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Political science<br />
Faith, politics, and sexual Diversity in Canada and the United states<br />
Edited by David Rayside and Clyde Wilcox<br />
The recent agitation of lesbians, gays, and other<br />
sexual minorities for political recognition has<br />
provoked a heated response among religious<br />
activists, many of whom fear that moral decay<br />
is a necessary accompaniment to the public<br />
recognition of sexual diversity. In this remarkable<br />
comparative study, expert authors explore the<br />
tenacity of anti-gay sentiment, as well as the<br />
dramatic shifts in public attitudes towards queer<br />
groups across all faith communities in both the<br />
United States and Canada. They conclude that,<br />
despite the ongoing conflict, religious adherence<br />
does not invariably entail opposition to the<br />
political acknowledgment of queer rights.<br />
DAViD rAysiDE is a professor of political<br />
science and former director of the Mark<br />
S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity<br />
Studies at the University of Toronto. ClyDE<br />
WilCoX is a professor of government at<br />
Georgetown University in Washington, DC.<br />
neW release<br />
April 2011 , 480 pages, 6 x 9 "<br />
33 tables, 18 graphs and diagrams<br />
978-0-7748-2009-7 hC $90.00<br />
978-0-7748-2011-0 librAry E-book<br />
Political Science, Religious Studies, Gender &<br />
Sexuality Studies , Queer Studies , Gender &<br />
Politics , Comparative Politics<br />
Political science<br />
T h e Freedom of security<br />
Governing Canada in the age of Counter-terrorism<br />
Colleen Bell<br />
Post-9/11 security measures have sparked fears<br />
that the West is violating the very civil rights it<br />
strives to protect. Debates centre on the United<br />
States, but how have the politics of security<br />
influenced the commitment to freedom in<br />
other liberal democracies? Addressing security<br />
certificates to the War in Afghanistan to the<br />
detainment of Abdullah Almalki, Colleen<br />
Bell’s wide-ranging analysis demonstrates that<br />
Canada’s counter-terrorism practices are not a<br />
departure from liberal governance but rather a<br />
reconfiguration of its structures with an emphasis<br />
on security. She traces how the logic and practices<br />
of security are increasingly coming to define our<br />
rights and freedoms.<br />
CollEEN bEll is Lecturer of international<br />
politics in the Department of Politics at Birkbeck,<br />
University of London.<br />
neW release<br />
May 2011 , 208 pages, 6 x 9 "<br />
978-0-7748-1825-4 hC $85.00<br />
978-0-7748-1827-8 librAry E-book<br />
Canadian Political Science , Law & Politics ,<br />
Security Studies<br />
LaW and SoCietY SerieS<br />
Political science<br />
Grassroots liberals<br />
organizing for Local and national Politics<br />
Royce Koop<br />
The Liberal Party has fallen on hard times since<br />
2006. Once Canada’s governing party and now<br />
confined to the opposition benches, it struggles to<br />
renew itself. Drawing on interviews and personal<br />
observations in cross-country ridings, Royce<br />
Koop reveals that although the federal Liberal<br />
Party disassociated itself from its provincial<br />
cousins to rebuild itself in the mid-twentieth<br />
century, grassroots Liberals in the constituencies<br />
are building bridges between the national party<br />
and the provinces. This insider’s view of party<br />
politics challenges the idea that Canada has two<br />
distinct political spheres – the provincial and the<br />
national – and suggests that national parties can<br />
overcome the challenges of multi-level politics by<br />
deepening ties with constituencies.<br />
royCE koop is the Skelton-Clark Postdoctoral<br />
Fellow at Queen’s University.<br />
neW release<br />
May 2011 , 224 pages, 6 x 9 "<br />
978-0-7748-2097-4 hC $85.00<br />
978-0-7748-2099-8 librAry E-book<br />
Political Science , Canadian Federal Politics ,<br />
Provincial Politics , Canadian Government ,<br />
Canadian Political Parties & Elections<br />
16 SPRING 2011 | order online @ www.ubcpress.ca