Second Growth
Community Economic Development in Rural British Columbia
A look at historical and contemporary restructuring, linking development of rural communities with resource development and Aboriginal marginalization.
- Copyright year: 2004
Legislatures
Provides a democratic audit of Canada’s provincial and national representative assemblies, arguing that the problem existing in these bodies is not a lack of talent so much as a lack of institutional freedom.
- Copyright year: 2004
First Do No Harm
Making Sense of Canadian Health Reform
Is there a crisis in Canadian health care? This book provides a concise introduction to the fundamentals of health care in Canada and examine various ideas for reforming the system sensibly.
- Copyright year: 2002
The Politics of Resentment
British Columbia Regionalism and Canadian Unity
The first book to examine the role that British Columbia has played in the evolving Canadian unity debate.
- Copyright year: 2000
Cycling into Saigon
The Conservative Transition in Ontario
The essence of democracy is the peaceful and legitimate transfer of government. In 1995 in Ontario, the omens for a successful transition weren’t promising …
- Copyright year: 2001
Quasi-Democracy?
Parties and Leadership Selection in Alberta
In Quasi-Democracy? David Stewart and Keith Archer examine political parties and leadership selection in Alberta using mail-back surveys administered to voters who participated in the Conservative, Liberal, and NDP leadership conventions elections of the 1990s.
- Copyright year: 2000
Urban Indian Reserves
Forging New Relationships in Saskatchewan
A much needed discussion on creating collaborative local treaty land arrangements, where First Nations and municipal governments are shaping the future of their respective communities as well as providing a model for other communities.
- Copyright year: 1999
The Burden of History
Colonialism and the Frontier Myth in a Rural Canadian Community
- Copyright year: 1999
Walking in Indian Moccasins
The Native Policies of Tommy Douglas and the CCF
This landmark study examines the Tommy Douglas's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation government - the first socialist government in North America - and the development of policies aimed at Indian and Metis people in the post-war period.
- Copyright year: 1997
Politics, Policy, and Government in British Columbia
Written by well-known experts, this book provides an up-to-date portrait and analysis of one of the many dynamic faces of BC politics.
- Copyright year: 1996
Grassroots Politicians
Party Activists in British Columbia
The first systematic account of party activists at the provincial level in Canada.
- Copyright year: 1991
The Reminiscences of Doctor John Sebastian Helmcken
A unique account of the way social and economic conditions were actually felt and experienced in B.C. at the time of Confederation.
- Copyright year: 1975