Politics & Power

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
[email protected] Fernwood Publishing	[email protected] addresses this deficit by systematically tackling the question of the impact of climate change on work and employment and by analyzing Canada’s conservative silence towards …	Carla Lipsig-Mummé	200	2013	View
If You’re In My Way, I’m Walking The Assault on Working People Since 1970 Fernwood Publishing	“If you’re in my way I’m walking.” This arrogant statement by former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien on the occasion of his physical altercation with a protester in …	Thom Workman	160	2005	View
NEW! Leading Progess The Professional Institute of the Public Service Canada, 1920–2020 Between The Lines	On February 6, 1920, a small group of public service employees met for the first time to form a professional association. A century later, the Professional Institute of the Public Service Canada …	Jason Russell	272	2020	View
NEW! Making Sense of Society Power and Possibility Fernwood Publishing	Grounded in the sister disciplines of sociology and anthropology, this textbook is an accessible and critical introduction to contemporary social research. Alex Khasnabish eschews the common …	Alex Khasnabish	273	2022	View
NEW! Rethinking the Politics of Labour in Canada 2nd ed. Fernwood Publishing	In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to re-establish the labour movement’s political capacity to exert collective power in ways that foster greater opportunity and equality for …	Larry Savage; Stephanie Ross	240	2021	View
Somebodies and Nobodies Overcoming the Abuse of Rank New Society Publishers	In the ongoing attempts to overcome racism and sexism in North America today, we are overlooking another kind of discrimination that is no less damaging and equally unjustifiable. It is a form of …	Robert W. Fuller	208	2004	View
The Power Manual How to Master Complex Power Dynamics New Society Publishers	Liberate yourself by understanding and mastering power dynamics All social relations are laden with power. Getting out from under dominant power relations and mastering power dynamics is perhaps …	Cyndi Suarez	195	2018	View
From Chapter 1 A Disorder without a Name From: Somebodies and Nobodies Preview New Society Publishers	Explores prejudice of society and the barriers created by the various "isms." Posits that -isms are the symptoms of the darker disease of "rankism."	Robert W. Fuller	11	2004	$1.10 Add
From Introduction From: [email protected] Preview Fernwood Publishing	-	Carla Lipsig-Mummé	3	2013	$0.30 Add
From Introduction From: The Power Manual Preview New Society Publishers	Why do power relations matter in social change, or for any of us who care about living the best life we can live? Because we have to be clear about the type of power we seek. We need power to …	Cyndi Suarez	4	2018	$0.40 Add
From NEW! Introduction From: Leading Progess Preview Between The Lines	-	Jason Russell	7	2020	$0.70 Add
From NEW! Introduction From: Rethinking the Politics of Labour in Canada Preview Fernwood Publishing	From growing levels of income and wealth inequality in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to capital’s consistent ability to tame governments willing to reject neoliberal imperatives; from …	Larry Savage; Stephanie Ross	13	2021	$1.30 Add
From NEW! Introduction: Beyond the Silos Toward a Social Justice Social Science From: Making Sense of Society Preview Fernwood Publishing	In the introduction author Alex Khasnabish explains how the primary purpose of this book is to critically explore what social research is, what it does, and what it is and isn’t good for. …	Alex Khasnabish	5	2022	$0.50 Add
From The Neoliberal Rollback in Historical Perspective From: If You're In My Way, I'm Walking Preview Fernwood Publishing	-	Thom Workman	28	2005	$4.48 Add
From NEW! Becoming Human Diversity and Evolution From: Making Sense of Society Preview Fernwood Publishing	In Chapter 1, Khasnabish and co-author Anthony Davis explore what it means to be human, teasing out the interconnected relationship between our biological and social evolutions. The chapter …	Alex Khasnabish	26	2022	$2.60 Add
From NEW! Canadian Labour and COVID-19 From: Rethinking the Politics of Labour in Canada Preview Fernwood Publishing	Only by tearing down the false division between political and economic spheres and questioning the legitimacy of a capitalist economic system that continues to prioritize profits over people …	Larry Savage; Stephanie Ross	15	2021	$1.50 Add

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