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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English Pages 168 [185] Year 1999

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David B. Knight
Alun E. Joseph

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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