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Restructuring societies : insights from the social sciences / edited by David B. Knight and Alun E. Joseph.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Knight, David B., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social policy.
- Social change.
- Social sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (185 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Ottawa] : Carleton University Press, c1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A wide range of social scientific perspectives - from anthropology, geography, history, and Indigenous studies to politics, psychology, and sociology - are represented here. The effects of restructuring processes in Canada and New Zealand are particularly well documented, and the importance of words and their manipulation is emphasized, but it is the broad sweep of approach that distinguishes this work from more abstract or uni-disciplinary commentaries on restructuring. Feature essays, one by former Ontario premier Bob Rae on conservative and radical resistance to abuses of power and two on aboriginal/First Nations issues, challenge important public policy trends. Restructuring Societies takes crucial steps toward developing informed public debate about a process that affects us all.
- Contents:
- Intro; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; 1. SOCIAL SCIENCES AND PUBLIC POLICY IN RESTRUCTURING SOCIETIES; 2. TWO MEN AGAINST REVOLUTION: EDMUND BURKE AND GEORGE ORWELL; 3. DEMOCRACY AND GEOGRAPHY IN THE REREGULATION OF NEW ZEALAND; 4. CHANGING EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS: EMPIRICAL DATA, SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES AND POLICY OPTIONS; 5. RURAL RETREAT: THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF RESTRUCTURING IN THREE ONTARIO COMMUNITIES; 6. IRON MEN, TRUE MEN, AND THE ART OF TREATY-MAKING; 7. LISTENING AND HEEDING: CHALLENGES OF RESTRUCTURING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ABORIGINAL PEOPLES AND CANADA
- INDEXA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J-K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
- Notes:
- Based on a series of lectures given by Winegard visiting professors at the University of Guelph, 1996-97.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-86426-2
- 9786612864261
- 0-7735-7415-8
- OCLC:
- 741350177
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