Recently Released Political Books
Canadian History for Dummies, second edition, by Will Ferguson, John Wiley and Sons Ltd., 502 Pages, $29.99. From the back cover: “Full of great Canadian quotes and quips, this book takes you on a tour of the characters, cultures and conflicts that together tell Canada’s story. From the Seven Years’ War to Paul Martin’s coup […]
Recently Released Political Books
Designing Government: From Instruments to Governance edited by Pearl Eliadis, Margaret M. Hill and Michael Howlett, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 458 Pages, $32.95. Blurb on the back cover: “Designing Government brings together leading experts to examine the ‘instrument choice’ perspective on government and public policy over the past two decades. Contributors from several countries explore issues […]
Recently released books
Strengthening Canadian Democracy, edited by Paul Howe, Richard Johnston and André Blais, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 361 Pages, $75. From the back cover: “At a time of rising political discontent and declining voter turnout, the basic structures and principles of Canadian democracy are being scrutinized as never before by governments and citizens alike. Since 1999, under […]
Former Library of Parliament researcher now a crime writer
Tom Curran, above, pen name Thomas Rendell Curran, (and who looks an awful lot like Canadian actor Colm Feore), worked as a senior researcher and writer at the Library of Parliament’s Research Branch for about 23 years, primarily writing briefing papers for Parliamentarians. He also worked with committees of the House and Senate on a […]
Recently Released Political Books
Geopolitical Integrity edited by Hugh Segal, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 336 pages, $29.95. From the back cover: “This collection of essays consolidates a portion of IRPP’s contribution to a topic of critical importance in Canada: the nature of a renewed commitment to our military, our national security and our engagement in the world. The editor, Hugh […]
Recently Released Political Books
A Tragedy Revealed: The Story of Italians From Istria, Dalmatia and Venezia Giulia, 1943-1956, by Arrigo Petacco, translated byKonrad Eisenbichler, University of Toronto Press, $45, 141 pages. Back page blurb: “Until recently, a great silence lay over one of the most wrenching human tragedies of modern Italy.” Baby Boomer, Health Dynamics: How Are We Aging? […]
Upcoming Book Release: May 26
The Collapse of Globalism and the Reinvention of the World, by John Ralston Saul, Viking Canada, 320 pages, $36. Blurb: “With his sophisticated international perspective and blunt freedom from cant, John Ralston Saul offers a promising persona for the future: the intellectual as man of the world.” –Camille Paglia, The Washington Post
Library Books
1. Improving the Odds: Employment, Disability and Public Programs in Canada by Cameron Crawford. Toronto: Roeher Institute, 2004. 236 P. 2. Educational Outcomes for the Canadian Workplace: New Frameworks for Policy and Research by Jane S. Gaskell. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004. 240 P. 3. The Canadian Federal-provincial Equalization Regime: An Assessment by Alex […]
Library Books
1. Introduction au siècle des menaces, by Jacques Blamont. Paris : Odile Jacob, 2004. 555 P. 2. Politics of Nature: How to Bring the Sciences Into Democracy, by Bruno Latour. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2004. 307 P. 3. Politics of Forests: Northern Forest-industrial Regimes in the Age of Globalization, by Ari Aukusti Lehtinen. Burlington, […]
Recently released Political Books
Re-imagining Policing in Canada, edited by Dennis Cooley, University of Toronto Press, 337 pages, $35. The Great Dominion: Winston Churchill in Canada, 1900-1954, by David Dilks, Thomas Allen Publishers, 472 pages, $45. The New American Militarism: How Americans are Seduced by War, by Andrew J. Bacevich, Oxford University Press, 270 pages, $37.95. Repression and Resistance: […]
