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William D. Coleman, Background
William D. Coleman holds the CIGI chair in globalization and public policy at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and is the director of the school’s Global Governance programs. He is also a professor of political science at the University of Waterloo. He was the founding director of the Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
Born in Nelson, British Columbia, William received his B.A. from Carleton University, Ottawa, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from The University of Chicago. He has written five books: The Independence Movement in Quebec, 1945–1980; Business and Politics: A Study in Collective Action; The State, Business and Industrial Change in Canada (with Michael M. Atkinson); Financial Services, Globalization and Domestic Policy Change: A Comparison of North America and the European Union; and Agriculture in the New Global Economy (with Wyn Grant and Timothy Josling). The State, Business and Industrial Change in Canada was awarded the Charles H. Levine Prize for the best book in the fields of public administration and public policy by the Structure of Government Research Committee of the International Political Science Association. William has also edited three books in the public policy field. In addition to these books, he has written articles dealing with Quebec politics, business government relations, changes in agricultural policy, the making of financial services policy and globalization, which have been published in journals in Canada, the United States and Europe. He is also the project director of the Globalization and Autonomy series published by the University of British Columbia Press.
Selected Publications
- Blaser, Mario, Ravindra de Costa, Deborah McGregor and William Coleman (eds.) (2010). Indigenous Peoples and Autonomy: Insights for a Global Age. Vancouver, B.C.: University of British Columbia Press.
- Essid, Yassine and William D. Coleman (eds.) (2010). Deux Méditerranées : Les voies de la mondialisation et de l’autonomie. Québec: Les Presses de l’Université Laval.
- Rethmann, Petra, Imre Szeman and William Coleman (eds.) (2010). Cultural Autonomy: Frictions and Connections. Vancouver, B.C.: University of British Columbia Press.
- Pauly, Louis W. and William Coleman (eds.) (2010). Global Ordering: Institutions and Autonomy in a Changing World(Chinese edition). Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press. First published in 2008 by University of British Columbia Press.
- Blaser, Mario, Ravi de Costa, Deborah McGregor and William D. Coleman (2010). “Reconfiguring the Web of Life: Indigenous Peoples, Relationality and Globalization” in Indigenous Peoples and Autonomy: Insights for a Global Age, edited by Mario Blaser, Ravindra de Costa, Deborah McGregor and William Coleman. Vancouver, B.C.: University of British Columbia Press.
