Political Science
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From  The UN and the Responsibility to ProtectFrom: Peacemakers |
Examines the UN’s responsibilty to protect and maintain peace. Pays particular focus to international law | 19 | 2014 | $1.90 Add | |
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From  Averting World War III |
The history of how the UN has proved itself to the people in its efforts to avert another World War. | Douglas Roche | 10 | 2015 | $1.00 Add |
The United Nations in the 21st CenturyGrappling with the world's most challenging issues: militarism, the environment, human rights, inequality |
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, … | 98 | View | ||
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From  The United States at War with Japan and GermanyFrom: The Myth of the Good War |
Analyzes how the attack on Pearl Harbour was the strong turning point in america’s decision to go to war against Germany. The power elite wanted a war with Japan and the American People … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 12 | 2015 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! The United States, Champion of Democracy?From: Myths of Modern History |
This chapter explores how in theory US foreign policy and ceaseless military ventures promote democracy, but in reality they seek to achieve corporate desiderata such as worldwide open doors for … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 25 | 2022 | $2.50 Add |
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From The United States, the Soviets, and the Post-war Fate of Germany From: The Myth of the Good War |
Looks at the difficulty and complexity of dealing with post-war Germany and how it was not as simple as other texts and resources have made it out to be. | Jacques R. Pauwels | 21 | 2015 | $2.10 Add |
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From  NEW! The United States: “Virus” of DisinformationPart III: A New Cold War? From: China Unbound |
Chapter 9 features reporting from the United States that gathers evidence and points towards potential areas of global conflict with Chinese interests in the region and looks for what can be done … | Joanna Chiu | 36 | 2021 | $3.60 Add |
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From  The Unjust SocietyFrom: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition |
Excerpt of a 1969 book by Harold Cardinal criticizing the federal government’s 1969 Indian policy as a thinly disguised program of extermination through assimilation. | Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell | 4 | 2015 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! The Unsustainable Costs of the Public PoliceFrom: Canadian Policing |
In The Unsustainable Cost of the Public Police author Kent Roach explores where all the money given to policing across Canada goes. With the average police salary at $118,000, Canada spends $15.7 … | Kent Roach | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
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From  The Urban Dimension |
The monumental incapacity of mainstream organs of knowledge production to offer anything close to a sustained pattern of critical self-reflection means that such efforts fall to alternative … | David Hugill | 11 | 2016 | $1.10 Add |
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From  The US Occupation |
Chapter four, The US Occupation focuses on the reasoning behind American interests in the Korean Peninsula after the Second World War. He focuses on the perspective of the American, Soviets, and … | Stephen Gowans | 14 | 2018 | $1.40 Add |
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From  NEW! The Use of Data in Canadian Government Decision-MakingFrom: Shifting the Balance |
Readings in part 4 of this text explore the ways in which data-driven decision making are applied to different industries. This chapter explored case studies in the Canadian government, including … | Mark Schrutt | 22 | 2021 | $2.20 Add |
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From  NEW! The Use of ForcePART IV: RECOURSE FOR VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW From: International Law, 3/e |
Chapter 14 examines the limited circumstances in which armed force may still be used, and by whom, to secure or restore compliance with international law by focusing on the general prohibition of … | Craig Forcese; Joanna Harrington; John H. Currie; Valerie Oosterveld | 56 | 2022 | $5.60 Add |
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From  The utopia debateFrom: SOS |
Chapter 6 focuses on the idea of ‘utopia’, discussing Plato’s Republic, the anti-utopians, utopianism for the powerful and wealthy, and lived utopias. | Richard Swift | 11 | 2016 | $1.10 Add |
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From  NEW! The Utopianism of Smart City MegaprojectsThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 9 explores megaprojects. Topics discussed include profits, the rise of entrepreneurial urbanization,’ the quasi-privatized new cities, and the examples of … | John Lorinc | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
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From The Vertical MosaicFrom: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition |
Excerpt of a 1965 book by John Porter examining the nature of class differences and their consequences for Canadian society. | Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell | 8 | 2015 | $0.80 Add |
