Political Science

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
The United Nations in the 21st Century Grappling with the world's most challenging issues: militarism, the environment, human rights, inequality James Lorimer and Company	After more than seven decades, the United Nations embodies humanity’:s hopes for peace, security, social justice, human rights, equality for women, and a voice for all. At the same time, …	Douglas Roche	98	2015	View
The World After Covid The Munk Dialogues on a Pandemic House of Anansi Press	From the world-renowned Munk Debates comes a collection of dialogues by leading intellectuals envisioning our post-pandemic future. During this time of social distancing, the acclaimed Munk …	Rudyard Griffiths	153	2021	View
Their Town The Mafia, the Media and the Party Machine James Lorimer and Company	This book is a classic of its kind — a no-holds-barred portrait of Hamilton civic life in the 1970s. The focus is on power — and the powerful. On the surface, power was wielded by the …	Bill Freeman; Marsha Aileen Hewitt	166	2016	View
Think Like a Commoner A Short Introduction to the Life of the Commons New Society Publishers	The biggest "tragedy of the commons" is the misconception that commons are failures – relics from another era rendered unnecessary by the Market and State. Think Like a Commoner …	David Bollier	211	2014	View
NEW! Thinking While Black Translating the Politics and Popular Culture of a Rebel Generation Between The Lines	This uniquely interdisciplinary study of Black cultural critics Armond White and Paul Gilroy spans continents and decades of rebellion and revolution. Drawing on an eclectic mix of archival …	Daniel McNeil	222	2022	View
NEW! This Has Always Been a War The Radicalization of a Working-Class Queer Arsenal Pulp Press	A powerful, personal critique of capitalist patriarchy as seen through the eyes of a queer radical. Capitalism has infiltrated every aspect of our personal, social, economic, and sexual lives. By …	Lori Fox	321	2022	View
NEW! Tipping Point for Advanced Capitalism Class, Class Consciousness and Activism in the “Knowledge Economy” Fernwood Publishing	Tipping Point for Advanced Capitalism is a pathbreaking study of the changing class makeup of the Canadian, other G7 and Nordic labour forces since the 1980s, documenting especially the rise of …	D.W. Livingstone	369	2023	View
Too Dumb for Democracy? Goose Lane Editions	Brexit. Trump. Ford Nation. In this timely book, David Moscrop asks why we make irrational political decisions and whether our stone-age brains can process democracy in the information age. In an …	David Moscrop	256	2019	View
Twilight Capitalism Karl Marx and the Decay of the Profit System Fernwood Publishing	Twenty-first-century capitalism has little more to offer than a menu of despair: pandemics, deepening inequality, worsening depression, runaway climate change, intensifying authoritarianism and …	Jonah Butovsky; Josh J. Watterton; Murray E.G. Smith	295	2021	View
Unearthing Justice How to Protect Your Community from the Mining Industry Between The Lines	The mining industry continues to be at the forefront of colonial dispossession around the world. It controls information about its intrinsic costs and benefits, propagates myths about its …	Joan Kuyek	408	2019	View
NEW! United Nations Law, Politics, and Practice Irwin Law Inc.	The result of a 300-year-long experiment, the United Nations has preserved its position as an indispensable actor on the world stage. As Kofi Annan famously remarked, “more than ever before …	Tavadian Alexandre	590	2021	View
Visionaries, Crusaders, and Firebrands The Idealistic Canadians Who Built the NDP James Lorimer and Company	As an idealist and a visionary, Jack Layton connected with millions of Canadians who saw that he was a different kind of political leader. So did Tommy Douglas, chosen as the greatest Canadian …	Lynn Gidluck	248	2012	View
Walls Travels Along the Barricades Goose Lane Editions	Winner, Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing, Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction, and City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize Shortlisted, Dolman Travel Book Award Longlisted, …	Marcello Di Cintio	288	2013	View
Washington’s Long War on Syria Baraka Books	When President Barack Obama demanded formally in the summer of 2011 that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step down, it was not the first time Washington had sought regime change in Damascus. The …	Stephen Gowans	280	2017	View
NEW! We’re all Climate Hypocrites Now How Embracing Our Limitations Can Unlock the Power of a Movement New Society Publishers	Our culture tells us that personal responsibility is central to tackling the climate emergency, yet the choices we make are often governed by the systems in which we live. Whether it’s …	Sami Grover	192	2021	View
What We Talk About When We Talk About War Goose Lane Editions	An Amazon.ca Editor’s Pick for 2012 and a Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of 2012 Shortlisted, Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction, Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing, and …	Noah Richler	376	2012	View