Political Science
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From  SirteTouchstone of Imperialism From: Slouching Towards Sirte |
In Chapter Two Sirte: Touchstone of Imperialism, Forte examines how Sirte represented a post-colonial Libya, as the seat of the Al-Fateh Revolution and later the focus of international attention … | Maximilian C. Forte | 68 | 2012 | $6.80 Add |
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From  Sisters in StruggleFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes as context the recent history of the Sudan, and recounts one family’s experience living through the 1983-84 violence in the country, their journey to refugee camps in Ethiopia and … | David Starr | 17 | 2016 | $1.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Slave-Descendants, Diaspora Subjects, and World CitizensPaul Gilroy’s Historical Sensibility From: Thinking While Black |
In this chapter the author further examines Paul Gilroy’s work and his contributions to cultural criticism and black academia. The topics explored in this chapter included, <Young Soul … | Daniel McNeil | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
Slouching Towards SirteNATO's War on Libya and Africa |
NATO’s war in Libya was proclaimed as a humanitarian intervention—bombing in the name of “saving lives.” Attempts at diplomacy were stifled. Peace talks were subverted. … | Maximilian C. Forte | 344 | 2012 | View |
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From  Small Beginnings – Stepping in the Right Direction |
Helen Forsey | 16 | 2015 | $1.60 Add | |
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From  NEW! Smart Cities and the Origins of Utopian UrbanismThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 2 explores the origins of utopian urbanism. Topics discussed include history of urban planning, the history of ghetto’s, Bauhaus and the Garden City … | John Lorinc | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Smart Cities as a Civic Leaders’ Survivor GameThe Lure of Innovation in a Competitive World From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs |
Chapter 1 explores what leads municipal governments to persue smart city projects, whether they are seen as a quick and easy fix to deeper underlying infrastructure and urban planning issues, and … | Mariana Valverde | 15 | 2020 | $1.50 Add |
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From NEW! Smart Cities, Big Data, and a Question of TrustThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 4 discusses questions of personal data. Topics discussed include open access, data and privacy, data bias, open data, and municipal dashboards. | John Lorinc | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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NEW! Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate DesignsIndependent experts analyze often-controversial schemes from Nunavut to Montreal to Toronto’s failed Sidewalk Labs waterfront scheme |
"Smart cities" use surveillance, big data processing and interactive technologies to reshape urban life. Transit riders can see the bus coming on a map on their phones. Cities can … | 200 | View | ||
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From NEW! Smart City Tech: A PrimerThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 1 explores the tech needed to create a smart city. Discussing topics including what makes technology ‘smart’, ‘machine learning’ … | John Lorinc | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
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From NEW! Smart City Tech and the Promise of Green CitiesThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 5 explores the possibility of green cities with smart innovation. Topics discussed include post-industrial cities, climate change, pollution, urban … | John Lorinc | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Smart Communities and the Geo-governance of Social LearningFrom: The New Geo-Governance |
Smart communities are creating new geo-governance challenges: they require a new form of governance and leadership if they are to yield their promised returns, and this will only emerge in action … | Gilles Paquet | 19 | 2005 | $1.71 Add |
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From  NEW! SNC-LavalinCaptured or Complicit? SNC-Lavalin and the Normalization of Corruption in Canada From: Corporate Rules |
In this chapter, Steven Bittle and Jennifer Quaid examine the SNC-Lavalin scandal and the normalization of corruption in Canada. Bittle and Quaid use three key moments in the evolution of the … | Jennifer Quaid; Steven Bittle | 22 | 2022 | $2.20 Add |
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From  So What’s Stopping You?From: Curing Affluenza |
Chapter 9 concludes with a call to action, discussing topics including democratic reform and citizen influence, Neoliberalism, communal goals and future cultural changes. | Richard Denniss | 18 | 2018 | $1.80 Add |
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From  NEW! So, You Want a Master?Psychoanalytic Considerations on the Intellectual’s Responsibility in Light of Traumatic Repetition From: Spectres of Fascism |
In this chapter the author employs logical principles extrapolated from psychoanalytic clinical practice to account for the ways in which the unconscious participates in the political realm. The … | Hilda Fernandez-Alvarez | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
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From “Sober Second Thought” – Why Have a Senate at All? |
Helen Forsey | 21 | 2015 | $2.10 Add |
