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This paper provides a general overview of the types, membership bases, major positions, and political strategies of cultural groups and policy networks in Canadian cultural policy. There is a need for independent and critical research which can assess and…

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This paper seeks to articulate some of the frames, conditions, and alternatives for sociocultural evolution in the new millennium. Two frameworks are applied to this task: Francis Fukuyama's interpretation of historical process and Ervin Laszlo's concepts of intensive and…

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This discussion paper proposes that those who would champion a higher ranking for culture and the arts on the national agenda should take a leaf from the Asian martial arts training manuals: the pages which explain how to employ…

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Parallel to the ongoing European integration process, comparative cultural policy research has changed its orientation and methods during the last thirty years, moving from institutional, almost "diplomatic" exercises to networking exchanges, and has arrived at an approach which favours…

Abstract: Much of the discussion about the Internet's impact on the law focuses on issues of jurisdiction and enforcement. This paper suggests that the rise of the Internet is also having a profound impact on the content and scope of…

Abstract: This discussion takes both a cultural and economic perspective in looking at examples wherein reducing the Canadian Internet deficit would serve the public interest, and examines the prospects for addressing the deficit with public policy. The author suggests that…

Abstract: This article asserts that to make Canada's presence felt, we must understand the importance of the base-level information held by the country's preserving institutions (museums, libraries, and archives), and government must fund them to make their rich database content…

Abstract: This article argues that just as universal access to traditional communications media, such as the post office and the telephone, is considered an essential service, so also should access to high-speed Internet, particularly in areas that currently lack the…

Abstract: Student researchers/recorders contributed significantly to the success of the Information Deficit: Canadian Solutions conference October 29-30, 2001. This overview of their research efforts explains how the conference's four research streams were examined for the benefit of conference organizers and…