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  • Social Insurance

    America’s Neglected Heritage and Contested Future

    by Theodore R. Marmor, Jerry L. Mashaw, John R. Pakutka ...
    What has America done to protect its citizens from life-changing but common risks such as death of a family breadwinner, ill health, disability, involuntary unemployment, outliving retirement savings, and birth into a poor family? Each, in its own way, burdens—and possibly devastates—unlucky individuals and families both emotionally and financially. It is the rare life that is untouched by one or ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

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  • Policy Arrogance or Innocent Bias

    Resetting Citizenship and Multiculturalism

    by Andrew Griffith ...
    Canada is known for its inclusive citizenship and multiculturalism policies that have been largely successful in integrating an increased diversity of Canadians. In contrast to the previous approach, in 2007, the Conservative government initiated a fundamental change to make citizenship more meaningful and emphasize integration in multiculturalism.Policy Arrogance or Innocent Bias: Resetting ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • The Price of Loyalty

    George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill

    by Ron Suskind ...
    A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter's explosive account of the inner workings of the George W. Bush administration, the most secretive White House of modern times.This vivid, unfolding narrative is like no other book that has been written about the Bush presidency -- or any that is likely to be written soon. At its core are the candid assessments of former U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, for ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Trembling In The Ivory Tower: Excesses In The Pursuit Of Truth And Tenure

    by Kenneth Lasson ...
    In this gem of a book, scholar and wit Kenneth Lasson takes on all manner of excesses in the Ivory Tower which, from his insider's viewpoint, constitute little less than a full-scale assault on American values and mores. The ideological warfare is being waged by a slew of vociferous academicians whose predominance is manifested by stifling academic bureaucracies, radical feminist and ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Democratic Illusion

    Deliberative Democracy in Canadian Public Policy

    by Genevieve Fuji-Johnson ...
    Series series Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy
    The theory of deliberative democracy promotes the creation of systems of governance in which citizens actively exchange ideas, engage in debate, and create laws that are responsive to their interests and aspirations. While deliberative processes are being adopted in an increasing number of cases, decision-making power remains mostly in the hands of traditional elites.In Democratic Illusion, ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • Financial Cryptography and Data Security

    FC 2015 International Workshops, BITCOIN, WAHC, and Wearable, San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 30, 2015, Revised Selected Papers

    Edited by Benjamin Johnson, Nicolas Christin, Kurt Rohloff, Michael Brenner ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of three workshops held at the 19th International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security, FC 2015, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in January 2015.The 22 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 39 submissions. They feature the outcome of the Second Workshop on Bitcoin Research, BITCOIN 2015, the Third Workshop on ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Politics and Quality of Life

    The Role of Well-Being in Political Outcomes

    by Ryan M. Yonk, Josh T. Smith ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book explores the relationship between quality of life, policy, and political behavior. Using carefully collected, granular data, the authors create a measurement of quality of life for each county in the United States. After applying the index to each county and calculating scores, the results are applied to key political and social questions, such as, variation in voter turnout, electoral ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Corporate Social Responsibility

    Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies for 21st Century Leaders

    Edited by Samuel O. Idowu, John O. Okpara ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    In today's global business environment it is no longer acceptable that a corporation does well simply by doing good. It is expected. With increasing pressures from stakeholders to improve the bottom line as well as to be good corporate citizens, business leaders face tough decisions. What social issues should we support? What initiatives should we develop that will do the most good for the company ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Healthcare Policy in Africa

    Institutions and Politics from Colonialism to the Present

    by Jean-Germain Gros ...
    A comparative study of healthcare policy in Africa, the book explores the impact of historical institutions, multilateral organizations, and informal norms, such as, respectively, colonialism, the World Health Organization, and the Western-inspired biomedical approach to disease on health policy choices, implementation, and results in Africa. In addition, it examines the role of international ... Read more

    $61.99 CAD

  • The Politics of Austerity

    A Recent History

    by Michael Burton ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book considers the relationship between public spending and public deficit and the varying successes and difficulties governments have had in recent years to balance the two. As the fiscal crash of 2007/8 turned into the Great Recession and tax revenues tumbled, public finances across the UK, the USA and Europe plunged into deficit. Controversial attempts by governments to balance their ... Read more

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  • Transparency to the People

    Using Stakeholder Participation to Support Public Sector Reform in Nauru and the Republic of the Marshall Islands

    by Asian Development Bank ...
    Series series Pacific Studies
    The publication tells the story of the use of stakeholder participation to support public sector reform in Nauru and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The report provides important lessons for donor agencies, for Nauru and the RMI, and for other Pacific island nations that mainly live off aid and other rents. The lessons concern what has gone wrong with governance and why, and what can ... Read more

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  • Public Service Innovations in China

    Edited by Yijia Jing, Stephen P. Osborne ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This edited volume presents case studies of the transformation of China’s public services over the past decade in China. As the country has experienced fundamental changes in its demographic, economic, social and environmental structures, demands on public services have been increasing tremendously, and have become unprecedentedly diverse. In response, innovations to provide new services, expand ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD