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Canadian Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy

The Innovation Economy and Society Nexus

By: G. Bruce Doern,David Castle,Peter W.B. Phillips

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Canadian Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy

The Innovation Economy and Society Nexus

By: G. Bruce Doern,David Castle,Peter W.B. Phillips

Canadian Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy presents new critical analysis about related developments in the field such as significantly changed concepts of peer review, merit review, the emergence of big data in the digital age, and the rise of an economy and society dominated by the internet and information. The authors scrutinize the different ways in which federal and provincial policies have impacted both levels of government, including how such policies impact on Canada’s natural resources. They also study key government departments and agencies involved with science, technology, and innovation to show how these organizations function increasingly in networks and partnerships, as Canada seeks to keep up and lead in a highly competitive global system. The book also looks at numerous realms of technology across Canada in universities, business, and government and various efforts to analyze biotechnology, genomics, and the Internet, as well as earlier technologies such as nuclear reactors, and satellite technology. The authors assess whether a science-and-technology-centred innovation economy and society has been established in Canada – one that achieves a balance between commercial and social objectives, including the delivery of public goods and supporting values related to redistribution, fairness, and community and citizen empowerment. Probing the nature of science advice across prime ministerial eras, including recent concerns over the Harper government’s claimed muzzling of scientists in an age of attack politics, Canadian Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy provides essential information for academics and practitioners in business and government in this crucial and complex field.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773598995

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9780773598997

Governance and Public Policy in Canada

A View from the Provinces

By: Michael M. Atkinson,Gregory P. Marchildon,Peter W. B. Phillips,Kenneth A. Rasmussen,Daniel Béland,Kathleen McNutt

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Governance and Public Policy in Canada

A View from the Provinces

By: Michael M. Atkinson,Gregory P. Marchildon,Peter W. B. Phillips,Kenneth A. Rasmussen,Daniel Béland,Kathleen McNutt

Governance and Public Policy in Canada lays the foundation for a systematic analysis of policy developments, shaped as they are by multiple players, institutional tensions, and governance legacies. Arguing that provinces are now the most central site of governance and policy innovation, the book assesses the role of the provinces and places the provincial state in its broader economic, institutional, social, and territorial context. The aim throughout is to highlight the crucial role of provinces in policy changes that directly affect the lives of citizens. Three key themes unify this book. First, it addresses the role of policy convergence and divergence among provinces. Although the analysis acknowledges enduring differences in political culture and institutions, it also points to patterns of policy diffusion and convergence in specific areas in a number of provinces. Second, the book explores the push and pull between centralization and decentralization in Canada as it affects intergovernmental relations. Third, it underscores that although the provinces play a greater role in policy development than ever before, they now face a growing tension between their expanding policy ambitions and their capacity to develop, fund, implement, manage, and evaluate policy programs. Governance and Public Policy in Canada describes how the provincial state has adapted in the context of these changing circumstances to transcend its limited capacity while engaging with a growing number of civil society actors, policy networks, and intergovernmental bodies.

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University of Toronto Press

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144260493X

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9781442604933

Innovation in Agri-Food Clusters

Theory and Case Studies

By: Peter W. B Phillips

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Innovation in Agri-Food Clusters

Theory and Case Studies

By: Peter W. B Phillips

Innovation has moved through a range of revolutionary epochs, but there is no clear picture of how, or even if, innovation can be managed. This book explores the models, methods and metrics of innovation analysis in the context of a single centre: the Global Oilseeds Complex centred in Saskatoon, Canada. It is a single, coherent volume that outlines the theory and practices related to innovation, offering a critical assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the different approaches, backed up with empirical evidence.

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CABI

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1780642377

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9781780642376

Governing Transformative Technological Innovation

Who's in Charge?

By: Peter W. B. Phillips

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Governing Transformative Technological Innovation

Who's in Charge?

By: Peter W. B. Phillips

New technologies often appear to be beyond the control of any governing systems. This is especially true for transformative technologies. This book examines the deep governing structures of transformative technology and innovation in an effort to identify which actors can be expected to act when, under what conditions and to what effect.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1781951004

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9781781951002

Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets

By: Gerald Schubert,Donald Lawson Turcotte,Peter Olson

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Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets

By: Gerald Schubert,Donald Lawson Turcotte,Peter Olson

Comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis of all aspects of mantle convection, for advanced students and researchers.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521798361

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9780521798365

GM Agriculture and Food Security

Fears and Facts

By: Stuart Smyth,William A Kerr,Peter W B Phillips

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GM Agriculture and Food Security

Fears and Facts

By: Stuart Smyth,William A Kerr,Peter W B Phillips

Efforts to improve food security in the developing world have been hampered due to myths surrounding GM agriculture. This book explores the theory, evidence and rhetoric of the impact of food production on the environment, and the impact of the environment on food production. The chapters address: food security and technology; expertise and opportunism; the promise of technology; the politicization of risk; industrial agriculture; the meaning of 'natural'; the potential of the local food movement; food labelling; genetic diversity in the agro-industrial era; sustainability and chemical application; plant vitality; and future prospects for food security. Each chapter includes a personal introduction from the authors about the issues at hand, followed by a detailed analysis with further references. The book considers the origins of concerns and then examines the evidence around the issues, and the impacts in terms of policy, regulation and agricultural practice. It also: (a) Refutes common consumer and environmental organization myths about biotechnology. (b) Highlights the importance of food security in both the developing and developed world. (c) Provides a pro-science approach to increasing food security. This book will be of interest to students and researchers in biotechnology, food security and public understanding of science, and also to policy makers, regulators and industry managers.

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CABI

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1786392216

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9781786392213

Precious Metal

German Steel, Modernity, and Ecology

By: Peter H. Christensen

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Precious Metal

German Steel, Modernity, and Ecology

By: Peter H. Christensen

With its incorporation into architecture on a grand scale during the long nineteenth century, steel forever changed the way we perceive and inhabit buildings. In this book, Peter H. Christensen shows that even as architects and engineers were harnessing steel’s incredible properties, steel itself was busy transforming the natural world. Precious Metal explores this quintessentially modernist material—not for the heroic structural innovations it facilitated but for a deeper understanding of the role it played in the steady change of the earth. Focusing on the formative years of the architectural steel economy and on the corporate history of German steel titans Krupp and Thyssen, Christensen investigates the ecological interrelationship of artificial and natural habitats, mediated by steel. He traces steel through six distinct phases: birth, formation, display, dispersal, construction, and return. By following the life of steel from the collection of raw minerals to the distribution and disposal of finished products, Christensen challenges the traditional narrative that steel was simply the primary material responsible for architectural modernism. Based on the premise that building materials are as much a part of the natural world as they are of a building, this groundbreaking book rewrites an important chapter of architectural history. It will be welcomed by specialists in architectural history, nineteenth-century studies, environmental history, German studies, modernist studies, and the Anthropocene.

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Penn State Press

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0271092459

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9780271092454

Biotechnology Regulation and Trade

By: Stuart J. Smyth,William A. Kerr,Peter W. B Phillips

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Biotechnology Regulation and Trade

By: Stuart J. Smyth,William A. Kerr,Peter W. B Phillips

This book discusses the regulatory and trade challenges facing the global adoption of biotechnological products and offers strategies for overcoming these obstacles and moving towards greater global food security. The first section of the book establishes the context of the conflict, discussing the challenges of global governance, international trade, and the history of regulation of genetically modified (GM) crops. In this section, the authors emphasize the shift from exclusively science-based regulation to the more socio-economically focused framework established by the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, which was adopted in 2000. The second section of the book provides a snapshot of the current state of international GM crop adoption and regulation, highlighting the US, Canada, and the EU. The final section of the book identifies options for breaking the gridlock of regulation and trade that presently exist. This book adds to the current literature by providing new information about innovative agricultural technologies and encouraging debate by providing an alternative to the narratives espoused by environmental non-governmental organizations. This book will appeal to students of economics, political science, and policy analysis, as well as members of regulatory agencies and agricultural industry firms.

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Springer

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3319532952

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9783319532950

Sinister Forces—The Nine

A Grimoire of American Political Witchcraft

By: Peter Levenda

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Sinister Forces—The Nine

A Grimoire of American Political Witchcraft

By: Peter Levenda

The roots of coincidence and conspiracy in American politics, crime, and culture are examined in this book, exposing new connections between religion, political conspiracy, and occultism. Readers are taken from ancient American civilization and the mysterious mound builder culture to the Salem witch trials, the birth of Mormonism during a ritual of ceremonial magic by Joseph Smith, Jr., and Operations Paperclip and Bluebird. Not a work of speculative history, this expos+ is founded on primary source material and historical documents. Fascinating details are revealed, including the bizarre world of "wandering bishops" who appear throughout the Kennedy assassinations; a CIA mind control program run amok in the United States and Canada; a famous American spiritual leader who had ties to Lee Harvey Oswald in the weeks and months leading up to the assassination of President Kennedy; and the "Manson secret.

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TrineDay

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1936296756

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Monetary Economics

Policy and its Theoretical Basis

By: Keith Bain,Peter Howells

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Monetary Economics

Policy and its Theoretical Basis

By: Keith Bain,Peter Howells

This fully revised second edition of Bain and Howells' Monetary Economics provides an up-to-date examination of monetary policy as it is practised and the theory underlying it. The authors link the conduct of monetary policy to the IS/PC/MR model and extend this further through the addition of a simple model of the banking sector. They demonstrate why monetary policy is central to the management of a modern economy, showing how it might have lasting effects on real variables, and look at how the current economic crisis has weakened the ability of policymakers to influence aggregate demand through the structure of interest rates. The second edition: features a realistic account of the conduct of monetary policy when the money supply is endogenous provides a detailed and up-to-date account of the conduct of monetary policy and links this explicitly to a framework for teaching macroeconomics includes recent changes in money market operations and an examination of the problems posed for monetary policy by the recent financial crisis Monetary Economics is an ideal core textbook for advanced undergraduate modules in monetary economics and monetary theory and policy.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1137013427

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9781137013422

Physical Examination of the Shoulder

An Evidence-Based Approach

By: Ryan J. Warth,Peter J. Millett

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Physical Examination of the Shoulder

An Evidence-Based Approach

By: Ryan J. Warth,Peter J. Millett

This text presents a comprehensive and concise evidence-based and differential-based approach to physical examination of the shoulder in a manner that promotes its successful application in clinical practice. Additionally, this book provides an integrated approach to the diagnosis of numerous shoulder pathologies by combining discussions of pathoanatomy and the interpretation of physical examination techniques and was written for any health care professional or student who may be required to evaluate patients who present with shoulder pain. This information will allow the clinician to make informed decisions regarding further testing procedures, imaging and potential therapeutic options. Physical Examination of the Shoulder will serve as an invaluable resource for practicing orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine specialists, physical therapists, residents in training and medical students interested in the field of clinical orthopedics.

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Springer

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1493925938

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9781493925933

The Variety Insider

By: Variety,Peter Cowie

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The Variety Insider

By: Variety,Peter Cowie

Get the facts, stats, and news on movies, television, theater, music, and books--from the most respected magazine in the entertainment industry.

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Perigee Books

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0399525246

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9780399525247

That Noble Dream

The 'Objectivity Question' and the American Historical Profession

By: Peter Novick

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That Noble Dream

The 'Objectivity Question' and the American Historical Profession

By: Peter Novick

The aspiration to relate the past 'as it really happened' has been the central goal of American professional historians since the late nineteenth century. In this remarkable history of the profession, Peter Novick shows how the idea and ideal of objectivity were elaborated, challenged, modified, and defended over the last century. Drawing on the unpublished correspondence as well as the published writings of hundreds of American historians from J. Franklin Jameson and Charles Beard to Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and Eugene Genovese, That Noble Dream is a richly textured account of what American historians have thought they were doing, or ought to be doing, when they wrote history - how their principles influenced their practice and practical exigencies influenced their principles.

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Cambridge University Press

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110726829X

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Book's by Peter W B Phillips

Canadian Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy

Canadian Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy

Governance and Public Policy in Canada

Governance and Public Policy in Canada

Innovation in Agri-Food Clusters

Innovation in Agri-Food Clusters

Governing Transformative Technological Innovation

Governing Transformative Technological Innovation

Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets

Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets

GM Agriculture and Food Security

GM Agriculture and Food Security

Precious Metal

Precious Metal

Biotechnology Regulation and Trade

Biotechnology Regulation and Trade

Sinister Forces—The Nine

Sinister Forces—The Nine

Monetary Economics

Monetary Economics

Physical Examination of the Shoulder

Physical Examination of the Shoulder

The Variety Insider

The Variety Insider

That Noble Dream

That Noble Dream

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