Tattooed(1st Edition) The Sociogenesis of a Body Art by MichaelM. Atkinson Paperback, 376 Pages, Published 2003 by University Of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division ISBN-13: 978-0-8020-8568-9, ISBN: 0-8020-8568-7
"Tattoos have become increasingly popular in recent years, especially among young people. While tattooing is used as a symbol of personal identity and social communication, there has been little sociological study of the phenomenon. In Tattooed: The Sociogenesis of a Body Art, tattoo enthusiasts share their stories about their bodies and tattooing experiences. Michael Atkinson shows how enthusiasts negotiate and celebrate their 'differen ..."
"Governance and Public Policy in Canada lays the foundation for a systematic analysis of policy developments, shaped as they are by multiple players, institutional tensions, and governance legacies. Arguing that provinces are now the most central site of governance and policy innovation, the book assesses the role of the provinces and places the provincial state in its broader economic, institutional, social, and territorial context. The ..."
"The late twentieth century has seen profound changes in the character of the international economic order. According to the authors of this study, Canada has failed to come to terms with those changes. Our industrial policy is diffuse, ad hoc, and sectoral. Michael Atkinson and William Coleman argue that in order to analyse Canada’s industrial policy effectively, particular attention must be given to industry organization, state structu ..."
"Research on public policy in Canada has focuses on four fundamental problems: the question of what determines variations in patterns of public policy; the importance of the policy field itself for understanding state activity; the choice and consequences of alternative means to a policy goal; and the question of what happens after a decision is taken and acted upon. Each of the essays commissioned for this book addresses one or more of ..."
Fiscal Choices Canada after the Pandemic (The Johnson-Shoyama Series on Public Policy) by Atkinson, MichaelM., Mou, Haizhen Paperback, 296 Pages, Published 2024 by University Of Toronto Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4875-4718-9, ISBN: 1-4875-4718-8
Tattooed The Sociogenesis of a Body Art (Hardback) by MichaelM. Atkinson Hardcover, 376 Pages, Published 2003 by University Of Toronto Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8020-8777-5, ISBN: 0-8020-8777-9
"Michael M. Atkinson, William D. Coleman. Conclusion: The. State. and. Policy.
Options. Inreviewing the theory and practice of industrial policy in Canada, two
fundamental features of policy outcomes have become evident. First, industrial
policy isriddled with inconsistencies; there are veryfew readily identifiable
patterns to policy making. The statecan intervene heavily in onesector such as
space satellites while assuminga ninetee ..."
"The thoroughly updated Sixth Edition of this classic two-volume work continues to provide a comprehensive overview of immunology, its clinical applications, immunopathology, and allergy. A text revised and updated throughout facilitates an understanding of the host mechanisms in immunologic diseases. The strength of this text is its clinically oriented emphasis on immunologic diseases and differential approach to symptoms and syndromes. ..."
"Kickbacks and secret slush funds. Untendered contracts awarded for work that was never done. Millions of dollars that disappeared into the pockets of ad men with access to powerful politicians. These were the kinds of revelations that kept many Canadians riveted to their televisions in spring2005 as witnesses appeared before the commission of inquiry chaired by Justice John Gomery. Sometimes governments fall because of scandals like the ..."
A Brooklyn Life by MichaelM. Atkinson Paperback, 356 Pages, Published 2005 by Arima Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-84549-026-3, ISBN: 1-84549-026-6
"Majestic One never had a plan, or a goal to head toward, so he is getting blown around like a feather in a hurricane. This work takes us on a trip through the streets of Brooklyn featuring some lovely characters, and some shady one's also."
The Canadian legislative system(Updated) Politicians and policymaking (Canadian controversies series) by Robert J. Jackson, MichaelM. Atkinson Paperback, 222 Pages, Published 1980 by Gage Educational Publishing Company ISBN-13: 978-0-7715-5665-4, ISBN: 0-7715-5665-9
"509-37; Michael Pitfield, "The Shape of Government in the 1 980s: Techniques ...
and senior public servants, see Colin Campbell and George J. Szablowski. ..."
Fiscal Choices Canada after the Pandemic by MichaelM. Atkinson, Haizhen Mou 259 Pages, Published 2024 by University Of Toronto Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4875-5016-5, ISBN: 1-4875-5016-2
"The book covers a cluster of key fiscal policy topics: the overall capacity of government, the growth of inequalities, the management of sovereign debt, and the troubled institutions of federalism and parliamentary government."
"Most of the lawyer poets represented in this anthology are practicing lawyers (and judges); a few abandoned the legal profession to take up teaching or literary work. Unlike most lawyer poets, who do not, in their poetry, explicitly lay claim to being lawyers and maintain a wall of separation between law and poetry, the poets in this anthology do not remain silent about the legal world in which they work. The lawyer poet who would disgu ..."
"Plantz Choosing the Right Tools Every C programmer's toolkit includes the
functions of the standard C library. This collection of functions comes with the
compiler and provides an extensive means of dealing with a variety of problems:
sorting, ..."
""What a helpful book! This will be a 'friend ' to many undergraduate students looking for clarification." - Helen Hazelwood, St Mary's University College "This is a great book that really helps the students understand research and the complex processes that can often daunt even the most intelligent students." - Phil Barter, Middlesex University "Few can bring research methods to life like Mike Atkinson. His breadth of research interests ..."