A Bruce Arai
Biographic Data
| ID | 815935 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A Bruce Arai |
| GIVEN NAMES | A Bruce |
| FAMILY NAME | Arai |
| SIGNATURE | ARAI A B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wilfrid Laurier University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Science and Culture in the Environmental State: The Case of Reactor Layups at Ontario Hydro
The widespread concern about the declining state of our physical environment is often accompanied by frustration about what to do to prevent or even reverse such deterioration. In the past, policy makers, legislators, and the general public have usually turned to scientists and scientific knowledge for answers. But recently, theorists and others have reemphasized the importance of culture in understanding the environment. In this article, this cu…
Self‐Employment as a Response to the Double Day for Women and Men in Canada
Malgré une augmentation récente de la participation masculine aux tâches de la maison, les femmes assurent encore la plus grande partie de ce travail, que ce soit les soins apportés aux enfants, le nettoyage, la cuisine, les courses, la gestion financière, l'éducation ou les conseils personnels. Toutefois, de nombreuses femmes mènent une activité professionnelle rémunérée, qui vient s'ajouter à leurs responsabilités au sein du foyer. Cet article …
The Road Not Taken: The Transition from Unemployment to Self-Employment in Canada, 1961-1994
The steady decline in self-employment in Canada for much of this century appears to have been reversed in recent years. This pattern is repeated in a large number of western countries. Several explanations have been put forward to explain these revivals. Among the most intensively studied is an push hypothesis in which people move into self-employment as a response to unemployment. Although arguments about the meaning of this hypothesis differ, t…
Policy and Practice in the Atlantic Fisheries: Problems of Regulatory Enforcement
Tough Economic times are a recurrent theme in Canada's Atlantic commercial fisheries. Although these problems have been attributed to many sources, the possible difficulties of enforcing fisheries regulations have received little attention. Based on non-participant observation and unstructured interviews, this paper examines the activities of fishery officers, within their legal and organizational context, in one region of Atlantic Canada. The re…
Teaching Sociology: Comparing Undergraduate Curricula in the United States and in English Canada
Cet article examine comment ont ete constitues les programmes d'enseignement de la sociologie dans les universites du Canada anglophone et celles des Etats-Unis. En plus du degre de morcellement ou d'unite des programmes six points sont analyses : importance relative de la theorie et de la methode ; place des methodes quantitatives ; accent mis sur les theories classiques ou contemporaines ; integration de la theorie dans les methodes ; relations…
Teaching Sociology: Comparing Undergraduate Curricula in the United States and in English Canada
Cet article examine comment ont ete constitues les programmes d'enseignement de la sociologie dans les universites du Canada anglophone et celles des Etats-Unis. En plus du degre de morcellement ou d'unite des programmes six points sont analyses : importance relative de la theorie et de la methode ; place des methodes quantitatives ; accent mis sur les theories classiques ou contemporaines ; integration de la theorie dans les methodes ; relations…
Self‐Employment as a Response to the Double Day for Women and Men in Canada
Malgré une augmentation récente de la participation masculine aux tâches de la maison, les femmes assurent encore la plus grande partie de ce travail, que ce soit les soins apportés aux enfants, le nettoyage, la cuisine, les courses, la gestion financière, l'éducation ou les conseils personnels. Toutefois, de nombreuses femmes mènent une activité professionnelle rémunérée, qui vient s'ajouter à leurs responsabilités au sein du foyer. Cet article …
The Road Not Taken: The Transition from Unemployment to Self-Employment in Canada, 1961-1994
The steady decline in self-employment in Canada for much of this century appears to have been reversed in recent years. This pattern is repeated in a large number of western countries. Several explanations have been put forward to explain these revivals. Among the most intensively studied is an push hypothesis in which people move into self-employment as a response to unemployment. Although arguments about the meaning of this hypothesis differ, t…
Policy and Practice in the Atlantic Fisheries: Problems of Regulatory Enforcement
Tough Economic times are a recurrent theme in Canada's Atlantic commercial fisheries. Although these problems have been attributed to many sources, the possible difficulties of enforcing fisheries regulations have received little attention. Based on non-participant observation and unstructured interviews, this paper examines the activities of fishery officers, within their legal and organizational context, in one region of Atlantic Canada. The re…
Policy and Practice in the Atlantic Fisheries: Problems of Regulatory Enforcement
Tough Economic times are a recurrent theme in Canada's Atlantic commercial fisheries. Although these problems have been attributed to many sources, the possible difficulties of enforcing fisheries regulations have received little attention. Based on non-participant observation and unstructured interviews, this paper examines the activities of fishery officers, within their legal and organizational context, in one region of Atlantic Canada. The re…
Teaching Sociology: Comparing Undergraduate Curricula in the United States and in English Canada
Cet article examine comment ont ete constitues les programmes d'enseignement de la sociologie dans les universites du Canada anglophone et celles des Etats-Unis. En plus du degre de morcellement ou d'unite des programmes six points sont analyses : importance relative de la theorie et de la methode ; place des methodes quantitatives ; accent mis sur les theories classiques ou contemporaines ; integration de la theorie dans les methodes ; relations…
The Road Not Taken: The Transition from Unemployment to Self-Employment in Canada, 1961-1994
The steady decline in self-employment in Canada for much of this century appears to have been reversed in recent years. This pattern is repeated in a large number of western countries. Several explanations have been put forward to explain these revivals. Among the most intensively studied is an push hypothesis in which people move into self-employment as a response to unemployment. Although arguments about the meaning of this hypothesis differ, t…
Self‐Employment as a Response to the Double Day for Women and Men in Canada
Malgré une augmentation récente de la participation masculine aux tâches de la maison, les femmes assurent encore la plus grande partie de ce travail, que ce soit les soins apportés aux enfants, le nettoyage, la cuisine, les courses, la gestion financière, l'éducation ou les conseils personnels. Toutefois, de nombreuses femmes mènent une activité professionnelle rémunérée, qui vient s'ajouter à leurs responsabilités au sein du foyer. Cet article …
Science and Culture in the Environmental State: The Case of Reactor Layups at Ontario Hydro
The widespread concern about the declining state of our physical environment is often accompanied by frustration about what to do to prevent or even reverse such deterioration. In the past, policy makers, legislators, and the general public have usually turned to scientists and scientific knowledge for answers. But recently, theorists and others have reemphasized the importance of culture in understanding the environment. In this article, this cu…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (2 works) · Labour economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Art (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Business (1 works)