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Rise of the Grocery Giants

Rise of the Grocery Giants

From: Grocery Story

This chapter begins the description of the actions and tactics of "big food". The history of the A&P grocery retalier is described, as well as Piggly Wiggly, the first self-service … 15 $1.50 Add
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Rising Above the Challenges to a Data-driven Model
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Rising Above the Challenges to a Data-driven Model

From: Shifting the Balance

Readings in part 4 of this text explore the ways in which data-driven decision making are applied to different industries 23 $2.30 Add
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"Rising Powers" and Authoritarian Populism

"Rising Powers" and Authoritarian Populism

Beyond Northern Left Perspectives

From: Challenging the Right, Augmenting the Left

The Cultural(ist) Logic of the Post–Cold War World – “Rising Power” Populism in Turkey and India – Conclusion ; 12 $1.20 Add
Ruling Canada

Ruling Canada

Corporate Cohesion and Democracy

Ruling Canada critically examines Canada’s “economic elite”–a collection of the country’s richest and most powerful individuals, many of whom preside over … 168 View
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Same, different, or understudied?

Same, different, or understudied?

From: Bent out of Shape

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Saved by Science
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Saved by Science

The Hope and Promise of Synthetic Biology

How can we accelerate the development of vaccines? How do we feed three billion people when 12 million died of hunger in 2019? Does synthetic biology hold the answer? With all the advances in … 226 View
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Scaling Up - How Local Farms Will Feed America

Scaling Up – How Local Farms Will Feed America

From: Emergent Agriculture

The shifting agricultural paradigm requires that every region of the country produce the diversity of products that it is capable of producing — that monoculture and exclusive production … 15 $1.50 Add
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Schooling and Difference

Schooling and Difference

Looking for Science in Al the Wrong Places

From: Experiencing Difference

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Science and the second body

Science and the second body

From: Bent out of Shape

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Science, Politics and Advocacy

Science, Politics and Advocacy

The Fight to Ban Asbestos

From: Sick and Tired

Asbestos Mines in Canada Why Did the Quebec and Canadian Governments Support this Discredited, Deadly, Dying Industry? Campaign Launched to Challenge Canada’s Asbestos Policy Turn Around by … 14 $1.40 Add
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Secondary Targeting: A Strategic Approach to Tar Sands Resistance

Secondary Targeting: A Strategic Approach to Tar Sands Resistance

Part III: Future Prospects

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

In Chapter 26 Stephan D’Arcy examines strategies to tar sand resistance by Indigenous communities, environmental NGOs, trade unions, and community defence organizations, and how to bring it … 11 $1.10 Add
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Secret deals with China

Secret deals with China

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

Another troubling thing about the China FIPA is its special allowances for secret lawsuits and secret settlements. In this chapter, I outline this problem and why it is so serious under the FIPA. 8 $0.80 Add
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Section Four
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Section Four

Trafficking and Migrant Labour Exploitation

From: Trafficking Harms

This section discusses the intersection of human trafficking and migrant labor exploitation. Contains the following subsections: Discretionary Decisions in Immigration: Accessing a Temporary … ; ; 42 $4.20 Add
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Section One
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Section One

Trafficking Discourses and Representations

From: Trafficking Harms

This section examines the complex issue of human trafficking, exploring its discourses, laws, policing, and relationship to migrant labour exploitation. Contains the following subsections: Beyond … ; ; 80 $8.00 Add