Political Science Conservatism & Liberalism
The Savage Years
The Perils of Reinventing Government in Nova Scotia
- Publisher
- Lorimer, Formac Publishing Company Limited
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2000
- Category
- Conservatism & Liberalism, General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780887805097
- Publish Date
- Jan 2000
- List Price
- $19.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780887807831
- Publish Date
- Feb 2008
- List Price
- $45.00
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Published in 2000, this book offers a history of the reforms attempted by John Savage's Nova Scotia Liberal government in the mid-1990s, analyzing his successes and failures.
The short period of Liberal government that began in Nova Scotia in May 1993 was a unique period where major reforms were attempted simultaneously in health, education, municipal structure and economic policy. Under the leadership of former Dartmouth mayor and family physician, John Savage, many popular ideas about reinventing government were given a real-life test. In this book four political scientists record and analyze the experience
The Savage Years is a remarkable portrait of a courageous politician and of the challenges facing those who seek to reform traditional political cultures.
About the authors
Peter Clancy is a Professor of Political Science and an associate with Interdisciplinary Studies in Aquatic Resources (ISAR) at St. Francis Xavier University. He has written extensively in the areas of business-government relations, the politics of resource management, and Northern Canada studies. His books include Against the Grain: Foresters and Politics in Nova Scotia (UBC Press, 2000) and The Savage Years: The Perils of Reinventing Government in Nova Scotia (Formac Publishing, 2000).
James Bickerton is Professor of Political Science at St. Francis Xavier University. His books include, as author, Nova Scotia, Ottawa and the Politics of Regional Development; as co-author, Ties That Bind: Parties and Voters in Canada and Freedom, Equality, Community: The Political Philosophy of Six Influential Canadians; and most recently, as co-editor, Governing: Essays in Honour of Donald J. Savoie.
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Rodney Haddow is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto.
Ian Stewart PhD, taught at both Queen's and UBC before joining the department of political science at Acadia University for 32 years. He is now retired after authoring 30 articles on Canadian politics. He also wrote or co-wrote Roasting Chestnuts: The Mythology of Maritime Political Culture (UBC Press, 1995), The Savage Years: The Perils of Reinventing Politics in Nova Scotia (with Peter Clancy, James Bickerton and Rodney Haddow, Lorimer, 2000), Conventional Choices: Maritime Leadership Politics (UBC Press, 2007) and Just One Vote: From Jim Walding's Nomination to Constitutional Defeat (University of Manitoba Press, 2009). Conventional Choices was short-listed for the Donald Smiley Prize for the best book on Canadian politics in 2008, and Just One Vote was short-listed for the Margaret McWilliams for best book on Manitoba history and for the Donald Smiley Prize for the best book in Canadian politics in 2010. Ian Stewart and his wife Audrey live in Greenwich, Nova Scotia.
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