R.S. Ratner

R.S. Ratner is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. He has published widely in the fields of critical criminology and social movements, and is currently engaged in research on genocide reparations, mediation and restorative justice.

Books by R.S. Ratner

Challenges and Perils

Challenges and Perils

Social Democracy in Neoliberal Times

Edited by William K. Carroll, R.S. Ratner

This book explores the problems and prospects for social democratic governance in the contemporary Canadian context. It provides an indepth case study of social democratic governance at the provincial level in Canada during the 1990s and the early part of the 21st century. The authors deal with the constraints that neoliberal globalization has imposed upon social democratic governance in Canada and elsewhere. Case studies of regimes in five Canadian provinces bring out nuances and examine differences… (more information)