(John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy)Queen's Univ., Kingston, Canada. Presents proceedings of a conference held at Queen's Univ., on November, 17-18, 2005. Covers health-care reform, drugs for rare diseases, issues in delivery of health care, and more. For public health personnel. Softcover, hardcover also available.
Features of the volume: comprehensive strategic profiles representative of small-firm populations; information from business surveys and administrative data sources for a better understanding of how strategies and activities relate to firm performance; and an exploration of how small-firm strategies and activities vary across a diverse range of operating environments- from manufacturing to services to science-based environments.
In Citizenship, Diversity, and Pluralism leading scholars assess the transformation of these two dimensions of citizenship in increasingly diverse and plural modern societies, both in Canada and internationally. Subjects addressed include the changing ethnic demography of states, social citizenship, multiculturalism, feminist perspectives on citizenship, aboriginal nationalism, identity politics, and the internationalization of human rights. Contributors include Heribert Adam (Simon Fraser), Keith Banting (Queen's), Anthony Birch (emeritus, Victoria), John Borrows (UBC), Alan Cairns, Walker Connor (Trinity College), John Erik Fossum (LOS?Senteret, Norway), Virginia Leary (emeritus, SUNY), Denise Réaume (Toronto), Lynn Smith (justice, BC Supreme Court), Charles Taylor (emeritus, McGill), and Jeremy Webber (Sydney, Australia).
An unusual look at the nature and role of capital cities around the world - past, present and future. The 24 papers by scholars from many countries and disciplines present their thinking on capital cities, with contributions from Amos Rapoport, Claude Raffestin, Peter Hall and Anthony Sutcliffe. 16 papers in English, 8 in French.
At the end of March 2000 the John Deutsch Institute of Queen's University held a policy forum to discuss the federal government's 2000 budget. Leading Canadian policy analysts were invited to share their views and discuss the implications arising from the 2000 budget. The 2000 Federal Budget is the proceedings of this important policy forum and brings together the findings of these specialists. In this collection of short papers and commentaries the authors focus on a range of issues and implications, beginning with assessments of the budgetary process as we enter the new millennium. They look at the macroeconomic effects, taxation and expenditure aspects, and the implications for social policy of measures contained in the 2000 budget. They examine the alternative perspectives reflected in successive Liberal budgets and conclude with a rapporteur's report on the proceedings. Contributors include Keith Banting (Queen's), Lise Bastarache (Royal Bank), Robin Boadway (Queen's), Thomas Courchene (Queen's), Peter Dungan (Toronto), Rick Egelton (Bank of Montreal), Pierre Fortin (UQAM), Harvey Lazar (Queen's), Michael Mendelson (Caledon), Jack Mintz (C.D. Howe), Lars Osberg (Dalhousie), William Robson (C.D. Howe), Michael Smart (Toronto), Gregor Smith (Queen's), Jim Stanford (Canadian Auto Workers), Thomas Wilson (Toronto), and Frances Woolley (Carleton). Paul A. R. Hobson is in the Department of Economics, Acadia University, and a visiting fellow at the School of Policy Studies, Queen's University.
Kingston, Ont. : John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy, Queen's University
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0889118167
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9780889118164
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