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  • Equity, Diversity & Canadian Labour

    by Gerald Hunt, David Rayside ...
    In recent years, the Canadian labour movement has undergone fundamental change in response to demands for greater inclusion and representation by women, visible and sexual minorities, and people with disabilities. Equity, Diversity, and Canadian Labour explores the specific challenges put to outmoded attitudes and practices, charting the efforts made by organized labour in Canada towards ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

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  • Matters of Life and Death

    Public Health Issues in Canada

    by André Picard ...
    Health issues have long occupied top headlines in Canadian media, and no journalist has written on public health with more authority or for as many years as André Picard. Matters of Life and Death collects Picard's most compelling columns, covering a broad range of topics including Canada's right-to-die law, the true risks of the Zika virus, the financial challenges of a publicly funded health ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Limits of Institutional Reform in Development

    Changing Rules for Realistic Solutions

    by Matt Andrews ...
    Developing countries commonly adopt reforms to improve their governments yet they usually fail to produce more functional and effective governments. Andrews argues that reforms often fail to make governments better because they are introduced as signals to gain short-term support. These signals introduce unrealistic best practices that do not fit developing country contexts and are not considered ... Read more

    $49.19 USD

  • The Case of the Green Turtle

    An Uncensored History of a Conservation Icon

    by Alison Rieser ...
    The true story of the controversial battle to save the world’s most famous endangered species.The journals of early maritime explorers traversing the Atlantic Ocean often describe swarms of sea turtles, once a plentiful source of food. Many populations had been decimated by the 1950s, when Archie Carr and others raised public awareness of their plight. One species, the green turtle, has been the ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • Take Up Your Pen

    Unilateral Presidential Directives in American Politics

    by Graham G. Dodds ...
    Series series Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism
    Executive orders and proclamations afford presidents an independent means of controlling a wide range of activities in the federal government—yet they are not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution. In fact, the controversial edicts known as universal presidential directives seem to violate the separation of powers by enabling the commander-in-chief to bypass Congress and enact his own policy ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Practicing Professional Ethics in Economics and Public Policy

    Edited by Donald R. Searing, Elizabeth Searing ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This volume explores the professional ethics of addresses the varied ethical needs of the professional economists and public policy professionals. Using terms and methods familiar to the reader, the book goes beyond the typical narrative of economics and morality to walk the professional through the process of ethical decision-making. Designed to be easy to navigate and applicable to everyday ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • One Health and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance

    by Laura H. Kahn ...
    Does the use of low-dose antibiotics in livestock put human health at risk?Zoonoses—infectious diseases, such as SARS and mad cow, that originate in animals and spread to humans—reveal how intimately animal and human health are linked. Complicating this relationship further, when livestock are given antibiotics to increase growth, it can lead to resistant bacteria. Unfortunately, there are few ... Read more

    $27.09 USD

  • A Government that Worked Better and Cost Less?

    Evaluating Three Decades of Reform and Change in UK Central Government

    by Christopher Hood, Ruth Dixon ...
    The UK is said to have been one of the most prolific reformers of its public administration. Successive reforms have been accompanied by claims that the changes would make the world a better place by transforming the way government worked. Despite much discussion and debate over government makeovers and reforms, however, there has been remarkably little systematic evaluation of what happened to ... Read more

    $56.69 USD

  • Theories of Performance

    Organizational and Service Improvement in the Public Domain

    by Colin Talbot ...
    How well do governments do in converting the resources they take from us - like taxes - into services that improve the well-being of individuals, groups, and society as a whole? In other words: how well do they perform? This question has become increasingly prominent in public debates over the past couple of decades, especially in the developed world but also in developing countries. As the state ... Read more

    $53.09 USD

  • Military Missions in Democratic Latin America

    by David Pion-Berlin ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book demonstrates through country case studies that, contrary to received wisdom, Latin American militaries can contribute productively, but under select conditions, to non-traditional missions of internal security, disaster relief, and social programs. Latin American soldiers are rarely at war, but have been called upon to perform these missions in both lethal and non-lethal ways. Is this ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • The Politics of Energy Crises

    by Juliet E. Carlisle, Jessica T. Feezell, Kristy E.H. Michaud, Eric R.A.N. Smith ...
    Energy crises, which amount to painful combinations of energy shortages and soaring prices, have struck the United States several times in recent decades. Each time they have resulted in political and economic shockwaves because, when gasoline becomes more expensive, the American public tends to react with anger and suspicion. Energy crises instantly put related issues at the top of the nation's ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • Trust Funds and Fiscal Risks in the North Pacific

    Analysis of Trust Fund Rules and Sustainability in the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia

    by Asian Development Bank ...
    Series series Pacific Studies
    This publication analyzes the trust funds established by the United States with the Republic of Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia, intended to provide budget support upon expiration of these countries' Compacts of Free Association with the United States. Analysis shows future revenues from the funds will likely be volatile and unsustainable, but examines simple rule changes ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus