University Of Toronto Press Higher Education Division: 213 books
Still Counting
Women in Politics Across Canada
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2003
Still Counting explains why scholars and activists continue to count the number of women elected to Canada's legislatures, and demonstrates that, by any measure, women are only halfway to equal. The authors assert that an "electoral glass ceiling" is keeping women at or below the 25 per...
by Alex Marland, Jared Wesley
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018
The Public Servant’s Guide to Government in Canada is a concise primer on the inner workings of government in Canada. This go-to resource is a useful reference guide for students and scholars, for new and lower-ranking public servants, or for anyone who wants to know more about how government really...
Making Political Choices
Canada and the United States
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
Recent national elections in Canada and the United States have been exciting, consequential contests. In the 2004 federal election in Canada, the Liberal Party narrowly clung to power after a volatile and bitter battle with the new Conservative Party. In 2006, the Conservative Party won a fragile...
Politics (Canadian Edition)
An Introduction to the Modern Democratic State, Fourth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
The latest edition of Politics offers a comprehensive and comparative approach to the essential components of democratic politics in today's states. The book begins by addressing ways of thinking about politics, community, and society, offering broad outlines of political theory in a historical context....
A Civil Society?
Collective Actors in Canadian Political Life, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2018
A Civil Society? surveys the main approaches to the study of group politics in Canada, with a strong comparative perspective. Unique to this brief and accessible text is a comprehensive theoretical framework that helps students evaluate policy areas surveyed in the book, while also pointing them toward...
A History of Science in Society, Volume I
From the Ancient Greeks to the Scientific Revolution, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
A History of Science in Society is a concise overview that introduces complex ideas in a non-technical fashion. Ede and Cormack trace the history of the changing place of science in society and explore the link between the pursuit of knowledge and the desire to make that knowledge useful. Volume I...
The Shaping of Western Civilization
From Antiquity to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
Michael Burger's goal in this inexpensive overview is to provide a brief, historical narrative of Western civilization. Not only does its length and price separate this text from the competition, but its no-frills, uncluttered format and well-written, one-authored approach make it a valuable asset...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
To study the interactions between Muslims and Christians in the medieval period is to observe a history of conflict and co-existence encompassing warfare, piracy, and raiding as well as commerce, intellectual exchanges, and personal relationships that transcended religious differences. With particular...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2010
Disease and death are a part of life, but so too is being well. The lively voices found in this book are not shy about stating the ways in which the widely held notion that they are in decline has been a far larger problem than many other features of their lives. For students, scholars, and policy...
by Angus A. Somerville, R. Andrew McDonald
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2013
This book, the first in our Companions to Medieval Studies series, is a brief introduction to the history, culture, and religion of the Viking Age and provides an essential foundation for study of the period.
The companion begins by defining the Viking Age and explores topics such as Viking...
The Girl and the Game
A History of Women's Sport in Canada, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016
In the second edition of this groundbreaking social history, M. Ann Hall begins with an important new chapter on Aboriginal women and early sport and ends with a new chapter tying today's trends and issues in Canadian women's sport to their origins in the past.
Students will appreciate the...
Fiscal Federalism and Equalization Policy in Canada
Political and Economic Dimensions
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
Fiscal Federalism and Equalization Policy in Canada aims to increase public understanding of equalization and fiscal federalism by providing a comparative and multidisciplinary perspective on the history, politics, and economics of equalization policy in Canada. The authors provide a brief history,...
Civil Wars
Internal Struggles, Global Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
What motivates individuals to take up arms against their government? What types of states have historically been more prone to internal conflicts? In Civil Wars: Internal Struggles, Global Consequences Marie Olson Lounsbery and Frederic Pearson explore these questions and present a comprehensive analysis...
by Shirley A. Fedorak
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2017
The third edition of this bestselling book introduces readers to anthropology, and the world around it, by connecting important concepts to current global issues. A question-based approach encourages readers to understand specific issues in a broader cross-cultural context while building an appreciation...