Organization, Selection and Training of National Response Teams — A Canadian Perspective
13. It is interesting to note that the South African Army Dog Training Battalion has provided so valuable a product that the 500 dogs and handlers currently trained are to be supplemented by greater numbers. 14. Military Balance 1980-81. op cit. 15. In comparison to the 5.98% GNP devoted to defence by South Africa, Canada pays 1.84%. 16. Denis Venter, "South Africa as an African Power: The Need for a Purposeful Detente Policy in Southern Africa", S. A. Institute of International Affairs, Newsletter, vol. 8, no. 2 (1976). 17. R.S.A., Department of Defence, White Paper on Defence 1977 (Cape Town, 1977), p.6 18. R.S.A. Department of Information, South African News, 16 Sept. 1977, p. 9 19. See, for instance, Jaster, op cit. 20. See Cape Times, 27 Oct 1978. 21. Johnson, op cit, p. 320. 22. See Paul Moorcraft, "Towards the Garrison State", in F. Clifford-Vaughan, ed., International Pressure and Political Change in South Africa, (Oxford, 1978). 23. Gervenka and Rogers, p. 348. 24. South African Digest, (Pretoria), 8 Apr. 1977, p. 3.
Terrorist incident management and jurisdictional issues: A Canadian perspective
This article briefly outlines the organization and procedures that have evolved at the federal level of the government of Canada for the handling and management of crises relating to internal security. Organization of policy formation and organization for crisis management are discussed. Jurisdictional difficulties between the federal and provincial governments are analyzed. The basic policy framework is to deal with terrorist incidents by refusal to yield to the demands of hostage takers, without precluding the granting of minor concessions, limited in scope to the immediate place and time of the incident. Unresolved policy issues are listed.
The Italian Renaissance: Culture and Society in Italy
In this newly revised edition of his widely acclaimed work, Peter Burke presents a social and cultural history of the Italian Renaissance. He discusses the social and political institutions that existed in Italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and he analyzes the ways of thinking and seeing that characterized this period of extraordinary artistic creativity. Developing a distinctive approach, the author is concerned not only with the finished works of Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, and others, but also with the social background, patterns of recruitment, and means of subsistence of this "cultural elite." He thus makes a major contribution both to our understanding of the Italian Renaissance and to our comprehension of the complex relations between culture and society. An excellent social history of the lives and culture of the artists and artisans which made it possible for the arts to flourish.