Politics & Power
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From  Managing Migration |
This chapter examines how, since 2006, Canada has constructed an immigration regime that centres temporary migrant labour — the ideal immigration regime in service of global capitalism. … | Mostafa Henaway | 13 | 2012 | $1.30 Add |
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From  Marx, Feminism, and the Construction of the CommonsFrom: Patriarchy of the Wage |
This chapter asks: What tools, principles, and ideas can Marxism bring to feminist theory and politics in our time? Can we think today of a relation between Marxism and feminism other than the … | Silvia Federici | 25 | 2021 | $2.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Nothing Can Be Taken for Granted, 1990-1999From: Leading Progess |
In this chapter, Russell details how PIPSC addressed the ideological changes of the 1990s, including a rightward shift in the Canadian political landscape, the growth of neoliberal policies, and … | Jason Russell | 39 | 2020 | $3.90 Add |
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From  The Impact of Climate Change on Employment and Skills Requirements in the Construction IndustryFrom: Climate@Work |
- | John O'Grady | 19 | 2013 | $1.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Who Are We?Identity and Intersections From: Making Sense of Society |
In Chapter 4, Khasnabish digs into the power-laden process of identification as a collective rather than individual phenomenon. In this chapter, topics include: an examination of how a … | Alex Khasnabish | 25 | 2022 | $2.50 Add |
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From  Workers’ Compensation in OntarioLegislature and Policy Changes From: Sick and Tired |
Methodology “The Nuisance Litigation” A Conservative Reaction Repercussions Auditor General’s Intervention and the Transfer of Prevention Austerity and the WSIB Impact on … | Andrew King | 11 | 2018 | $1.10 Add |
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From  NEW! 4. The Inequality Turnaround“Sharing the Dividends” From: Earth for All |
Chapter 4 explores the challenges of the growing inequality across the globe. Topics discussing include economic inequality, privatization, the creation of progressive taxation for … | Jørgen Randers; Jayati Ghosh; Johan Rockström; Owen Gaffney; Per Espen Stoknes; Sandrine Dixson-Declève | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
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From  Anybody But ConservativeCanadian Unions and Strategic Voting |
In recent elections, many were driven by a desire to block Conservatives from gaining power rather than faith that Liberals would champion union causes. However, because tactical shifts have an … | Larry Savage | 23 | 2021 | $2.30 Add |
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From  Chapter 6Deconstructing the Somebody Mystique From: Somebodies and Nobodies |
Dispelling the somebody mystique will require the creation of a new understanding of somebodies. Just as we are weaned from our parents, so must we demystify our idols if we are to realize … | Robert W. Fuller | 16 | 2004 | $1.60 Add |
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From Climate Change and Labour in the Energy SectorFrom: Climate@Work |
- | John Calvert; Marjorie Griffin Cohen | 29 | 2013 | $2.90 Add |
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From NEW! Into a New Century, 2000-09From: Leading Progess |
This chapter describes how the PIPSC dealt with issues in the first decade of the 2000s, including Y2K and the globalization of computer systems, the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the Canadian war … | Jason Russell | 29 | 2020 | $2.90 Add |
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From NEW! Living TogetherFamily, Kinship, and Social Bonds From: Making Sense of Society |
In Chapter 5, Khasnabish examines the concept of the family– its structures and relations. Few other concepts carry as much weight in terms of signifying relations of mutual obligation, … | Alex Khasnabish | 25 | 2022 | $2.50 Add |
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From Occupational Disease RecognitionThe Science and Politics in Workers' Compensation From: Sick and Tired |
Challenges of Integrating Scientific Evidence in Legal Debates Whose Science? Determining Causation in Workers’ Compensation Legislation and Decisions Conclusion | Katherine Lippel | 14 | 2018 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Powerless and Powerful IdentitiesHegemony and Supreme Power From: The Power Manual |
Powerless and Powerful Identities, explores the space between Gramsci’s hegemony, the idea that the very acceptance of power as dominance renders one powerless, and the philosophy of … | Cyndi Suarez | 11 | 2018 | $1.10 Add |
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From Precarious Work Requires Precarious Workers |
This chapter specifically follows the rise of temporary placement agencies as a tool of employers to utilize undocumented, precarious and racialized migrants for capital. The shift from … | Mostafa Henaway | 12 | 2012 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Restoring the Canadian Left |
- | Thom Workman | 23 | 2005 | $3.68 Add |
