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The201415editionofHowOttawaSpendscriticallyexaminesnationalpoliticsandrelatedscaleconomicandsocialprioritiesandpolicieswithanemphasisonthenowlong-runningHarper-linkedSenatescandalandtheseriouschallengestoHarpersleadershipandcontrollingstyleofattackpolitics.ContributorsfromacrossCanadaexaminetheConservativegovernmentagendabothintermsofitsmacroeconomicscalpolicyandelectoralsuccesssince2006andalsoasitplansfora2015electoralvictorywiththeaidofahealthysurplusbudgetarywarchest.IndividualchaptersexamineseveralcloselylinkedpoliticalpolicyandspendingrealmsincludingthegrowingstrengthandnatureoftheJustinTrudeau-ledLiberalPartychallengethe2014HarperEconomicActionPlanthedemiseoffederalenvironmentalpolicyunderHarpersresponsibleresourcedevelopmentstrategytheConser-vativescrimeandpunishmentagendathegrowingevidenceregardingthefederalgovernmentsmuzzlingofscientistsandevidenceinfederalpolicyformationandthenowve-yearstoryoftheHarpercreationtreatmentandroleoftheParliamentaryBudgetOfcer.G.BruceDoernisprofessoremeritusintheSchoolofPublicPolicyandAdministrationatCarletonUniversityandinthePoliticsDepartmentattheUniversityofExeter.ChristopherStoneyisassociateprofessorintheSchoolofPublicPolicyandAdministrationatCarletonUniversity.Denmarkbecameanationamidsttheturbulenceofthenineteenthcenturyaneraplaguedbywarbankruptcyandterritorialloss.BuildingtheNationisaninsightfulstudyofthisformationemphasizingthecrucialroleofN.F.S.GrundtvigthefatherofmodernDenmark.Perseveringthroughyearsofhumiliationinternalconictandoccupa-tionDenmarknowboastsoneoftheworldsmoststableanddemocraticpoliticalsystemsaswellasoneofitsrichesteconomies.FromdisastertosuccessBuildingtheNationemphasizestheroleofnationaliconsandsocialmovementsintheformationofDenmark.ThepoetpoliticalphilosopheraclergymanandfoundingfatherN.F.S.GrundtvigiscomparedtoRousseauandDurkheiminFrancetoHerderandFichteinGermanyandtoothergreatthinkersintheUnitedStatesandIreland.DuringhislifetimethekingdomofDenmarktransformedfrommonarchytodemocracyandmovedfromagrarianismtoamoderneconomyevolutionstowhichGrundtvighimselfcontributed.Hehasbecomeafundamentalandinescapablerefer-ence-pointfordiscussionsaboutnationdemocracyfreedomreligionandeducationinDenmarkandabroad.SituatingGrundtviginboththehistoryofDenmarkandtheintellectualhistoryofnineteenth-centuryEuropeBuildingtheNationarguesforthecentralityofhisinuenceinthemakingofmodernDenmarkaswellasthecontinuinginuenceofhiswork.JohnA.HallisJamesMcGillProfessorofComparativeHistoricalSociologyatMcGillUniversity.OveKorsgaardisprofessorofeducationattheUniversityofAarhus.OveK.PedersenisprofessorofcomparativepoliticaleconomyatCopenhagenBusinessSchool.33MQUPFALL2014SPECIFICATIONSDecember2014978-0-7735-4406-234.95ACDN34.95AUSpaper978-0-7735-4405-5100.00SCDN100.00SUScloth6x9464pp4bwphotos2tablesWorldrightsexceptU.K.EireandEuropee-bookavailableSPECIFICATIONSOctober2014978-0-7735-4444-434.95ACDN34.95AUS22.99paper6x9ppe-bookavailableHowOttawaSpends20142015TheHarperGovernmentGoodtoGoeditedbyg.brucedoernandchristopherstoneyAcriticalexaminationoftheHarperGovernmentinitseighthyearinpowerasitfacestherstseriouselectoralchallengebyareenergizedLiberalParty.HISTORYPOLITICALSCIENCEPOLITICALSCIENCEPUBLICPOLICYBuildingtheNationN.F.S.GrundtvigandDanishNationalIdentityeditedbyjohna.hallovekorsgaardandovek.pedersenHowDenmarkbecameDenmarkthroughoneofthemostsuccessfulnationbuildingprocessesinhistory.