Nbr. 38, January - January 2016

Index

• Introducing Inroads 38.
• Harper's way was fear and hatred.
• Thoughts inspired by Aylan Kurdi.
• Imperial Russia redux and the crisis of Ukraine.
• Recovered memories need to be taken seriously: a response to Patrik Ohberg.
• Greek tragedy--or farce? Selected and edited from the Inroads listserv.
• Tales of the long campaign: the Liberals succeeded, the NDP failed and the Conservatives scored an own goal.
• The niqab time bomb.
• Climate change policy: will love prevail?
• The end of the deficit taboo: the economic logic and political perils of Justin Trudeau's promise.
• Beware the conventional wisdom.
• Electoral reform, the power of the PMO and Justin Trudeau.
• Proportional representation: what would it look like?
• How do you solve a problem like the Senate? A parliamentary reform agenda for Prime Minister Trudeau.
• The Corbyn insurgency: British Labour's leadership campaign turned into a revolt against the political establishment.
• Power on the people: Jeremy Corbyn's prescriptions have neither popularity nor merit.
• Taking the long view: trends in the standard of living in central Canada and the United States.
• Integration of Muslim minorities: is it about religion? There is a disconnect between public perception and empirical evidence.
• Multiple realities: Haitians in the Dominican Republic: despite the international outcry, racism and xenophobia are not the driving forces.
• How China does it: meritocracy's challenge to Western democracy.
• The unravelling of Iraq.
• Political philosophy without political institutions: for Ronald Beiner, the real question is about the value of modernity.
• Conrad Black, historian: a Canadian phenomenon explores his country's past.