Publications
Canadian Health Care
Jul 07, 2011These PowerPoint slides were presented by the authors at the September 23, 2003 event of a similar title. They outline the key components of the Canadian health care model and challenges to the current system. more
The American Review of Canadian Studies
Jul 07, 2011The Thomas O. Enders Issue on the State of the Canada-United States Relationship, Vol. 33, Number 1 of The American Review of Canadian Studies (Spring 2003) more
Going Global: Chinese Oil and Mining Companies and the Governance of Resource Wealth
Jul 04, 2011This report by Senior Scholar Jill Shankleman was drawn from her six-month research project at the Center examining the impact of China's oil and mining companies' overseas expansion on the governance of resource wealth. more
Remarks for House Forum on Violence and Firearms Trafficking to Mexico
Jun 30, 2011Prepared for a Congressional Forum on Violence and Firearms Trafficking to Mexico, held on Thursday, June 30, 2011. more
Evolving Demographic and Human-Capital Trends in Mexico and Central America and Their Implications For Regional Migration
May 01, 2011As the US labor force became better educated, fewer native workers accepted many of the low-wage but essential jobs at the bottom of the labor market. These changes in the United States coincided with a population boom in Mexico and Central America that resulted in a near tripling of the region's population. Economic growth was unable to keep pace with demographic change, however, and many of the region's youth sought opportunities in the United States. more
The Cold War in East Asia: 1945–1991
May 01, 2011The Cold War in East Asia studies Asia as a second front in the Cold War, examining how the six powers—the United States, the Soviet Union, China, Japan, and North and South Korea—interacted with one another and forged the conditions that were distinct from the Cold War in Europe. more
So Much Aid, So Little Development: Stories from Pakistan
May 01, 2011Pakistan has received more than $20 billion in external development assistance but has made little evident improvement in its social indicators. So Much Aid, So Little Development offers a fresh explanation for this outcome. more
Policing Democracy: Overcoming Obstacles to Citizen Security in Latin America
May 01, 2011In Policing Democracy , Mark Ungar situates Latin America at a crossroads between its longstanding form of reactive policing and a problem-oriented approach based on prevention and citizen participation. Drawing on extensive case studies from Argentina, Bolivia, and Honduras, he reviews the full spectrum of areas needing reform: criminal law, policing, investigation, trial practices, and incarceration. more
