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Handbook of Upper Canadian Chronology
Dundurn 1985; US$ 34.99A revised and greatly expanded edition of this important and long out of print reference book on Upper Canada to 1841. Similar in format to a A Handbood of British Chronology , this work is a listing of all legislative councillors, and assemblymen, all officials, dates of all parliaments, and judges and court officials. It gives as well, a complete... more...
Neoliberalism and National Culture
BRILL 2011; US$ 136.00Canada and Québec are presented in historical comparative context as examples of how neoliberal states achieve global political economic integration while relying on cultural legitimation to maintain social policies working to mitigate social changes resulting from increased global integration. more...
Populism in Venezuela
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 130.00Populism in Venezuela analyses the emergence, formation, reproduction and resistance to a left-wing populist project in a major world oil producer. For readers who seek to understand the historical, economical and sociological contexts that gave rise to a 38 year-old mestizo-mulato Lieutenant Colonel who stormed the presidential palace in a bloody... more...
Dismantling Democracy in Venezuela
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 35.00This book examines the process of dismantling the democratic institutions and protections in Venezuela under a Hugo Chávez regime. more...
Decentralization and Reform in Latin America
Edward Elgar Publishing 2013; US$ 40.00Decentralisation and Reform in Latin America analyses the process of intergovernmental reform in Latin America in the last two decades and presents a number of emerging issues. These include the impacts of decentralization and the response of countries in the region to challenge such as social cohesion, interregional and interpersonal disparities,... more...
L' administration publique québécoise
Presses de l''niversite du Quebec 1989; US$ 18.00Analyser le passé pour mieux évaluer le présent - Évolution de la haute fonction publique des ministères du gouvernement du Québec - La syndicalisation dans le secteur public québécois ou la longue marche vers la centralisation - Vingt-cinq ans de changements dans le domaine de la gestion financière du gouvernement... more...
Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian Revolution
Manchester University Press 2009; US$ 95.00The emergence of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela has revived analysis of one of Latin Americas most enduring political traditions populism. Yet Latin America has changed since the heyday of Perón and Evita. Globalisation, implemented through harsh IMF inspired Structural Adjustment Programmes, has taken hold throughout the region and... more...
The Scramble for Citizens
Stanford University Press 2013; US$ 45.00It is commonly assumed that there is an enduring link between individuals and their countries of citizenship. Plural citizenship is therefore viewed with skepticism, if not outright suspicion. But the effects of widespread global migration belie common assumptions, and the connection between individuals and the countries in which they live cannot... more...
Dragon in the Tropics
Brookings Institution Press 2011; US$ 22.95Since he was first elected in 1999, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez Frías has reshaped a frail but nonetheless pluralistic democracy into a semi-authoritarian regimean outcome achieved with spectacularly high oil income and widespread electoral support. This eye-opening book illuminates one of the most sweeping and unexpected political... more...









