British Columbia politics and government
By: edited by Michael Howlett, Dennis Pilon, Tracy Summerville
Publisher: Emond Montgomery
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9781552393154
Copyright date: 2010
Subjects: Textbooks; Politics and government; Manuels d'enseignement supérieur; Politique et gouvernement
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Michael Howlett, Dennis Pilon, Tracy Summerville; title: From forestry to film : the changing political economy of British Columbia / Keith Brownsey, Michael Howlett, Joshua Newman; title: BC as an intergovernmental relations player : still punching below its weight? / Hamish Telford; title: Memory, identity, and diversity in BC / Matt James; title: The political geography of British Columbia : coping with the pressures of globalization / Tracy Summerville; title: Democracy, BC-style / Dennis Pilon; title: Party politics in British Columbia : the persistence of polarization / Stephen Phillips; title: Electoral behaviour in British Columbia / Lynda Erickson; title: West coast media : ultra-concentrated ownership / Marc Edge; title: Transitions to new governance : NGO and interest group activities in British Columbia / Mark Crawford; title: New era, old reality : the BC legislature and accountable government / Norman J. Ruff; title: Executive dominance : Cabinet and the Office of Premier in British Columbia / Norman J. Ruff; title: Government restructuring and the BC Public Service : turmoil, innovation, and continuity in the 2000s / Evert Lindquist, John Langford, Thea Vakil; title: Local governing and local democracy in British Columbia / Patrick Smith, Kevin Ginnell, Matthew Black; title: Aboriginal Peoples in British Columbia : from impoverished to restored societies? / Christopher Alcantara, Iain Kent; title: The politics and policies of health-care privatization in BC / Alan Davidson; title: Social policy in neo-liberal times / Katherine Teghtsoonian; title: Bringing the market back in : BC natural resource policies during the Campbell years / George Hoberg; title: British Columbia and climate change : sustainable leadership? / Heather A. Smith; title: Place making and place taking : cultural policy i BC / Catherine Murray.