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THIS ARTICLE IS A PRELIMINARY INQUIRY INTO SELECTED ASPECTS OF THE POLITICAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF STATE HIGH TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (HTD) PROGRAMS. STATE PROGRAMS HAVE JUST PASSED THROUGH THHE TAKE-OFF PHASE IN ACCELERATED DIFFUSION. IN 1980, NINE STATES HAD "DEDICATED" PROGRAMS WHICH PROMOTED HIGH-TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIAL GROWTH BY 1983 THE NUMBER HAD INCREASED TO 22 (OTA, 1983). CONTINUED ADOPTION OF THESE PROGRAMS BY STATES IS LIKELY, AND A BROADENING WITHIN EACH STATE OF THE NUMBER AND VARIETY OF COMPONENT ELEMENTS CAN BE EXPECTED. SEVERAL FEATURES OF STATE "INNOVATION," "RED-BASED ECONOMIC GROWTH" OR "HIGH-TECH" PROGRAMS HAVE ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED IN EARLIER AND FORTHCOMING TRETMENTS (NATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION, 1982; JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE, 1982; OTA, 1983, FORTHCOMING). THESE FEATURES INCLUDE THE CONCEPTUAL AND EMPIRICAL OPENNESS OF THE CONCEPT OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY; THE COMPLEX SET OF INTERACTIONS AMONG RESEARCH, INNOVATION, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INFLUENCING WHETHER ANY SET OF STATE PROGRAMATIC INITIATIVES WILL RESULT IN THE INTENDED END RESULT--JOB CREATION--WITHIN ITS BORDERS; AND THE LIMITED IMPACT EVEN A "SUCCESSFUL" HIGH-TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY MIGHT HAVE ON REDUCING HIGH LEVELS OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN STATES (REGIONS) EXPERIENCING MAJOR STRUCTURAL SHIFTS IN THEIR ECONOMIC BASES. THESE ACCOUNTS ALSO DESCRIBE SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE MAY HAVE AN IMPACT ON A REGION'S ECONOMY--ENHANCING THE COMPETITIVEPY: 1984

The euphoria associated with bold new ventures by the states to initiate high technology development programs can obscure many of the political and economic realities that condition and constrain them. This article introduces and explores the implications of a number of hypotheses about these relationships. Current state high technology development programs are placed within historical context by comparing current initiatives with the science/research‐based economic development strategies of the 1960s. Potential conflicts among universities, state officials, and other parties‐at‐interest related to the time frame and payoffs of high technology development programs are identified and discussed.

"History, politics, and law, along with public administration, shed light on the aims and various aspects of current and evolving statecraft. In this context, this book will explain that political law is interdisciplinary, and is a combination of the elements of statecraft. Political law is thus a new form of analysis, and necessary to a better understanding of the modern Democratic state. Political law can inform citizens, more thoroughly than other disciplines can, about the state and about the processes that render and maintain it Democratic. Further, application of the lessons of political law can enable citizens to safeguard the rule of law and the Democratic and rights-based nature of their jurisdictions. Consider that the struggle for Democracy is enduring; political law provides necessary knowledge and initiative for this struggle."--

Although a number of political psychologists are active in Canada, there has been relatively little self‐conscious development of the field. This article brings together contributions from political science and social psychology in Canada in an attempt to identify aspects of Canadian distinctiveness in the field of political psychology, notably the balance between mainstream and eclectic tendencies.

The India–Canada relationship has witnessed a number of highs and lows despite the two nations sharing common political views. This is perhaps best seen in the civil nuclear cooperation shared between the two. It is interesting to note that the relation between the two nations fractured twice due to nuclear issues in the past; today, nuclear cooperation is an important pillar, helping them to cement a new partnership. This article is an attempt to trace the civil nuclear relationship between India and Canada and to chart its future path. It has to be understood that the nuclear agreement between India and Canada is not restricted in its scope to just benefits for the two countries in developing nuclear technology and trade. It has larger economic and strategic benefits. India's growing political and economic strength is promising. It is in Canada's interest to pursue a closer relationship with India. It is in India's interest to further strengthen this partnership in view of the resources and technology that Canada could provide India to achieve its development goals, especially its green agenda as ratified under the Paris Climate Change Agreement (2015).

This paper relates the changes that have occurred in historiography over the last couple of decades to the present state of writing on the history of higher education in Canada. The existing bibliography has laid the groundwork and the 'new' history offers the means by which the complex relationships between society and institutions of higher learning can be synthesized. A few examples of the kinds of questions that need to be asked and of some assumptions that need analysis are given. By looking at all phases of universities - professors, students, women, administrative and academic matters; by using quantitative as well as qualitative research techniques; by consulting government, church, local and business sources as well as university material; and by analyzing and critiquing the newer historians of higher education can help Canadians understand the traditions and mores of individual institutions as well as the collective impact of higher education on the society. ; Ce travail relate les changements qui ont eu lieu en historiographie durant les dernières décennies et jusqu'à l'état actuel des écrits sur l'histoire de l'éducation supérieure au Canada. La bibliographie existante a servi de fondement et la "nouvelle" histoire offre un moyen de synthétiser les relations complexes entre la société et les institutions d'enseignement supérieur. L'étude inclut quelques exemples de questions et de présomptions qui méritent l'attention. En examinant la vie universitaire sous tous ses aspects - les professeurs, les étudiants, les femmes, les affaires académiques et administratives; en utilisant des techniques de recherche quantitatives aussi bien que qualitatives; en consultant le gouverne-ment, l'eglise, les sources locales et les affaires aussi bien que le matériel universitaire; et en analysant et en critiquant, les nouveaux historiens de l'éducation supérieure peuvent aider les Canadiens à comprendre les traditions et les coutumes des institutions individuelles aussi bien que l'impact collectif de l'éducation supérieure sur la société.

La fécondité est en déclin au Canada. Nous tentons d'expliquer ce changement, et d'en dégager les implications pour la formulation de politiques. Nous faisons la critique des études canadiennes récemment publiées sur la question en les situant par rapport à une adaptation du cadre de référence Davis et Blake. Ceci nous permet de formuler des hypothèses relatives à deux niveaux dont la distinction est implicite dans le cadre de référence: (1) le niveau de la structure sociale (variables indépendantes), (2) le niveau des phénomènes qui déterminent plus directement la fécondité (variables "intermédiaires"). Les données disponibles nous permettent de vérifier nos hypothèses. Un problème demeure cependant: le déclin de la fécondité est‐il lié au fait qu'on veut limiter les naissances ou les différer?Fertility is declining in Canada. We attempt to account for this change and to suggest policy implications. We review recent Canadian studies fitting them into an adaptation of the Davis‐Blake framework. This permits the formulation of hypotheses at two levels implicit in the framework: (1) social structural (independent variables); (2) proximate ("intermediate" variables). Hypotheses were tested against available data, but a problem remained: does the decline result from deferring or averting of births?

Last December the chairman of the Programme Committee for the 1950 Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association asked me if I would prepare a paper on aspects of the relations between governments and the universities. I agreed to do so, on the understanding that a good deal of the work would have to be done by others of my colleagues in consultation with myself. For that reason the present paper falls into two parts: the introductory section and the second and principal section prepared by Mr. D. C. Rowat.