Restructuring Societies: Insights from the Social Sciences 9780773574151

As national societies seek to come to terms with shifts in the global economy, many are being fundamentally changed due

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Table of contents :
CONTENTS
LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
PREFACE
CONTRIBUTORS
1. SOCIAL SCIENCES AND PUBLIC POLICY IN RESTRUCTURING SOCIETIES
2. TWO MEN AGAINST REVOLUTION: EDMUND BURKE AND GEORGE ORWELL
3. DEMOCRACY AND GEOGRAPHY IN THE REREGULATION OF NEW ZEALAND
4. CHANGING EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS: EMPIRICAL DATA, SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES AND POLICY OPTIONS
5. RURAL RETREAT: THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF RESTRUCTURING IN THREE ONTARIO COMMUNITIES
6. IRON MEN, TRUE MEN, AND THE ART OF TREATY-MAKING
7. LISTENING AND HEEDING: CHALLENGES OF RESTRUCTURING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ABORIGINAL PEOPLES AND CANADA
INDEX
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RESTRUCTURING SOCIETIES

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RESTRUCTURING SOCIETIES Insights from the Social Sciences

Edited by DAVID B. KNIGHT AND ALUN E. JOSEPH

CARLETON UNIVERSITY PRESS

Copyright © Carleton University Press, 1999 ISBN 0-88629-350-2 (cloth) ISBN 0-88629-344-8 (paperback) Printed and bound in Canada Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Main entry under title: Restructuring societies : insights from the social sciences Based on a series of lectures given by Winegard Visiting Professors at the University of Guelph, 1996-97. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-88629-350-2 (bnd) ISBN 0-88629-344-8 (pbk) i. Social policy. 2. Social sciences. I. Knight, David B., 1941 II. Joseph, Alun E., 1950H35.R48 1999

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Cover design: Steven Takach Interior: Lynn's Desktop Publishing Carleton University Press gratefully acknowledges the support extended to its publishing program by the Canada Council and the financial assistance of the Ontario Arts Council. The Press would also like to thank the Department of Canadian Heritage, Government of Canada, and the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Recreation, for their assistance.

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CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES PREFACE CONTRIBUTORS

1. SOCIAL SCIENCES AND PUBLIC POLICY IN RESTRUCTURING SOCIETIES Alun E. Joseph and David B. Knight 2.

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TWO MEN AGAINST REVOLUTION: EDMUND BURKE AND GEORGE ORWELL Bob Rae

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DEMOCRACY AND GEOGRAPHY IN THE REREGULATION OF NEW ZEALAND Warren Moran

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CHANGING EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS: EMPIRICAL DATA, SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES AND POLICY OPTIONS Julian Barling

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