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Smoke and Mirrors

The threat of terrorism has become a fact of life for American citizens and, by extension, an important issue for current and future U. S. governments. International relations are inevitably affected ...

Misplaced Distrust

Citizens of industrialized countries largely share a sense that national and international governance is inadequate, believing not only that public authorities are incapable of making the right policy ...

Before and After the I-Bomb

There was a time, not too long ago, when people wrote letters (and mailed them), picked up the phone and spoke to people (not voice mail systems) and considered whether to invest in expensive new "fax" ...

Sustaining the Forests of the Pacific Coast

In this thoughtful collection of essays edited by Debra J. Salazar and
Donald K. Alper, forest policy in the U. S. Pacific Northwest and
British Columbia is examined in a binational context. While US ...

Telecom Nation

Laurence Mussio examines how federal and provincial public policy tried to keep pace with the diffusion of telecommunications, consumer demand, and a rising tide of technological innovation. Telecommunications ...

Citizens and Nation

Grandmother Andre told stories in front of a campfire. Elizabeth Goudie wrote a memoir in school scribblers. Phyllis Knight taped hours of interviews with her son. Today’s families rely on television ...

Social and Environmental Impacts of the James Bay Hydroelectric Project

The first mega-scale hydro project to be built in the sub-Arctic, capable of generating as much electricity as fifteen nuclear power plants, its impact includes disruption of vast areas in an extremely ...