Most Popular Books by Ian McAllister

Through text and photographs describes the lives of wolf packs living on the coast of British Columbia.

"The images and an earlier version of the text ... originally appeared in The last wild wolves, published in 2007 by Greystone Books"--Title page verso.

There are so many things for bear cubs to learn about in the Great Bear Rainforest.

"The story is really told by the big, bright pictures--which glow with the rhythms and beauties of this remote habitat...Enthralling fare for budding naturalists." --Kirkus Reviews The Great Bear Rainforest is a majestic place full of tall trees, huge bears and endless schools of salmon. Award-winning photographer and author Ian McAllister''s luminous photographs illustrate the story of a lone wolf who swims to one of the small islands that dot the rainforest''s coast. The island provides him with everything he needs--deer, salmon, fresh water--everything, that is, but a mate. When a female wolf arrives on the island''s rocky shores, she and he start a family and introduce their pups to the island''s bounty. Wolf Island is part of the My Great Bear Rainforest series, which includes The Seal Garden, A Bear''s Life and A Whale''s World.

When storms roar and orcas are on the prowl, it''s the seal gardens of the Great Bear Sea that provide safety and shelter. Ian McAllister''s glorious photographs reveal the beauty and mystery of this rarely seen place of refuge for sea lions, otters, a variety of seals and other sea mammals. This is the third title in the My Great Bear Rainforest series.

Every spring the Great Bear Rainforest becomes a nursery to some of the most adorable baby animals out there. Award-winning nature photographer Ian McAllister has photographed the cutest of the cute to teach the little ones in your life about some of the little ones found in this temperate rainforest on British Columbia''s Pacific coast. Orca calves, wolf cubs, seal pups and herring eggs (arguably not traditionally cute but still interesting!) feature in this vibrant exploration of one of the most beautiful great outdoors on offer in this big wild world.

Every spring the Great Bear Rainforest becomes a nursery to some of the most adorable baby animals out there. Award-winning nature photographer Ian McAllister has photographed the cutest of the cute to teach the little ones in your life about some of the little ones found in this temperate rainforest on British Columbia''s Pacific coast. Orca calves, wolf cubs, seal pups and herring eggs (arguably not traditionally cute but still interesting!) feature in this vibrant exploration of one of the most beautiful great outdoors on offer in this big wild world.

The Great Bear Rainforest is the fabled region that stretches up the rugged Pacific coast from the top of Vancouver Island to southern Alaska. A longtime resident of the area, award-winning photographer and conservationist Ian McAllister takes us on a deeply personal journey from the headwaters of the Great Bear Rainforest''s unexplored river valleys down to where the ocean meets the rainforest and finally to the hidden depths of the offshore world. Along the way, we meet the spectacular wildlife that inhabits the Great Bear Rainforest. In a not-so unusual day, McAllister quietly observes twenty seven bears fishing for salmon, three of which are the famed pure white spirit bear. McAllister introduces us to the First Nations people who have lived there for millennia and have become his close friends and allies, and to the scientists conducting groundbreaking research and racing against time to protect the rainforest from massive energy projects. Rich with full-color photographs of the wolves, whales, and other creatures who make the rainforest their home, Great Bear Wild is a stunning celebration of this legendary area.

Political Parties and Democratic Linkage examines how political parties ensure the functioning of the democratic process in contemporary societies. Based on unprecedented cross-national data, the authors find that the process of party government is still alive and well in most contemporary democracies.

In this text, experts in Russian party politics provide detailed coverage and discussion of Russian politics and voting behaviour. It includes two chapters on the December 1995 parliamentary elections

• “To be credible partners overseas, universities must be credible partners for the well-being of the peoples of their own regions.” • “Canadian universities have enjoyed long and productive histories of both regional and international cooperation. Many were nurtured through early relationships with longer standing European and US institutions. Especially since Canada became a serious aid donor in the early 1970s, Canadian universities, in their turn, began to share experiences and resources overseas. Initially this was with institutions in less prosperous nations; then, particularly since the fall of the Berlin Wall, it was also with partners in the transition economies of Eastern Europe. Most recently it has been with China and a resurgent India.” • “Often a university’s regional and international linkages began with individual faculty or student commitments. Some then evolved into projects (frequently four or five year contractual arrangements), supported by aid agencies. A few such projects later expanded into more open-ended network arrangements – bridging disciplines, sectors, institutions and sometimes even continents.” • “The more complex some of these partnerships have become, the more challenging have been the ethical, academic, and financial implications for the Canadian institutions themselves, not to mention their counterparts. Long term, more visionary and more strategic approaches have become critical. More entrepreneurial administrative structures and much heightened sensitivities to human rights, cross-cultural, gender and inter-disciplinary issues have been essential.” • “What, it must ruthlessly be asked, are the visions for post-secondary education for 2020 (not to mention 2050) that are empowering the more progressive of today’s institutions? How are they helping shape present regional and international development partnerships?”

After three decades of violence, Northern Ireland has experienced unprecedented peace. This book, now available in paperback, examines the impact of the 1998 Agreement which halted the violence on those most affected by it – the Northern Irish people themselves. Using public opinion surveys conducted over a period of half a century, this book covers changes in public opinion across all areas of society and politics, including elections, education, community relations and national identity. The surveys show that despite peace, Protestants and Catholics remain as deeply divided as ever. The vast majority marry co-religionists, attend religious schools and have few friends across the religious divide. The results have implications not just for peacemaking in Northern Ireland, but for other societies emerging from conflict. The main lesson of peacemaking in Northern Ireland is that political reform has to be accompanied by social change across the society as a whole. Peace after conflict needs social as well as political change.

After a brief historical critique of how the larger international NGOs in general, and the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement in particular, have evolved from short-term disaster relief organizations to complex international development networks, Ian McAllister explores many of the key issues facing the International Red Cross Movement. These include research and building bridges to field operations - training, policy design and management - links between relief and development - financing and international agreements - the application of ideas from the Earth Summit at Rio to the day-to-day, community-level work of the International Red Cross Movement. The book''s second part has an operational focus - exploring the challenges of, and approaches to, international cooperation in relief and development. The third part is about projects - drawing together ideas and ''lessons'' for project planning, evaluation and management in the context of non-governmental organizations. Much of the work has been written ''in the field'' and the book brings together theory, policy and practice - with a constant scanning for future policy options bridging from current operational practices. This original and important study is of interest to all those working in non-governmental organizations, ministries and other agencies in the fields of disaster relief and sustainable development, as well as to staff and volunteers within the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Ian McAllister is Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies at Dalhousie University, Canada.

The Australian Electoral System provides the first-ever comprehensive study of the design of Australian electoral systems. It focuses on the two electoral systems, both ''preferential'', that are most closely associated with Australia: namely the alternative vote and the single transferable vote. The book covers four main themes. First, it traces the origins of Australia''s electoral systems, explaining how and why Australia ended up with such a relatively unique arrangement. Second, it explores the range of variation in the detail of how the various schemes operate - variations which can have significant behavioural and electoral consequences. Third, it uses aggregate and survey data to systematically analyse the consequences of electoral system design. Fourth, it examines voter reaction to these systems, both in Australia and also cross-nationally.

Various factors and influences are known to determine the loyalties of voters, but which are the most important electorally? This book attempts to answer that question, and is based on an analysis of three decades of electoral behaviour in Britain.

A burgeoning literature studies compulsory voting and its effects on turnout, but we know very little about how compulsory voting works in practice. In this Element, the authors fill this gap by providing an in-depth discussion of compulsory voting rules and their enforcement in Australia, Belgium, and Brazil. By analysing comparable public opinion data from these three countries, they shed light on citizens'' attitudes toward compulsory voting. The Element examines citizens'' perceptions, their knowledge of the system, and whether they support it. The authors connect this with information on citizens'' reported turnout and vote choice to assess who is affected by mandatory voting and why. The work clarifies that there is no single system of compulsory voting. Each country has its own set of rules, and most voters are unaware of how they are enforced.

First published in 2003, The Cambridge Handbook of Social Sciences in Australia is a high-quality reference on significant research in Australian social sciences. The book is divided into three main sections, covering the central areas of the social sciences-economics, political science and sociology. Each section examines the significant research in the field, placing it within the context of broader debates about the nature of the social sciences and the ways in which institutional changes have shaped how they are defined, taught and researched.

The second edition of Australian Political Facts brings together a detailed and comprehensive array of information about Australian politics in one volume. The authors have cast their net wide so that data about politics in its broadest sense are found here, ordered and classified, and supported by a comprehensive index. Almost three times larger than the first edition, this revised edition is a reference which lists not only facts and figures but provides commentary and analysis.

This innovative study examines the extent to which voting in Britain since 1959 has been determined by class. Rose and McAllister sum up a vast body of evidence to show that voters are influenced by current political events, by political principles as well as by social structure and by parental party identification.