Katherine Fierlbeck works in the areas of political theory and public policy. A graduate of the University of Alberta (B.A. Hon.), York University (M.A.) and Cambridge University (Ph.D.), her books include Globalizing Democracy (1998, 2nd edition 2008); The Development of Political Thought in Can...
Katherine Fierlbeck works in the areas of political theory and public policy. A graduate of the University of Alberta (B.A. Hon.), York University (M.A.) and Cambridge University (Ph.D.), her books include Globalizing Democracy (1998, 2nd edition 2008); The Development of Political Thought in Canada (UTP/Broadview 2005); and Political Thought in Canada: An Intellectual History (UTP/Broadview, 2006). Her most recent book is Health Care in Canada (UTP 2011).
Dr. Fierlbeck has also published several articles and book chapters in the area of health care politics, democratic theory, and multiculturalism and citizenship and healthcare governance. She is teaches classes in the history of political thought, Canadian political thought, the philosophical development of human rights, neo-romanticism, and the politics of health care. Cross-appointed to the Department of International Development Studies and the European Studies Program, Dr. Fierlbeck is currently serving as Chair of the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies.