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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From The Commons as a Different Way of Seeing and Being From: Think Like a Commoner View New Society Publishers	Our tacit metaphysical commitments are the very basis for our “free market” economic and political structures. What’s so intriguing is that many scientists are starting to see …	David Bollier	20	2014	$2.00 Add
From The Commons as Culture, Community, and Creation From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good View New Society Publishers	Becoming attuned to others in the shared habitats of life on Earth: it’s that simple and that mysterious.	Heather Menzies	8	2014	$0.80 Add
From NEW! The Commons: Dispossession and Reclamation From: Civilizing the State View New Society Publishers	The Commons: Dispossession and Reclamation begins with an examination of the loss of groundwater in Chennai, India, looking at the political, economic and land-use histories leading to it. The …	John Restakis	17	2021	$1.70 Add
From The Community Asset Well-Being Fund From: An Economy of Well-Being View New Society Publishers	* Eliminating Poverty in Cincinnati within a Generation	Mark Anielski	10	2018	$1.00 Add
From NEW! The Consequences of Being Information Poor From: Shifting the Balance View ECW Press	Readings in part 2 of this text explore what it takes to be a data-driven organization that relies on facts and doesn’t make decisions based on instinct. This chapter discusses what can …	Mark Schrutt	5	2021	$0.50 Add
From NEW! The Construction Industry Capture, Corruption and Collusion in the Construction Industry From: Corporate Rules View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, Anaïs Valiquette L’Heureux describes the ethical risks posed by large local and state infrastructure contracts and subsidy programs that involve the construction …	Anaïs Valiquette L’Heureux	14	2022	$1.40 Add
From The Construction of Domestic Work in Nineteenth-Century England and the Patriarchy of the Wage From: Patriarchy of the Wage View Between The Lines	This chapter examines the history of our current understanding of "domestic work/women’s labour" and the effects of this relatively recent construction on women.	Silvia Federici	12	2021	$1.20 Add
NEW! The Consulting Trap How Professional Service Firms Hook Governments & Undermine Democracy	The Consulting Trap does a deep dive into how governments have become hooked on private consultancy firms with dire consequences for democratic decision-making, public accountability and …		204		View
From The Consumer in a Changing Food System From: Emergent Agriculture View New Society Publishers	Profitability is determined in the market. Consumers must value products sufficiently to pay a price that exceeds the cost of production and transportation. Price is determined by myriad factors, …	Gary S. Kleppel	15	2014	$1.50 Add
From The Corporation vs. Nature From: The Big Stall View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses an alternative approach to dealing with climate change: abandon neo-liberal measures and shift to a zero growth economy with redistribution of existing wealth. Action requires …	Donald Gutstein	17	2018	$1.70 Add
From The Cost of Poverty From: About Canada: Poverty View Fernwood Publishing		Jim Silver	26	2014	$2.34 Add
From The Craftworkers’ Challenge From: The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short History View James Lorimer and Company	We meet the first movement of organized craftworkers beginning to take shape in the mid-nineteenth century in response to the new capitalist organization of work and labour markets. By the end of …	Craig Heron	27	2012	$2.70 Add
From The "Creative Class" Creates a Global Urban Clash From: Shift Change View Between The Lines	In this chapter, the author examines the relationship between Hamilton and Toronto, and how these two once-divided cities are now closely intertwined. The chapter also explores gentrification in …	Stephen Dale	53	2021	$5.30 Add
From The Crisis of Community From: Humanizing the Economy View New Society Publishers	The Decline of Social Capital The End of Authenticity Shadowland Reciprocity and Restoration The Meaning of Work	John Restakis	25	2010	$2.50 Add
From NEW! The Crisis of US Labour, Past and Present From: The Socialist Register 2022 View Fernwood Publishing	Samir Sonti explores the long decline of organized labour since its heyday in the mid-twentieth century. Sonti explores the challenge of rebuilding the American union movement in the post-Trump …	Samir Sonti	24	2021	$2.40 Add
From The Current Crisis From: The Tangled Garden View Collection: Media and Society: Canadian Cases and Issues James Lorimer and Company	Documents Canada’s cultural policies as they stand today. Specifically focusing on Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government and Melanie Joly’s tenure as Canada’s minister for …	Richard Stursberg	32	2019	$3.20 Add