Author: William D. Colema
Publisher: McGill-Queen’s University Pre
Keywords: action, collective, study, politics, business
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 1988-09-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0773506640
ISBN-13: 9780773506640

Based on a survey of all national business associations, and interviews with many interest-group executives, Business and Politics outlines the wide variety of roles assumed by interest groups in the Canadian policy process. Coleman argues that the present fragmention of business interests makes consultation with major socio-economic producer groups highly unlikely. Instead, adjustment takes place as a series of ad hoc bailouts related to an electoral calculus rather than to a more reflective consideration of the longer-term evolution of the Canadian economy and the relative economic position

Author: John R. Miro
Publisher: McGill-Queen’s University Pre
Keywords: housing, formation, demand, household, demographic, postwar, canada, change
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 1988-04-01
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 0773506144
ISBN-13: 9780773506145

The size of Canadian households has been declining since at least the 1880s. Miron compares this trend to patterns of household size in England and the United States and argues that postwar changes in household formation in Canada were the result of several forces including the postwar baby boom, increased longevity, changes in marriage pattern, rising incidence of divorce, increased household affluence, and new forms of government assistance to housing. While aggregate growth in population, families, and households helps to explain why more housing was necessary, it does not explain changes i

Author: Mustansir Mir
Publisher: McGill-Queen’s University Pre
Keywords: muhammad, iqbal, poetry, selection, desert, tulip
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 2000-11-15
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0773520376
ISBN-13: 9780773520370

The national poet of Pakistan, Muhammed Iqbal (1887-1938), is widely credited with having lanched the idea of a seperate Muslim homeland which came to fruition with Jinnah’s campaign for an independent Pakistan. However, Iqbal is best known for his Persian and Urdu poetry, which with its deep philosophical insights, has captured the minds of many readers. This translation presents in English a representative selection of Iqbal’s works.

Author: James L. Darroch
Publisher: McGill-Queen’s University Pre
Keywords: competitiveness, global, banks, canadian
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 1999-03-01
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 0773518681
ISBN-13: 9780773518681

While there has been considerable concern about the competitiveness of Canadian industries in the increasingly competitive global environment, James Darroch shows that the Canadian financial services sector has been a successful competitor in international markets. Four Canadian banks - the Royal Bank of Canada, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the Bank of Montreal, and the Bank of Nova Scotia - rank among the ten largest banks in North America. More importantly, they are recognized by industry insiders to be among the best managed banks not only in North America but in the world. While

Author: David MacFadye
Publisher: McGill-Queen’s University Pre
Keywords: baroque, brodsky, joseph
Number of Pages: 258
Published: 1999-06-01
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 0773517790
ISBN-13: 9780773517790

MacFadyen shows that the works of John Donne, the existential philosophy of Kierkegaard and Sestov, and the cities of St Petersburg and Venice inspired in Brodsky a fundamentally Baroque evolution. He provides a compelling and comprehensive examination of Brodsky’s poetry and prose in a fascinating overview of some problems of post-soviet aesthetics. The book concludes with a reassessment of Brodsky’s final role, that of cross-cultural, bilingual essayist. Joseph Brodsky and the Baroque will appeal to students and scholars of Russian literature as well as the growing body of Brodsk

Author: Samuel V. Laselva
Publisher: McGill-Queen’s University Pre
Keywords: achievements, tragedies, nationhood, paradoxes, federalism, foundations, canadian, moral
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 1996-06-01
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 0773514228
ISBN-13: 9780773514225

LaSelva argues that Canadian federalism is founded on a vision of a nation in which multiple identities and multiple loyalties can flourish within a framework of common political nationality. He contends that this dualistic belief affects not only our understanding of Canadian identity but also a host of fundamental concepts, including fraternity, justice, democracy, and federalism itself. LaSelva offers a compelling reconsideration of Confederation and of the pivotal role of George Étienne-Cartier, one of the fathers of Confederation, in both the achievement of confederation and the creation

Author: Julian Bourg
Publisher: McGill-Queen’s University Pre
Keywords: thought, french, contemporary, ethics, revolution
Number of Pages: 468
Published: 2007-05-01
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 0773531998
ISBN-13: 9780773531994