy, and international competition, second edition

An economic prescription for Canada.

Cyber-diplomacy

The authors in Cyber-Diplomacy look at the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) as a case study of a foreign ministry that has had to make considerable adjustments in recent years - in the management of its CIT infrastructure; in the impact of communications and ...

Canada among nations, 2011-2012

Why Mexico matters to Canada now more than ever and how we can leverage our strategic relationship.

The pursuit of division

The topic of equity policies and identity politics in Canada is at the forefront of public and media discussion, and Martin Loney adds fuel to the fire. In The Pursuit of Division he provides a provocative critique of recent government policies with respect to race, gender, and preferential hirin...

Island enclaves

An examination of the unique governance of islands and their role in contemporary global politics.

Parliamentary privilege in canada, second edition

The body of law entitled "parliamentary privilege" was developed to permit the full unfettered and effective operation of a democratically elected legislative body charged collectively with acting on behalf of and in the interest of the people of Canada. Intended to assist Members of Parliament a...

This kindred people

At the end of the nineteenth century lingering notions of anglophobia and "Manifest Destiny" caused Americans to look upon the British colony to the north as a dangerous and unnatural entity. At the same time many Canadians used the familiar ideas of Loyalism, imperialism, and anti-Americanism to...

A capitol idea

A Capitol Idea reveals the extent to which think tanks in the United States have become active and vocal participants in the foreign policy-making process. In this timely exploration, Donald Abelson re-evaluates the role of these complex organizations and looks at how political influence is achie...

Le privilege parliamentaire au canada

Interests of state

Leslie Pal explores a phenomenon unique to Canadian politics - the direct funding of advocacy groups by the government - and makes a significant contribution to the debate on the role of the state in shaping society. Focusing on groups concerned with the official languages, multiculturalism, and ...

Foreign relations in federal countries

This fifth book in the Global Dialogue series explores foreign policy in federal countries, which often varies among such countries and differs considerably from that of unitary countries. Foreign policy has traditionally been the responsibility of central governments. In countries with a unitary...

Disaster risk and vulnerability

Why communities and institutions need to work together to reduce disaster risk.

Sites of governance

A rare glimpse into the world of public policy making in Canada's major cities.

How ottawa spends, 1995-1996

Patriotic elaborations

How an understanding of dialogue supports original approaches to politics, ethics, religion, and aesthetics.

Patchworks of purpose

In Patchworks of Purpose Gerard Boychuk asserts that Canada does not have one social assistance system but rather ten variants that reflect the particular policy goals of each province. He argues that provincial assistance regimes have followed significantly distinct paths in their historical dev...

Dialogues on legislative and executive governance in federal countries, booklet 3 english

The third booklet in a series to explore the topic of legislative, executive and judicial governance in eleven federal countries.

Designing government

An examination of the tools used by today's government to achieve legitimacy, effectiveness, and accountability.

The future of nato

In this collection the leading authorities address the complexity of present day NATO, its inherent contradictions, and its current direction. The authors reflect on the significance of these issues for the alliance's future prospects, for Russia, and for European security generally.

Canada among nations, 1996

Canada is a relatively small player on the world scene, but is still big enough to be heard. The theme of this year's volume of Canada Among Nations is the need for choices in Canadian foreign policy. In an environment of fiscal constraint, the necessity of choice is related to establishing prior...

Canada and the oas

This book traces the developing relationship between Canada and the oas (Organization of American States) and the pau (Pan American Union) before Canada's accession to full membership in the former organization in 1989.

Market rules

Federalism is about dividing and sharing government, often in complex ways that involve some tasks being done jointly. Are federal systems capable of effective joint policy-making? Is this possible in the fast-moving context of globalization? In Market Rules Douglas Brown examines these questions...

How ottawa spends, 2012-2013

A critical examination of the federal government policy agenda in the context of Canada's opposition power structure and the global debt crisis.

Le pari de la franchise

Le Canada n'avait pas connu de politicien de la trempe de Stéphane Dion depuis Pierre Trudeau. Ses réponses cinglantes aux déclarations du Premier ministre Lucien Bouchard sur la séparation ont rendu les souverainistes furieux. Et ses discours ont étonné les commentateurs, toutes tendances politi...

How ottawa spends, 2006-2007

The priorities of the Harper government analyzed in the context of the policies of the defeated Liberal minority government.

Beyond quebec

Samuel Koteliansky (1880-1955) fled the pogroms of Russia in 1911 and established himself as a friend of many of Britain's literati and intellectuals, who were fascinated by his homeland's more civilized side: the Ballets Russes, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov. Kot, as he was known, soon became...

State and society in transition

Examining the process of state formation as it occurred in the Eastern Townships of Quebec following the unification of Upper and Lower Canada, J.I. Little argues that institutional reform was not simply imposed by the government but the result of a complex process of interaction between the stat...

Des pouvoirs et des hommes

The development of Montreal's municipal administration has remained largely unexamined. In Des pouvoirs et des hommes Michèle Dagenais takes a close look at the transformation on municipal administration in the first half of the twentieth century, painting a vivid picture of political patronage a...

God's assassins

Between 1976 and 1983 an estimated 30,000 Argentines "disappeared" under the military junta. Most were imprisoned and tortured before being murdered by the military. In the two years preceding 1976, another 2,000 were assassinated by paramilitary death squads loosely organized by the Argentine go...

Health care federalism in canada

Rethinking the future of health care in Canada.

Local government and metropolitan regions in federal systems

Examining the various functions of local governments.

Sober reflections

Alcohol policies reflect conflicting ideological, social, health, and commercial agendas. Sober Reflections describes the development of alcohol policies at the national level and in Alberta, Quebec, and Ontario between 1980 and 2000. Using qualitative research methods, the essays examine the rol...

New directions

The worldwide trade and payments system is becoming increasingly competitive, a trend which presents certain opportunities and challenges for Canada's trade-dependent economy. This book is a collection of five papers prepared by the Policy Staff of Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and Inter...

Tolerant allies

The first detailed behind-the-scenes look at Canada-US relations during the turbulent 1960s, Tolerant Allies draws extensively on recently declassified Canadian and American sources to explore the most important political, economic, and military elements in the bilateral relationship during the 1...

City-regions in prospect?

Essays exploring the prospects of the city-region.

Women, peace, and security

Greater participation by women in peace negotiations, policy-making, and legal decision-making would have a lasting impact on conflict resolution, development, and the maintenance of peace in post-conflict zones. Women, Peace, and Security lays the groundwork for this enhanced participation, draw...

Constitutional dynamics in federal systems

How sub-national constitutions influence constitutional change and adaptation in federations.

Neoliberal governance and health

A critical dissection of the politics of health in neoliberal society.

Constitutional politics in multinational democracies

In Constitutional Politics in Multinational Democracies the editors bring together experts on multinational democracies to analyze the claims of minority nations about their political future, and the responses they elicit through constitutional politics.