Political Science
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From  Power beyond AccountSaskatchewan Child Welfare versus Human Dignity From: Divided |
This chapter explores the “ugly truths” about child welfare in Saskatchewan, where The Ministry of Social Services is “obsessed with its power, run by bureaucrats who refuse to … | Tim Korol | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Power in NatureFrom Mitochondria to Emotion and Deception From: Power |
In this chapter, the author takes a look at some of the powers that arose in living things long before humans emerged. | Richard Heinberg | 46 | 2021 | $4.60 Add |
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From Power in the AnthropoceneThe Wonderful World of Fossil Fuels From: Power |
This chapter details forms of fossil fuel power such as coal, oil, and gas. Heinberg suggests that through the development and exercise of these fossil fuel powers, we have changed not only the … | Richard Heinberg | 46 | 2021 | $4.60 Add |
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From Power in the HoloceneThe Rise of Social Inequality From: Power |
In this chapter, Heinberg explores physical as well as social power, as well as the ways in which humans have obtained power over each other, including warfare, predation, the wealth pump, state … | Richard Heinberg | 67 | 2021 | $6.70 Add |
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From Power in the PleistoceneOn Spears, Fires, Furs, Words, and Flutes - And Why Men Are Such Power-Hogs From: Power |
This chapter describes prehistoric forms of human power, including stone tools, fire, animal skins, and language. | Richard Heinberg | 43 | 2021 | $4.30 Add |
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From  Power-overFrom: Are We Done Fighting? |
This chapter starts with a look at the assumed relationship between power and violence, and introduces and dissects a concept called power-over. Power-over is rooted in violence or punishment, … | Matthew Legge | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Power Protects ItselfPart 1. Who Gets to Lead? From: Women Winning Office |
In Power Protects Itself Nash explores some of the many barriers women face when entering politics. A few of the barriers examined in the chapter include systemic biases, Westminster … | Peggy Nash | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Power Sharing, Community Leadership and Dynamic Governance at the SHIFT Centre for Social TransformationFrom: Interrupting Innovation |
In this chapter, the authors examine how the SHIFT Centre at Concordia University in Montreal employs shared power and community governance to drive social justice since its 2019 founding. | Cheryl Gladu; Stephanie Childs | 24 | 2025 | $2.40 Add |
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From  Power to Those Who Have It!Phillip Gourevitch |
In Chapter 9, Philpot explores the notion of the chosen “good” chiefs who the Europeans used during their imperial and colonial pursuits in Africa. Philpot discusses two African … | Robin Philpot | 11 | 2013 | $1.10 Add |
 Power TrapHow fear and loathing between New Democrats and Liberals keep Stephen Harper in power--and what can be done about it |
In 2011 the Harper Conservatives won a majority government with a minority of votes. If the opposition parties were willing to work together, they would have an excellent chance of defeating the … | 296 | View | ||
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From Power-with and Power-from-withinFrom: Are We Done Fighting? |
The author describes characteristics of power-with, and offers tips on how it can be recognized and developed in different contexts. The chapter concludes with the introduction of a third type of … | Matthew Legge | 14 | 2019 | $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 Employment and Occupational Health and Safety in OntarioFrom: Boom, Bust and Crisis |
John Peters | 15 | 2012 | $2.25 Add | |
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From  Precarious WorkHow Lax Employment Standards Perpetuate Poverty From: Persistent Poverty |
Mary Gellatly | 10 | 2010 | $1.00 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 | 2023 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Precursors |
In this chapter, Rabkin examines the intellectual and political figures who laid the groundwork for Zionism in the mid-nineteenth century. | Yakov Rabkin | 7 | 2026 | $0.70 Add |
