Two books make top-100 political list

Two books make top-100 political list

By Communications Staff

January 15, 2016

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Thinking Outside the Box, edited by Keith G. Banting, Richard P. Chaykowski and Steven F. Lehrer (McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press) and Toward A Healthcare Strategy for Canadians, edited by A. Scott Carson, Jeffrey Dixon, and Kim Richard Nossal (Queen鈥檚 McGill University Press), were included in The Hill Times Top-100 Political Books of 2015.

Two books from the Queen鈥檚 School of Policy Studies have been included in The Hill Times Top-100 Political Books of 2015.

In the annual list , edited by Keith G. Banting, Richard P. Chaykowski and Steven F. Lehrer (McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press) placed 88th while , edited by A. Scott Carson, Jeffrey Dixon, and Kim Richard Nossal (Queen鈥檚 McGill University Press) was ranked 90th in the annual list. The Hill Times is an independently-owned newsweekly covering the Canadian government and politics. 

鈥淏eing included in The Hill Times list is great news for the School of Policy Studies and Queen鈥檚,鈥 says Dr.  Carson, Stauffer-Dunning Chair and executive director of Queen鈥檚 School of Policy Studies. 鈥淭his recognition demonstrates that the collaborative academic work produced here at Queen鈥檚 University is being read, and, more importantly, informing Canadian policy.鈥

鈥淭hinking Outside the Box鈥 originated in a conference celebrating the research and policy contributions of Tom Courchene, the founding director of the School of Policy Studies. As Keith Banting, Professor of Political Studies and Policy Studies, observes, 鈥渢he title of the book perfectly captures the inventiveness and creativity of Tom鈥檚 policy research.鈥

Toward A Healthcare Strategy for Canadians is the result of the Queen鈥檚 Healthcare Policy Change Conference Series, a joint initiative by the Queen's School of Policy Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences and The Monieson Centre for Business Research in Healthcare at Smith School of Business, which brought together 385 senior Canadian and international leaders from business, healthcare delivery, government and academia to explore mobilizing change and how to manage and govern a pan-Canadian approach to healthcare.

A companion volume focused on implementation, Managing a Canadian Healthcare Strategy, will be published in 2016.

Both books are part of the Queen鈥檚 School of Policy Studies Series, a premier publisher of policy-related material in Canada, on McGill/Queen鈥檚 University Press.