Political Science

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
BlackBerry Town How high tech success has played out for Canada's Kitchener-Waterloo James Lorimer and Company	The smartphone was an incredibly successful Canadian invention created by a team of engineers and marketers led by Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie. But there was a third key player involved — …	Chuck Howitt	264	2019	View
Blood of Extraction Canadian Imperialism in Latin America Fernwood Publishing	Rooted in thousands of pages of Access to Information documents and dozens of interviews carried out throughout Latin America, Blood of Extraction examines the increasing presence of Canadian …	Jeffery R. Webber; Todd Gordon	400	2016	View
Bombardier Abroad Patterns of Dispossession Fernwood Publishing	In Bombardier Abroad, Thomas examines several cases of the Canadian aerospace giant’s work in the high-speed rail sector in South Africa, China/Tibet, and Israel/Palestine and argues that …	David P. Thomas	164	2018	View
Boom, Bust and Crisis Labour, Corporate Power and Politics in Canada Fernwood Publishing	Informed by both critical animal studies and critical terrorism studies, John Sorenson analyzes ecoterrorism as a social construction. He examines how corporations that profit from animal …	John Peters	199	2012	View
NEW! Border and Rule Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism Fernwood Publishing	In Border and Rule, one of North America’s foremost thinkers and immigrant rights organizers delivers an unflinching examination of migration as a pillar of global governance and gendered …	Harsha Walia	320	2021	View
NEW! Borders, Culture, and Globalization A Canadian Perspective University of Ottawa Press	Border culture emerges through the intersection and engagement of imagination, affinity and identity. It is evident wherever boundaries separate or sort people and their goods, ideas or other …	Melissa Kelly; Victor Konrad	376	2021	View
British Columbia Politics and Government Emond Montgomery	British Columbia remains Canada’s most politically dynamic province. This book — which includes coverage of the 2009 provincial election — provides an overview of BC’s …	Dennis Pilon; Michael Howlett; Tracy Summerville	426	2009	View
Brotherhood to Nationhood George Manuel and the Making of the Modern Indian Movement Between The Lines	Charged with fresh material and new perspectives, this updated edition of the groundbreaking biography Brotherhood to Nationhood brings George Manuel and his fighting tradition into the present. …	Doreen Manuel; Peter McFarlane	342	2020	View
Canada after Harper His ideology-fuelled attack on Canadian society and values, and how we can now work to create the country we want James Lorimer and Company	Most Canadians know that Stephen Harper has had a tremendous impact on the country since becoming prime minister in 2006. But few have the in-depth knowledge of how far his transformation has …	Ed Finn	400	2015	View
NEW! Canada In Afghanistan A story of military, diplomatic, political and media failure 2003-2023 James Lorimer and Company	Canadian leaders then and now claim great success for Canada’s role in Afghanistan from 2003 to 2014 and beyond. Though 151 Canadians were killed in combat, the Canadian military played a …	Owen Schalk	200	2023	View
Canada in the World Settler Capitalism and the Colonial Imagination Fernwood Publishing	An accessible and empirically rich introduction to Canada’s engagements in the world since confederation, this book charts a unique path by locating Canada’s colonial foundations at …	Tyler A. Shipley	552	2020	View
Canada is Not Back How Justin Trudeau is in over his head on foreign policy James Lorimer and Company	The election in October 2015 of the Justin Trudeau government was widely considered to herald a new approach to foreign affairs for Canada. Trudeau had campaigned as a staunch advocate for a …	Jocelyn Coulon	208	2019	View
Canada Since 1960: A People’s History A Left Perspective on 50 Years of Politics, Economics and Culture James Lorimer and Company	When Winnipeg's Cy Gonick started the magazine Canadian Dimension in 1963 to provide a home for the thinking and analysis of mostly young leftists engaged in Canadian economic, social, …	Cy Gonick	576	2016	View
Canada’s Courts A Social Scientists Ground-Breaking Account of the Canadian Judicial System James Lorimer and Company	A unique discussion of the judicial system in Canada, this is the first book on the court system to be written from a social science, rather than a legal, perspective. McCormick analyzes which …	Peter McCormick	234	1994	View
NEW! Canadian Competition Law & Policy Irwin Law Inc.	Competition law is centred on the idea that competitive markets can efficiently and effectively deliver the goods, services, and economic growth that society desires. It seeks to promote the …	John S. Tyhurst	588	2021	View
Canadian Critical Race Theory Racism and the Law Fernwood Publishing	This book is about the role that race and racism play in the theory and practice of law. It shows how Canadian Black lawyers and others are beginning to seriously consider the role of race in …	Carol A. Aylward	232	1999	View