John Shields

 

Books by John Shields

Shrinking the State

Shrinking the State

Globalization and Public Administration

Bryan Evans, John Shields

This book provides a political economy perspective on recent changes within Canadian public administrative practice and structure, revealing the theoretical and practical underpinnings of neo-liberal public administration. It also addresses itself to the search for more democratic alternatives. This work is intended to serve as a text for courses in public administration and Canadian government and politics. The role of globalization, state fiscal crisis, economic restructuring and the ideological… (more information)

Restructuring and Resistance: Canadian Public Policy in the Age of Global Capitalism

Restructuring and Resistance: Canadian Public Policy in the Age of Global Capitalism

Edited by Mike Burke, Colin Mooers, John Shields

This collection surveys major areas of neoliberal policy restructuring by various levels of Canadian government. Unlike other academic studies it also considers theoretical and practical issues connected with movements of resistance against the neo-liberal agenda. Part one situates these developments theoretically in the context of globalizing capitalism and the changing role of the state, the labour market, policy formation and federalism. Section two examines six major areas of policy restructuring… (more information)

Dismantling A Nation (Second Edition)

Dismantling A Nation (Second Edition)

The Transition to Corporate Rule in Canada (second edition)

Stephen McBride, John Shields

This new edition is reorganized to make it a more usable text and updated to include the Liberal government’s pursuit of neo-liberal policies. William K. Carroll, Sociology, University of Victoria, said of the first edition: “All the aspects of the neo-conservative policy matrix–privatization, deregulation, NAFTA, the obsession with deficits, attacks on collective bargaining, the cutbacks to social programs, the weakening of federal powers–are carefully analyzed as elements… (more information)