Political Economy
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From  NEW! A Cleaner, Smarter TroughFrom: At the Trough |
In this chapter, Carbonneau traces the dramatic expansion of Canadian federal business subsidies between 2014 and 2024, as the Trudeau government more than doubled outlays to fund emerging … | Laurent Carbonneau | 13 | 2025 | $1.30 Add |
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From  A Note about the PublisherFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
Information about the publisher | David Bollier; Silke Helfrich | 1 | 2019 | $0.10 Add |
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From  NEW! A War by Other Means: Sanctions and the U.S. Regime-Change OperationFrom: Syria |
In this chapter, Kuzmarov and Kovalik examines how U.S. economic sanctions, imposed from 2011 to 2024 under three administrations, functioned as a strategy to weaken Syria. | Dan Kovalik; Jeremy Kuzmarov | 10 | 2025 | $1.00 Add |
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From About the AuthorsFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
Author biographies | David Bollier; Silke Helfrich | 1 | 2019 | $0.10 Add |
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From  NEW! Acknowledgements, Preface, and Notes |
This chapter includes the author’s acknowledgements, a brief preface, and a note on how the book was conceptualized. By examining the history of Indigenous displacement and settler … | Bryan D. Palmer | 19 | 2026 | $1.90 Add |
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From AcknowledgmentsFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
Acknowledgments | David Bollier; Silke Helfrich | 4 | 2019 | $0.40 Add |
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From  Alberta’s fiscal contribution to confederationFrom: Moment of Truth |
In this chapter, Mansell traces Alberta’s fiscal relationship with the federal government from 1961 to 2018. | Robert Mansell | 26 | 2020 | $2.60 Add |
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From  NEW! An Interview with Mike DavisFrom: Crisis and Contagion |
Ian McKay interviews Marxist thinker, Mike Davis. Davis discusses what factors contributed to the global spread of COVID-19 and the varying responses from governments during the outbreak. Davis … | Ian McKay | 19 | 2023 | $1.90 Add |
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From NEW! An Interview with Nancy FraserFrom: Crisis and Contagion |
In this chapter, Ian McKay interviews Nancy Fraser. Fraser offers an insightful analysis of how capitalism neoliberal politics facilitated the COVID-19 pandemic. Fraser offers a conception of … | Ian McKay | 23 | 2023 | $2.30 Add |
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From Appendix A: Notes on the Methodology for Identifying Patterns of CommoningFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
This appendix details how the authors came to see the patterns in commons and more about the pattern language observation process generally. They share interview questions about behaviours in … | David Bollier; Silke Helfrich | 14 | 2019 | $1.40 Add |
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From Appendix B: Visual Grammar for the Pattern IllustrationsFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
This appendix provides a guide to the visual grammar of the sphere diagrams used to represent concepts throughout the book. | David Bollier; Silke Helfrich | 8 | 2019 | $0.80 Add |
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From Appendix C: Commons and Commoning Tools Mentioned in this BookFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
This appendix is a list of all the commons and commons tools appearing in the book in alphabetical order with brief descriptions and page numbers. | David Bollier; Silke Helfrich | 6 | 2019 | $0.60 Add |
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From Appendix D: Elinor Ostrum’s Eight Design Principles for Successful CommonsFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
Appendix D shares briefly Elinor Ostrum’s design principles for commons from her 1990 book Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action. | David Bollier; Silke Helfrich | 2 | 2019 | $0.20 Add |
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From  NEW! BrotherhoodFrom: Seven Days in Halifax |
In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Three of Halifax’s 1970 "Encounter on Urban Environment," focusing on a session on Halifax Shipyards. He highlights the … | Robert Ashe | 9 | 2025 | $0.90 Add |
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From NEW! Capital, the State, and the 1960s Appetite for Reform: From Conciliation to Containment |
This chapter outlines Canadian political and economic history from 1945-1960s. Palmer describes how Liberal governments expanded welfare and the social safety net, and how labour unions expanded, … | Bryan D. Palmer | 12 | 2026 | $1.20 Add |
Capitalism, Colonialism, and CrisesThe Remaking of Modern Canada 1960–2025: A New History for the Twenty-First Century Volume Three |
In this third volume, Bryan Palmer continues his sweeping new history of Canada, interweaving the latest research in labour, political, economic and social history. This book covers the profound … | Bryan D. Palmer | 450 | 2026 | View |
