Political science

  • Seven Absolute Rights : Recovering the Historical Foundations of Canada's Rule of Law

    Creator

    Alford, Ryan

    Abstract

    For 150 years, Canada's constitutional order has been both flexible and durable, ensuring peace, order, and good government while protecting the absolute rights at the core of the rule of law. In this era of transnational terrorism and proliferating emergency powers, it is essential to revisit how and why our constitutional order developed particular limits on the government's powers, which remain in force despite war, rebellion, and insurrection. Seven Absolute Rights surveys the historical foundations of Canada's rule of law and the ways they reinforce the Constitution.

    Publisher (Source)

    Montreal

    McGill-Queen's University Press

    Non spécifié
  • Framing Risky Choices : Brexit and the Dynamics of High-Stakes Referendums

    Creator

    Atikcan, Ece Özlem

    Nadeau, Richard

    Bélanger, Éric

    Abstract

    The majority of policymakers, academics, and members of the general public expected British citizens to vote to remain in the European Union in the 2016 referendum. This perception was based on the well-established idea that voters don't like change or uncertainty. So why did the British public vote to take such a major economic risk? Framing Risky Choices addresses this question by placing the Brexit vote in the bigger picture of EU and Scottish independence referendums.

    Publisher (Source)

    Montreal

    McGill-Queen's University Press

    Non spécifié
  • New Media and Revolution : Resistance and Dissent in Pre-uprising Syria

    Creator

    Brownlee, Billie Jeanne

    Abstract

    The Arab Spring did not arise out of nowhere. It was the physical manifestation of more than a decade of new media diffusion, use, and experimentation that empowered ordinary people during their everyday lives. In this book, Billie Jeanne Brownlee offers a refreshing insight into the way new media can facilitate a culture of resistance and dissent in authoritarian states. Investigating the root causes of the Syrian uprising of 2011, New Media and Revolution shows how acts of online resistance prepared the ground for better-organised street mobilisation.

    Publisher (Source)

    Montreal

    McGill-Queen's University Press

    Non spécifié
  • Canadian Federalism and Its Future : Actors and Institutions

    Creator

    Gagnon, Alain-G

    Poirier, Johanne

    Abstract

    The time is ripe to revisit Canada's past and redress its historical wrongs. Yet in our urgency to imagine roads to reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, it is important to keep in sight the many other forms of diversity that Canadian federalism has historically been designed to accommodate or could also reflect more effectively. Canadian Federalism and Its Future brings together international experts to assess four fundamental institutions: bicameralism, the judiciary as arbiter of the federal deal, the electoral system and party politics, and intergovernmental relations.

    Publisher (Source)

    Montreal

    McGill-Queen's University Press

    Non spécifié
  • Who Pays for Canada? : Taxes and Fairness

    Creator

    Heaman, E.A.

    Tough, David

    Abstract

    Canadians can never not argue about taxes. From the Chinese head tax to the Panama Papers, from the National Policy to the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, tax grievances always inspire private resentments and public debates. But if resentment and debate persist, the terms of the debate have continually altered and adapted to reflect changing social, economic, and political conditions in Canada and the wider world. The centenary of income tax is the occasion for Canadian scholars to wrestle with past and present debates about tax equity, efficiency, and justice. Who Pays for Canada?

    Publisher (Source)

    Montreal

    McGill-Queen's University Press

    Non spécifié
  • Green Meat? : Sustaining Eaters Animals and the Planet

    Creator

    Katz-Rosene, Ryan M.

    Martin, Sarah J.

    Abstract

    It seems an irrefutable truth that raising animals for meat has become unsustainable. Land is being eroded and destroyed, water resources overdrawn, greenhouse gases over-emitted, and energy and crops unnecessarily diverted - all to satiate a growing and inequitable global overconsumption of meat. But is all meat unsustainable? Sustainable food systems are multiple and varied and represent the diversity and complexity we see in the world. Green Meat?

    Publisher (Source)

    Montreal

    McGill-Queen's University Press

    Non spécifié
  • Strangers to Neighbours : Refugee Sponsorship in Context

    Creator

    Labman, Shauna

    Cameron, Geoffrey

    Abstract

    As a leading country in global refugee resettlement, Canada operates a unique program that allows private groups and individuals to sponsor refugees. This innovative approach has received growing international attention, but there remains a need for a more expansive understanding of the sponsorship framework and its potential implications within Canada and across the world. Strangers to Neighbours explains the origins and development of refugee sponsorship, paying particular attention to the unintended consequences and ethical dilemmas it produces for refugee policy.

    Publisher (Source)

    Montreal

    McGill-Queen's University Press

    Non spécifié
  • We Resist : Defending the Common Good in Hostile Times

    Creator

    Levine-Rasky, Cynthia

    Kowalchuk, Lisa

    Abstract

    The 2016 US presidential election exposed rising xenophobic and nationalist sentiment within the United States and other democratic countries. As populist movements grow, democratic freedoms erode. We Resist demonstrates that the things we often take for granted - safety, family, employment, health, a promising future - are under attack, and we must fight to preserve these resources before it's too late. We are currently witnessing the dismantlement of social programs, growing disinterest in international cooperation, and the devaluation of evidence-based knowledge.

    Publisher (Source)

    Montreal

    McGill-Queen's University Press

    Non spécifié
  • Big Moves : Global Agendas Local Aspirations and Urban Mobility in Canada

    Creator

    Perl, Anthony

    Hern, Matt

    Kenworthy, Jeffrey

    Abstract

    All countries have distinctive urban regions, but Canadian cities especially differ from one another in culture, structure, and history. Anthony Perl, Matt Hern, and Jeffrey Kenworthy reveal that despite the peculiarities and singular traits that each city embodies, a common logic has guided the development of transportation infrastructure across the country.

    Publisher (Source)

    Montreal

    McGill-Queen's University Press

    Non spécifié
  • International Education as Public Policy in Canada

    Creator

    Tamtik, Merli

    Trilokekar, Roopa Desai

    Jones, Glen A.

    Abstract

    In the early twenty-first century international education emerged as an almost ubiquitous concept within discussions of educational curriculum; the objectives of schools, universities, and colleges; and government policies for K–12 and higher education. Although far from a new phenomenon, many jurisdictions now view international education as a highly competitive global industry. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of international education policy in Canada, tracing the complex history of when, how, and why it emerged as a policy area of strategic importance.

    Publisher (Source)

    Montreal

    McGill-Queen's University Press

    Non spécifié