November 5, 2011
Large cities and metropolitan areas differ from smaller urban or rural municipalities—they have much larger populations, higher concentrations of population, and populations that are more heterogeneous in terms of social and economic circumstances.
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Despite their moderate size – taken together, Canada and Mexico would only be the fifth largest of the world’s economies – they are the major foreign source of the United States’ wealth. Without its markets and its investment in Canada and Mexico, the US economy would be smaller and less competitive.
Read full entryOctober 20, 2011
Public discussion on recent federal, provincial and municipal elections has increasingly focused on the “rise of the ethnic vote.” Is there a South Asian “ethnic vote” and if so, what is its significance?
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The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), in collaboration with the Munk School of Global Affairs, presented a panel discussion with women leaders who are creating economic opportunities for women in developing countries.
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October 1, 2011
What accounts for Canadian attitudes to immigration? To determine the answer, this study examines available Canadian public opinion data, including trend data, and offers a detailed analysis of a Focus Canada opinion survey conducted by the Environics Institute in November 2010. The study attempts to clarify the social bases of popular support for high immigration levels in Canada and considers political party cleavages and potential sources or processes of change. Such an analysis may help us to understand why the opposition to immigration seen in other countries is not more prominent in Canada, and whether there are any indications that Canadian attitudes have begun to turn in a more negative direction or might do so in the future.
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The Munk School of Global Affairs and the Centre for the Study of the United States marked the 10th anniversary of “9/11” by providing an opportunity to contemplate the impact of that day’s terrible events and their longer-range importance.
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This paper explores the effect the environment, training, and ethos of the U.S. armed forces had on the development of Lee Harvey Oswald and Francisco Martin Duran, and will conclude whether or not their experiences were fundamental to their capacity as assassins.
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August 1, 2011
It is in and through practices – deeds that embody shared intersubjective knowledge – that social life is organized, that subjectivities are constituted, and that history unfolds. One can think of dozens of different practices (from balancing to banking or networking) which constitute the social fabric of world politics. This book brings together leading scholars in fields from International Law and Humanitarianism to nuclear deterrence and the UN to provide effective new tools to understand a range of pressing issues of the era of globalization. As an entry point to the study of world politics, the concept of practice accommodates a variety of perspectives in a coherent yet flexible fashion and opens the door to much-needed interdisciplinary research in International Relations.
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August 1, 2011
CHINA’S NAVY IS RAISING THE STAKES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA The South China Sea – “Related to China’s Core Interest” The predicted flashpoint for US-China relations has been for the last year and more the South China Sea (nan...
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July 25, 2011
THE NEW BRAZILIAN HEAD OF FAO When José Graziano da Silva became the Director General of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) in January of 2012, he was the first Brazilian elected to assume a senior international leadership...
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