Barry F. Cooper

Fraser Barry Cooper (1943- ) is a Canadian Political Scientist at the University of Calgary's Department of Political Science. Born in Alberta, he teaches courses in Political theory, Canadian politics, the history of political thought and public policy. Before coming to Calgary, he taught at Bishop's University (1968-1970), McGill University, and York University (1970-1981). Winner a Killam Research Fellowship, he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and is a Senior Fellow at The Fraser Institute. In 1991, Cooper co-authored "Deconfederation: Canada without Quebec", where he argued that Canada would benefit from Quebec separation. He is also a fellow at the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies. Cooper attended highschool at Shawnigan Lake School on Vancouver Island [ [http://www.davidorchard.com/online/media-2004/flannagan-walrus-macdonald-200410xx.html David Orchard: Media Coverage ] ]

Cooper is active in Canadian federal politics as a supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada and of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. As a weekly columnist for the "Calgary Herald", Cooper is a frequent guest commentator on Canadian political issues. He is a member of an emerging group of political scientists called the Calgary School, which also includes Tom Flanagan, Rainer Knopff, Ted Morton, and David Bercuson.

In 2006, Cooper became involved with a non-profit organization and public policy institute, Friends of Science, which openly criticized the Kyoto Protocol and the science behind it. The group claims to "offer critical evidence that challenges the premises of the Kyoto Protocol and present alternative causes for climate change." "Friends of Science": [http://www.friendsofscience.org/index.php?ide=2 About Us] . The group is regarded as a corporate lobby for the Alberta oil and gas industry by many environmentalists. Cooper's involvement in the funding of this group was called into question in 2006, when it was reported he helped start a University of Calgary fund called the "Science Education Fund", which accepted monies from Alberta oil and gas companies and then used some of that chariatble donation to use in the Friends of Science group. "Globe & Mail" article of 12 August 2006 [http://www.charlesmontgomery.ca/mrcool.html reprinted here] .

Selected Works

*Moens, A. Alexander, 1959-. Canadian participation in North American missile defence [electronic resource] : a cost-benefit analysis / by Alexander Moens and Barry Cooper. -- [Vancouver] : Fraser Institute, 2005.
*Miljan, Lydia A. (Lydia Anita), 1963-. The Canadian "garrison mentality" and anti-Americanism at the CBC [electronic resource] / Lydia Miljan and Barry Cooper. -- Vancouver : Fraser Institute, 2005.
*Szeto, Ray. The need for Canadian strategic lift [electronic resource] / Ray Szeto and Barry Cooper. -- Vancouver : Fraser Institute, 2005.
*Cooper, Barry, 1943-. Privacy and security in an age of terrorism [electronic resource] / Barry Cooper. -- Vancouver : Fraser Institute, 2004.
*Cooper, Barry, 1943-. New political religions, or, An analysis of modern terrorism / Barry Cooper. -- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2004.
*Miljan, Lydia A. (Lydia Anita), 1963-. Hidden agendas : how journalists influence the news / Lydia Miljan and Barry Cooper. -- Vancouver : UBC Press, c2003.
*Cooper, Barry, 1943-. Unholy terror [electronic resource] : the origin and significance of contemporary, religion-based terrorism / Barry Cooper. -- Vancouver : The Fraser Institute, 2002.
*Cooper, Barry, 1943-. Governing in post-deficit times : Alberta in the Klein years / Barry Cooper, Mebs Kanji. -- Toronto : Centre for Public Management, University of Toronto, 2000.
*Cooper, Barry, 1943-. The Klein achievement / Barry Cooper. -- Toronto : University of Toronto, Faculty of Management, Centre for Public Management, c1996.
*Bercuson, David Jay, 1945-. Derailed : the betrayl of the national deam / David J. Bercuson and Barry Cooper. -- Toronto : Key Porter Books, c1994.
*Cooper, Barry, 1943-. Sins of omission : shaping the news at CBC TV / Barry Cooper. -- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c1994.
*Bercuson, David Jay, 1945-. Deconfederation : Canada without Quebec / David Jay Bercuson, Barry Cooper. -- Toronto : Key Porter Books, c1991.
*Bercuson, David Jay, 1945-. Deconfederation : Canada without Quebec / David Jay Bercuson, Barry Cooper. -- Toronto, Ont. : Key Porter, 1991.
*Cooper, Barry, 1943-. Action into nature : an essay on the meaning of technology / Barry Cooper. -- Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame Press, c1991.
*Bercuson, David Jay, 1945-. Goodbye ... et bonne chance! : les adieux du Canada anglais au Quebec / David J. Bercusson, Barry Cooper ; traduit de l'anglais par Claude Fafard et Stephen Dupont. -- Montréal : Le Jour, 1991.
*The Resurgence of conservatism in Anglo-American democracies / edited by Barry Cooper, Allan Kornberg, and William Mishler. -- Durham : Duke University Press, 1988.
*Cooper, Barry, 1943-. Alexander Kennedy Isbister : a respectable critic of the honourable Company / Barry Cooper. -- Ottawa : Carleton University Press, 1988.
*Cooper, Barry, 1943-. The political theory of Eric Voegelin / Barry Cooper. -- Lewiston [N.Y.] ; Queenston, Ont. : E. Mellen Press, c1986.
*Cooper, Barry, 1943-. Old modes and orders some limits to George Grant's Political theory / Barry Cooper. -- [Canada : s.n.] , 1984.
*Cooper, Barry, 1943-. The end of history : an essay on modern Hegelianism / Barry Cooper. -- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c1984.
*Cooper, Barry, 1943-. Michel Foucault, an introduction to the study of his thought / Barry Cooper. -- New York ; Toronto : E. Mellen Press, c1981.
*Cooper, Barry, 1943-. Merleau-Ponty and Marxism : from terror to reform / Barry Cooper. -- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c1979.=External Links=
* [http://www.poli.ucalgary.ca/Cooper.htm University of Calgary's faculty page about Cooper]
* [http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/shared/author.asp?id=67 Fraser Institute page about Cooper]

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