Barry Ferguson
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3841762 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Barry Ferguson |
| NOMBRES | Barry |
| APELLIDO | Ferguson |
| FIRMA | FERGUSON B |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Tasmania |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 12 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1981 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Canada
Reviewed by: Canada: A Very Short Introduction by Donald Wright Barry Ferguson Wright, Donald–Canada: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. 160 p. Donald Wright's Canada: A Very Short Introduction is a fresh and snappy historical overview replete with insights and explanations for anyone curious about modern Canada. It is well-grounded in history and social science, and draws on the arts to punctuate its a…
The Rowell-Sirois Commission and the Remaking of Canadian Federalism
The Rowell-Sirois Commission and the Remaking of Canadian Federalism investigates the groundbreaking inquiry launched to reconstruct the federal system and reveals its legacy for Canadian federalism today. In 1937, the Canadian confederation was broken. As the Depression ground on, the provinces faced increasing obligations but limited funds, while the dominion had fewer responsibilities but lucrative revenue sources. The commission was struck to…
Advancing innovation in the public sector
Identifies relevance of the Oslo Manual to measuring public sector innovation. • Discusses definition of innovation in the public sector. • Discusses role of governance and management in public sector innovation. • Identifies policy requirements for public sector innovation measurement. • Provides a framework for measuring public sector innovation to assist policy needs. There is sufficient evidence, drawn from surveys of innovation in the public…
Recent Estimates of Ring-Tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) Population Declines are Methodologically Flawed and Misleading
Governing ancestral land in Madagascar
Madagascar has long been renowned for its unique and threatened biodiversity, as well as the rich and diverse cultures of the Malagasy people and the severe poverty and exposure to natural disaster that they endure. The island has frequently appeared in the media, however, as a result of political turmoil and natural resource governance dynamics. The infamous Daewoo land deal, subsequent political protests and the ousting of the country’s preside…
Social cohesion in Canada
Social cohesion in Canada Barry Ferguson (bio), Simon Langlois (bio), and Lance W. Roberts (bio) Canada is a diverse society of almost 34 million people. Its population is about half the size of Great Britain and France, the two nations whose colonization projects strongly shaped Canada’s development. For most of the country’s history, the original or Aboriginal peoples have been marginalized despite the many ways in which they contributed to the…
Recent Social Trends in Canada 1960-2000
An encyclopaedic reference work on Canadian society that charts changes to the social landscape
Recent Social Trends in Canada, 1960-2000
The introduction summarizes and locates the major waves of change. The authors then document each trend in relation to eighteen thematic groups that include age, community, women, labour, management, stratification, social relations, the state, mobilizing institutions, social forces, ideologies, households, lifestyle, leisure, education, integration, and attitudes and values
‘Impossible Conditions of Inequality’
This article examines the Rowell-Sirois Royal Commission on DominionProvincial Relations, the comprehensive study of federal government in crisis undertaken between 1937 and 1940. Based on new theoretical insights into the study of federal government, it argues that scholarly interpretations of Rowell-Sirois and mid-twentieth-century Canadian federalism have tended to dismiss their originality and continuing relevance. Here, the authors focus on …
Remaking Liberalism
Adam Shortt began teaching political economy at Queen's University in the late 1880s. His theories attracted students and faculty who were interested in applying the new tenets of economics and political science to questions of Canadian public policy. The concerns of the group that formed around Shortt were broad and self-consciously cumulative, a perspective promoted particularly by Shortt's colleague and successor O.D. Skelton. The group encour…
Socialism and Democracy in Alberta
Social Scientists and Public Policy from the 1920s through World War II
Recent Estimates of Ring-Tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) Population Declines are Methodologically Flawed and Misleading
Social cohesion in Canada
Social cohesion in Canada Barry Ferguson (bio), Simon Langlois (bio), and Lance W. Roberts (bio) Canada is a diverse society of almost 34 million people. Its population is about half the size of Great Britain and France, the two nations whose colonization projects strongly shaped Canada’s development. For most of the country’s history, the original or Aboriginal peoples have been marginalized despite the many ways in which they contributed to the…
Recent Social Trends in Canada 1960-2000
An encyclopaedic reference work on Canadian society that charts changes to the social landscape
Socialism and Democracy in Alberta
Social Scientists and Public Policy from the 1920s through World War II
Socialism and Democracy in Alberta
Remaking Liberalism
Adam Shortt began teaching political economy at Queen's University in the late 1880s. His theories attracted students and faculty who were interested in applying the new tenets of economics and political science to questions of Canadian public policy. The concerns of the group that formed around Shortt were broad and self-consciously cumulative, a perspective promoted particularly by Shortt's colleague and successor O.D. Skelton. The group encour…
‘Impossible Conditions of Inequality’
This article examines the Rowell-Sirois Royal Commission on DominionProvincial Relations, the comprehensive study of federal government in crisis undertaken between 1937 and 1940. Based on new theoretical insights into the study of federal government, it argues that scholarly interpretations of Rowell-Sirois and mid-twentieth-century Canadian federalism have tended to dismiss their originality and continuing relevance. Here, the authors focus on …
Recent Social Trends in Canada, 1960-2000
The introduction summarizes and locates the major waves of change. The authors then document each trend in relation to eighteen thematic groups that include age, community, women, labour, management, stratification, social relations, the state, mobilizing institutions, social forces, ideologies, households, lifestyle, leisure, education, integration, and attitudes and values
Recent Social Trends in Canada 1960-2000
An encyclopaedic reference work on Canadian society that charts changes to the social landscape
Social cohesion in Canada
Social cohesion in Canada Barry Ferguson (bio), Simon Langlois (bio), and Lance W. Roberts (bio) Canada is a diverse society of almost 34 million people. Its population is about half the size of Great Britain and France, the two nations whose colonization projects strongly shaped Canada’s development. For most of the country’s history, the original or Aboriginal peoples have been marginalized despite the many ways in which they contributed to the…
Governing ancestral land in Madagascar
Madagascar has long been renowned for its unique and threatened biodiversity, as well as the rich and diverse cultures of the Malagasy people and the severe poverty and exposure to natural disaster that they endure. The island has frequently appeared in the media, however, as a result of political turmoil and natural resource governance dynamics. The infamous Daewoo land deal, subsequent political protests and the ousting of the country’s preside…
Recent Estimates of Ring-Tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) Population Declines are Methodologically Flawed and Misleading
Advancing innovation in the public sector
Identifies relevance of the Oslo Manual to measuring public sector innovation. • Discusses definition of innovation in the public sector. • Discusses role of governance and management in public sector innovation. • Identifies policy requirements for public sector innovation measurement. • Provides a framework for measuring public sector innovation to assist policy needs. There is sufficient evidence, drawn from surveys of innovation in the public…
The Rowell-Sirois Commission and the Remaking of Canadian Federalism
The Rowell-Sirois Commission and the Remaking of Canadian Federalism investigates the groundbreaking inquiry launched to reconstruct the federal system and reveals its legacy for Canadian federalism today. In 1937, the Canadian confederation was broken. As the Depression ground on, the provinces faced increasing obligations but limited funds, while the dominion had fewer responsibilities but lucrative revenue sources. The commission was struck to…
Canada
Reviewed by: Canada: A Very Short Introduction by Donald Wright Barry Ferguson Wright, Donald–Canada: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. 160 p. Donald Wright's Canada: A Very Short Introduction is a fresh and snappy historical overview replete with insights and explanations for anyone curious about modern Canada. It is well-grounded in history and social science, and draws on the arts to punctuate its a…
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