Recently Released Political Reads
Inauspicious Beginnings: Principal Powers and International Security Institutions after the Cold War, 1989-1999, edited by Onnig Beylerian and Jacques Lévesque, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 314 Pages, $29.95. Blurb from the back cover: “This book addresses an important theoretical and operational issue in contemporary international relations, namely, the role played by international security institutions in the foreign […]
Library of Parliament’s Suggested Reading
Le Bassin du Saint-Laurent et les Grand Lac: cadre juridique, by Charles Bédard. Québec: Presse de l’Université Laval, 2004, 303 pages. The Boreal in the Balance: Securing the Future of Canada’s Boreal Region: A Status Report. Ottawa: Canadian Boreal Initiative, 2005, 66 pages. Lilac Moon: Dreaming of the Real West, by Sharon Butala. Toronto: HarperCollins, […]
Recently Released Political Books
Canada’s Regional Innovation Systems: The Science-Based Industries by Jorge Niosi, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 172 Pages, $65. Blurb from the back cover: “How is innovation spread across Canada? In a companion book to Canada’s National System of Innovation, Jorge Niosi shows how regional innovation is made up of complex systems in which each group of agents […]
Library of Parliament’s Suggested Reading:
Les sentinelles de la terre: pour prévenir les nouveaux désordres de la nature. Paris: Hachette Littératures, 2004. 185 p. The Business of Climate Change: Corporate Responses to Kyoto. Edited by Kathryn Begg, Frans van de Woerd and David Levy. Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing, 2005. 284 p. Environmental Governance Reconsidered: Challenges, Choices and Opportunities, by Robert F. […]
Recently Released Political Books
United States Foreign Oil Policy Since World War 1: For Profits and Security, second edition, by Stephen J. Randall, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 418 pages, $34.95. Blurb from the back cover: “Exploring the relationship between the state and the private sector in the development of American foreign oil policy, Stephen Randall argues that policy has been […]
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 […]
