Sex in the Snow
Sex in the Snow
Michael Adams
softcover 1998
220 pages
$16.99
Michael Adams is the president of Environics Research Group. He
anticipates that a growing culture of resentment will change the
characteristics of Canadians while acknowledging that all pollsters have a
bias in favour of change. In this controversial bestseller, he mixes social
values research with provocative speculation. Identifying 80 human
motivators that determine the way Canadians think and feel about the
lifestyles we embrace, he divides the nation into twelve "values tribes,"
ranging from Rational Traditionalists to Disengaged Darwinists to
Thrill-seeking Materialists. Sex in the Snow presents a view of
Canada's evolution from an industrial nation-state to a post-industrial,
post-modern community.
Ideas That Matter: The Worlds of Jane Jacobs
Ideas That Matter: The Worlds of Jane Jacobs
Edited by Max Allen
softcover 1997
215 pages
$24.95
Jane Jacobs changed the way cities look - and the way we think about the
economy. This book shows how. Assembled as a biography without a
biographer, Ideas That Matter, The Worlds of Jane Jacobs contains
previously unpublished letters, essays and speeches as well as many private
and public photographs. This is the only book about this remarkable woman.
Reaction, analysis and praise for her writing from 82 contributors has been
organized chronologically; in addition, a festscrhift of raves, honors and
appreciations from writers such as Mary
Houghton, Stewart Brand, Ursula Franklin, Norman Mailer and Jan Morris
is included.
Caledon Press
The Caledon Institute of Social Policy is a social policy think tank
that deals primarily with poverty and other social and economic
inequalities, and the public policy that seeks to address theses issues,
including income security (e.g. pensions, welfare, child benefits,
Unemployment Insurance and benefits for Canadians with disabilities),
taxation, social spending, employment development services, social services
and health. The Caledon Institute produces brief commentaries and both
popular and technical reports and books written by leading thinkers in the
fields of social and economic policy.
Recent publications
Community-based Poverty Reduction
Community-based Poverty Reduction
Sherri Torjman
softcover 1998
$5.95
Unemployment and poverty are multifaceted, complex problems that must be
addressed through a combination of public policy and community-based
approaches. This paper proposes that community-based poverty reduction
includes four possible streams of intervention: meeting basic needs,
removing barriers, building kills and promoting economic development.
Down and Out in Winnipeg and Toronto: The Ethics of Legislating Against
Panhandling
Arthur Schafer
softcover 1998
$1.95
Partnerships: The Good, the Bad and the Uncertain
Partnerships: The Good, the Bad and the Uncertain
Sherri Torjman
softcover 1998
$5.95
Four main categories of partnerships are described: public education,
social marketing, community investment and social change. Positive aspects
of partnerships include the ability to increase investment in a given
problem by harnessing previously untapped resources in new and creative
ways.
Welfare Warfare
Welfare Warfare
Sherri Torjman
softcover 1998
$3.95
The new Ontario Works Act (Bill 142) forces compulsory participation in
employment assistance, effectively turning welfare recipients into a class
of indentured workers with few occupational protections. This paper
assesses its potential impact.
