In this seminal work, the authors argue that there are distict local factors that shape the environment of economic development decision-making. These factors, taken together, constitute a community's local civic culture. Using survey and case study data from U.S and Canadian cities, the authors make the case that different cultures will produce ......
Sport is the most universal feature of popular culture. It crosses language barriers and slices through national boundaries, attracting both spectators and participants, to a common lingua franca of passions, obsessions and desires. This book brings to light the connections between sport and culture. It argues that although sport is obviously ......
This volume examines racism within the process of criminal justice. In every society criminal justice plays a key role establishing social control and maintaining the hegemony of the dominant economic classes. The contributors to this anthology argue that the differential treatment of people of colour and First Nations peoples is due to systemic ......
In 1998 only 35 per cent of applications to veterinary schools resulted in acceptance. This annually updated volume provides a general overview of the application process, including detailed information on the Veterinary Medical Applications Service and residency requirements.
To what extent are the techniques of campaigning and media management critical to the outcome of modern elections? This book brings together a group of leading scholars to provide a comprehensive analysis of the role and impact of political communications during election campaigns. They set the context of election campaigning in Britain, and the ......
Sociological Thought: Beyond Eurocentric Theory is designed to provide students of sociology with an alternative vision of social theory. In an exciting and original introduction to the book, Abdo provides an innovative critique of the Eurocentric and male-oriented nature of conventional sociological textbooks, and provides us with a new approach ......
Social Problems in Canadian First Nations Communities
An outstanding contribution to the literature on alcohol abuse in First Nations communities, The Insanity of Alcohol illuminates this and other social problems confronting Aboriginal communities in Canada. The authors draw on more than fifteen years of studies, interviews, and test situations conducted on and off reserves. They identify issues, ......
This work poses the question: is it possible to learn from the health care systems of other countries? I t offers guidelines for comparing health care reforms, & con siders the impact on reform of structural differences in hea lth care systems. '
This work poses the question: is it possible to learn from the health care systems of other countries? I t offers guidelines for comparing health care reforms, & con siders the impact on reform of structural differences in hea lth care systems. '
