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"Politics in Manitoba is the first comprehensive look at the Manitoba party system. It combines political history with contemporary public opinion data to reveal the political and voter trends that have shaped the province of Manitoba over the past 130 years. Written by Christopher Adams, Politics in Manitoba details the histories of the Progressive Conservatives, the Liberals, and the New Democratic Party from 1870 to 2007. Adams looks in particular at the enduring influence of political geography and political culture, as well as the impact of leadership, campaign strategies, organizational resources, and the media on voter preferences." "Adams also presents here for the first time public opinion data based on more than 25,000 interviews with Manitobans, conducted between 1999 and 2007. He analyzes voter age, gender, income, education, and geographic location to determine how Manitobans vote. In the process Adams dispels some commonly held beliefs about party supporters and identifies recurring themes in voter behaviour."--Jacket.

"This book provides an introduction to the field of microeconometrics through the use of R. The focus is on applying current learning from the field to real world problems. It uses R to both teach the concepts of the field and show the reader how the techniques can be used. It is aimed at the general reader with the equivalent of a bachelor's degree in economics, statistics or some more technical field. It covers the standard tools of microeconometrics, OLS, instrumental variables, Heckman selection and difference in difference. In addition, it introduces bounds, factor models, mixture models and empirical Bayesian analysis."

AbstractAn initiative of the California Healthy Cities Project (a statewide program to help cities and their local partners promote healthier communities), California Smoke‐Free Cities is an example of an effort that is grounded in such healthy‐cities principles as inclusiveness, cooperation, and building on current assets.

In Canada, and throughout western industrialized society, there has been a change in direction concerning services and attitudes towards mentally retarded persons. Manitoba has not been excluded from these social shifts. This is becoming more apparent in the 1980s as many become aware that mental retardation can be seen within a social framework. The thesis will deal with North American trends in mental retardation policy and how Manitoba has been a part of these overall developments. Issues such as deinstitutionalization have arisen outside Manitoba but have influenced both the Provincial Government and the Association for Community Living. The local divisions have strong contact with their national organization hence influence, and are influenced by them. The development of attitudes toward, and treatment of mentally retarded people in Manitoba will be the focus of the examination. Because the patterns in Manitoba will be compared to those found in North America, the thesis is both descriptive and comparative. It is aimed at the political nature of the developments through a description of those interests of mentally retarded people and an examination of the means by which they have affected government policy. Manitoba, it will be argued, has shown advances along the lines which the ACLs have wanted but this should not be seen as unique as it will be shown that throughout North America there has been a push for deinstitutionalization and community living. The ACLs are effective organizations and the government of late has shown a responsiveness in Manitoba but Manitoba should not be seen as the vanguard of community living. It has been progressive in some areas and slow to change in others. For example, the Manitoba Human Rights Act regards "mental Handicap" as a condition which is to be protected from discrimination while the Manitoba Mental Health Act is considered as one of the Province's most regressive pieces of legislation. Therefore the thesis in each section.

"These twelve essays constitute a groundbreaking volume of new work prepared by leading scholars in the fields of history, anthropology, constitutional law, political science, and sociology, who identify the many facets of what it means to be Métis in Canada today. After the Powley decision in 2003, Métis people were no longer conceptually limited to the historical boundaries of the fur trade in Canada. Key ideas explored in this collection include identity, rights, and issues of governance, politics, and economics. The book will be of great interest to scholars in political science and native studies, the legal community, public administrators, government policy advisors, and people seeking to better understand the Métis past and present

Introduction -- Definitions of Mission Areas and Analytic Framework Elements -- Summary of Literature Review Findings -- Joint Requirements Council Staffing Interviews -- Summary of Emergent Findings -- Appendix A: Literature Review -- Appendix B: Interview Methodology.