In a manner that reflects his long-time academic and practitioner’s association with conservative politics and ideas in Canada, Hugh Segal traces the deep historical roots of Canadian conservatism and
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Located along the continental shelf off northeastern Australia, the Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest marine park. This text analyzes management policies affecting the reef from the 1960s to t
This report supports Department of Defense efforts to update its stabilization guidance by assessing recent history and evaluating the roles for the U.S. military and its ability to execute them in co
Fracked In The Barnett Shale (second edition) is a detailed, scholarly analysis of the issues surrounding the fracking debate. The foremost aim of this 400-page publication is to be a resource to comm
The global financial crisis produced an important agreement among regulators in 2010–11 to raise capital requirements for banks to protect them from insolvency in the event of another emergency. In th
The authors of this book, who represent a broad range of scientific disciplines, discuss the issue of centralized versus decentralized control and regulation in the context of sustainable development.