Phenomenological and Experimental

Health, Fitness & Dieting

McKenna, Peter

Mental Health

Cambridge University Press

In the "neighborhood" of the Americas, Canada alone has maintained consistently cordial relations with Cuba, in spite of considerable pressure from the United States. In the first book-length study of the subject, John M. Kirk and Peter McKenna explore this unusual dynamic, focusing mainly on the period since 1959. They begin with the evolution of the Canadian-Cuban relationship, which was initially founded on pragmatic economic and commercial considerations. Cuba has always been one of Canada's major trading partners in Latin America, and it is the second most popular vacation resort for Canadians. Subsequent chapters, ordered historically, explore each Canadian prime minister's response to the revolutionary government in Havana. Changing personalities and ideologies in that office have had a significant impact on Canada's Cuba policy. The author also look at the relationship from the Cuban point of view: they have drawn on privileged interview and archival material from Cuba, including never-before-seen diplomatic records from Cuba's Foreign Ministry, to create a thoroughly rounded portrait. In what is perhaps a controversial stance, the authors seek to use Canada's Cuba policy as a lesson in good neighborliness for the United States, and they dedicate their book to "all those who struggle for the introduction of common sense, dignity, and justice into U.S.-Cuban relations."

Canada-Cuba Relations: The Other Good Neighbor Policy

History

KIRK, John M.

Americas

University Press of Florida

This book traces the developing relationship between Canada and the oas (Organization of American States) and the pau (Pan American Union) before Canada's accession to full membership in the former organization in 1989.

Canada and the OAS: From Dilettante to Full Partner

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

McGill-Queen's University Press

"Impressively well researched, written, organized and presented... a compelling, informative,thoughtful. and thought-provoking read frombeginning to end. Very highly recommended for community, college, anduniversity American Political Science collections in general and fornon-specialist general readers with an interesting understanding how theAmerican political climate has changed over the last half century." Midwest Book Review"An excellent and informative book... There is no denying Mc Kenna'sthoroughness, which helps us understand that the long term consequencesof losing Kennedy have never been confronted and the harm done by some of the presidents who followed him has gone largely unaddressed." Book Pleasures WHAT THE BOOK IS ABOUT  All His Bright Light Gone: The Death of John F. Kennedy and the Decline of America.  It is the first book about Kennedy to explore the ways his untimely death changed this country.  We see him first as a chronically ill young boy. In his sickbed, he readsvoraciously about history, world affairs, and government. A Kennedyfamily friend who visits him in the hospital finds him "so surrounded bybooks I could barely see him...this young child was reading The World Crisis by Winston Churchill." Then, as a young man, Kennedy's concentrates his curiosity on the strengthsand weaknesses of various forms of government. He studies politicaltheory at Harvard and later supplements his education by traveling tonearly every continent on the globe.  Then, constantly ill andweighing just 130 pounds, he forces his way into combat. The horrors ofWorld War II,the deaths of his brother and sister, and his belief thathis life will be short, heighten his perception of the ephemeral natureof existence and his sense of empathy for the suffering of others.  After years of study and travel,Kennedy enters public service. He believesthe United States has been blessed with the most effective system ofgovernment ever devised by man, a republic based on democraticprinciples. When he becomes president, his goal is to create a modern-day version of this system.  As the reader learns, Kennedy reachedhis goal because he knew that a republic will succeed only whenthe people respect government and participate in its affairs. Thisconcept was part of the original design of the Founders, and as Kennedyunderstood, it is necessary for our success as a nation.   Thisis why, just minutes in tohis presidency, he famously challenged thepeople to ask what they could do for their country. This is why herepeatedly said that government is a noble profession, the key to oursuccess as a nation. This is why he held more than60 press conferencesin less than three years, drawing the people into government. He was thelast great champion of participatory democracy.  The book sayssomething that has never been said before: Kennedy's approach togovernment was abandoned after his death, with disastrous results for the nation. Subsequent presidents did not reinforce the bond between thepeople and government. Ronald Reagan, for example, demonized governmentin the eyes of the people, a strategy that dangerously weakened ourrepublic. Today, government has become gridlocked, unable toaddress the needs of the people. Lawmakers fight pointless ideologicalbattles, something Kennedy warned against, and the objectivity that hecalled for has evaporated.

ALL HIS BRIGHT LIGHT GONE: The Death of John F. Kennedy and the Decline of America

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

New Frontier Publishing, LLC

Delusions, in their many different manifestations, are central to the concepts of madness and psychosis. Yet what causes them remains in many ways a complete mystery. McKenna's Delusions is the first comprehensive attempt to tackle one of the most arresting phenomena in psychiatry: an in-depth and critical review of what delusions are, the forms they can take and how they might be explained from both psychological and biological perspectives. Delusions covers key topics such as the clinical features of delusions, the disorders they are seen in, other oddities that resemble them in both health and disease, and the different approaches that have been taken to try to understand them. It is an essential book for psychiatrists and psychologists who work with delusional patients, as well as being of interest to neuroscientists engaged in research into major psychiatric disorders.

Delusions: Understanding the Un-understandable

Canada Looks South: In Search of an Americas Policy

Recent events in the western hemisphere have led to a dramatic shift in the strategic and political importance of Latin America. But with relations still cool between the United States and Cuba, and Venezuela becoming more distant every day, there is considerable potential for Canada – with its longstanding commitment to constructive engagement – to forge mutually beneficial relations with these nations as well as rising industrial and economic players such as Mexico and Brazil.
In Canada Looks South, experts on foreign policy in Canada and Central America provide a timely exploration of Canada’s growing role in the Americas and the most pressing issues of the region. Starting with the historical scope of the bilateral relationship, the volume goes on to cover such subjects as trade engagement, democratization, and security. As current and future Canadian governments embrace expanding linkages with this region, this collection fills a significant gap in scholarship on Canadian-Latin American relations.

University of Toronto Press

Examining the social and political implications of Video Lottery Terminal (VLT) misuse, this authoritative study describes the links between financial stress, physical and mental health issues, depression, alcohol dependency, marital break-up, and suicidal desires with pathological gambling. Contrasting the social fallout from VLTs―the most addictive gambling activity―with government inaction, the lack of substantive public policy is called to question in light of the annual revenue figures derived from gambling. This perceptive report investigates increasingly politicized discussions surrounding VLTs, and serves as a clarion call to governments to take action.

Terminal Damage: The Politics of VLTs in Atlantic Canada

Humor & Entertainment

Puzzles & Games

Fernwood Publishing

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