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Williams, Bob

 
9780889714243: Using Power Well: Bob Williams and the Making of British Columbia
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ISBN 10 : 088971424X ISBN 13 : 9780889714243
Editeur : Nightwood Editions, 2023

Synopsis

The compelling biography of former British Columbia cabinet minister Bob Williams weaves his political and economical insights with the story of his unconventional life.

In Using Power Well, former provincial politician Bob Williams tells his atypical life story: beginning with his childhood in the working-class east end of Vancouver, Williams goes on to describe his early years as a planner in Delta, BC, his political life on Vancouver City Council and in the BC Legislature--including a major impact on the first NDP government in the 1970s--and his more recent contributions in the world of business and co-operative economics. Williams's legacy is dotted across the physical and political landscape of BC--from the Whistler Town Centre and Robson Square to the Agricultural Land Reserve, the Insurance Corporation of BC and many projects in between. A straight shooter who refuses to mince words, Williams advocates in this highly readable and colourful book for a bottom-up approach to politics and public policy, bypassing bureaucracy in order to use power well.

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À propos des auteurs

Bob Williams is a former British Columbia cabinet minister who played a key role in establishing the Agricultural Land Reserve and Insurance Corporation of British Columbia during BC's first NDP government in the 1970s. More recently, Williams was influential in building the Vancity Credit Union into the leading co-operative financial institution in Western Canada.

Benjamin Isitt is a historian and legal scholar specializing in the political and legal history of British Columbia's working class, with previous works including From Victoria to Vladivostok (UBC Press, 2010) and Able to Lead (UBC Press, 2021). He also serves as a city councillor and regional director in Victoria, BC.

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Éditeur
Nightwood Editions
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
088971424X
ISBN 13 
9780889714243
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
240
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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