Mcrae, Kenneth Douglas

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MCRAE, Kenneth Douglas

MCRAE, Kenneth Douglas. Canadian, b. 1925. Genres: History, International relations/Current affairs, Politics/Government, Language/ Linguistics. Career: Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ont., 1996- (joined faculty, 1955; Professor, 1964-95). Research Supvr., Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, 1964-69; President, Canadian Political Science Association, 1978-79; Hon. Secretary, Royal Society of Canada, 1980-83. Publications: (co-author) The Founding of New Societies: Studies in the History of the United States, Latin America, South Africa, Canada and Australia, 1964; Switzerland: Example of Cultural Co-Existence, 1964; Conflict and Compromise in Multilingual Societies, Vol. I, Switzerland, 1983, reissued 1998, Vol. II, Belgium, 1986, Vol. III, Finland, 1997. EDITOR: Jean Bodin: The Six Bookes of a Commonweale, 1962; (and project dir.) The Federal Capital: Governmental Institutions, 1969; (and co-author) Consociational Democracy: Political Accommodation in Segmented Societies, 1974. Address: Dept. of Political Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1S 5B6.

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