Class, Inequality & Oppression
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![]() From the Great Transformation to the Great FinancializationOn Karl Polanyi and Other Essays |
Four years into the unfolding of the most serious economic crisis since the 1930s, Karl Polanyi’s prediction of the fateful consequences of unleashing the destructive power of unregulated … | Kari Polanyi Levitt | 294 | 2013 | View |
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From ![]() From the Quiet Revolution to the First Sovereignty Referendum |
1963-1980. Looks at the dramatic social change in francophone Quebec and the Quiet Revolution as a society-wide movement that imbraced Trade Unions, the women’s movement, and even the … | Alvin Finkel | 33 | 2012 | $3.30 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! From Welfare State to Partner StateFrom: Civilizing the State |
From Welfare State to Partner State delves into imagining a new form of civil society and governance that involves democratization and empowerment, which has been called the Partner State. | John Restakis | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() Gentlemen and Plebeians on the War Path |
1914 The armies of all belligerent countries have a very pronounced “class character.” The simple soldiers are almost exclusively plebeians, mostly peasants. The officers belong to … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 11 | 2016 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Grassy Narrows and Corporate Dispossession of Indigenous WaterwaysPart One: Dispossession at Home |
In Chapter 6, author Veldon Coburn examines the destruction of the English-Wabigoon River system in Northern Ontario for colonial capital. The chapter examines the history of colonial extraction … | Veldon Coburn | 26 | 2022 | $2.60 Add |
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From ![]() Growing Up Different On Being More than One/Less than OneExploring Twin-ness From: Experiencing Difference |
Kathryn Alexander | 19 | 2012 | $2.09 Add | |
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From ![]() Hayek From Vienna to ChicagoArchitect of the Neoliberal Creed From: From the Great Transformation to the Great Financialization |
Kari Polanyi Levitt | 16 | 2013 | $1.60 Add | |
![]() Health and WealthHow Social and Economic Factors Affect Our Well-Being |
This book looks at the well-known link between social equality and the health and well-being of a country’s population, with a Canadian perspective and using Canadian data. As of 1999, when … | 136 | View | ||
![]() Hope |
Anne Bishop | 6 | 2005 | $0.72 Add | |
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From ![]() Human Moles in the "Lovely Land of War" |
Except in its opening and closing stages, the Great War is a “stationary war,” to be associated forever with concepts such as trenches, no man’s land, and barbed wire — … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 33 | 2016 | $3.30 Add |
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From ![]() Imagining SocialismFrom: Twilight Capitalism |
In the concluding chapter, the authors review several notable ways of conceiving an alternative to capitalism, drawing important lessons – both positive and negative – from the … | Jonah Butovsky; Josh J. Watterton; Murray E.G. Smith | 21 | 2021 | $2.10 Add |
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From ![]() Imperialist Friends and Foes on the Road to a Great War |
The imperialist rivalries heat up as a result of the rapidly increasing importance of new raw materials such as rubber and oil. War becomes more and more likely and ultimately inevitable. The … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 21 | 2016 | $2.10 Add |
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From ![]() Inequalities in HealthFrom: Health and Wealth |
An overview of the health of the Canadian population in the late 1990s, and the impact on health of income, education, poverty, race, housing conditions, and unemployment. Aboriginal health … | Monica Townson | 56 | 1999 | $5.60 Add |
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From ![]() Inequality at the Top |
The income share of Canada’s top earners has risen sharply since the 1980s, as balanced growth has been replaced by accelerated income growth for the top 1%, and relative income stagnancy … | Lars Osberg | 30 | 2018 | $3.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Inequality at the top |
In this chapter, the author examines the implications of strong income growth at the very top of the income distribution scale in Canada. | Lars Osberg | 34 | 2024 | $3.40 Add |
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From ![]() Inequality from the Bottom Up |
As average incomes increase in a society, many cheap goods become unavailable and the cost of living for poor people rises. Although different poverty line methodologies produce somewhat … | Lars Osberg | 23 | 2018 | $2.30 Add |














