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: […]
Recently Released Political Book
Canada and the Liberation of the Netherlands, May 1945, by Lance Goddard/Foreword by Richard Rohmer, Dundurn Press, 236 pages, $29.99. Blurb: “The Nazi Germany invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940 marked the beginning of five years of terror for the Dutch people. They faced oppression and death with remarkable stoicism, but nothing could save […]
Recently Released Political Book
First Democracy: The Challenge of An Ancient Idea by Paul Woodruff, Oxford University Press, 299 pages, $31.50. From the inside cover: “Americans have an unwavering faith in democracy and are ever eager to export it to nations around the world. But how democratic is our own ‘democracy’? If you can vote, if the majority rules, […]
