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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! #WelcomeRefugees A Canadian Phenomenon That Illustrates the Temporal Dimension of Border Constructs From: Borders, Culture, and Globalization View University of Ottawa Press	This chapter is organized in five parts. Part I is a literature review on the notion of the border construct and its various dimensions, as well as existing literature on time-space theory. Part …	Renata Grudzien	15	2021	$1.50 Add
From Welfare Hamilton Style From: Their Town View James Lorimer and Company	Looks at the broad pattern of city government policies over the last 150 years in Hamilton, and compares the use made of municipal funds and resources to assist business to the help provided to …	Bill Freeman	14	2016	$1.40 Add
From NEW! We’ll Get Back to You on That From: How Government Really Works View Formac Publishing	Chapter 8 explores the world of government research, how information is collected and used and some of the challenges bureaucrats face when gathering or using research.	Angela Poirier; Jane Allt	18	2020	$1.80 Add
NEW! We’re all Climate Hypocrites Now How Embracing Our Limitations Can Unlock the Power of a Movement	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 …		192		View
From NEW! We’re all Climate Hypocrites Now From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now View New Society Publishers	The opening chapter outlines a contradiction in environmental activism: we all know the problem is urgent, but we all continue to produce some amount of carbon emissions. Grover suggests that we …	Sami Grover	13	2021	$1.30 Add
From “We’re Not Goin’ Nowhere” The Case of Halifax's Uniacke Square From: Good Places to Live View Fernwood Publishing		Jim Silver	24	2011	$2.40 Add
From West Coast Media: Ultra-Concentrated Ownership From: British Columbia Politics and Government View Emond Montgomery	Analysis of the concentration of ownership of mainstream news media in BC.	Marc Edge	18	2009	$1.80 Add
From What Can Jurors Do? What Can You Do? From: The Secret Power of Juries View James Lorimer and Company	offers suggestions for what we should do about the odd, unresolved, and important social and legal matter of jury independence	Gary Bauslaugh	21	2013	$2.10 Add
From What could possibly go wrong? PART 2: LEADING WITH NERVE From: Nerve View ECW Press	This chapter talks about conflict, hardships, and challenges that may arise during a leaders career and how to handle these situations successfully as women leaders.	Indira Samarasekera; Martha Piper	18	2021	$1.80 Add
From NEW! What Difference Does It Make? From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now View New Society Publishers	This chapter describes the efforts of cyclists in Amsterdam to resist the encroachment of cars and keep that city bike-centric. He uses their efforts as a model for how change has to take place …	Sami Grover	19	2021	$1.90 Add
From What Do Police Do? From: Crisis in Canada's Policing View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter examines the declining rate of crime in Canada, the amount of time police officers spend responding directly to crimes, and the rate at which Canadian police solve crimes.	Christopher J. Williams; John Sewell	39	2021	$3.90 Add
From What do the treaties prohibit? From: Sold Down the Yangtze View James Lorimer and Company	The expansions of the treaties’ vague protections for foreign investors have a corresponding impact on voters who want a government to be able to change its policies, or on taxpayers who …	Gus Van Harten	9	2015	$0.90 Add
From What Happiness Policy Is and Why It Matters From: The Happiness Policy Handbook View New Society Publishers	Happiness Policy Makes Economic Sense – Easterlin Paradox – Income Inequality – Mental Health Care – Purchasing Habits	Jean Crowder; Laura Musikanski; Rhonda Phillips	10	2019	$1.00 Add
From What if it was a judicial process? From: Sold Down the Yangtze View James Lorimer and Company	One of the key flaws in investor-state arbitration is that it leads to final decisions about issues of great importance for countries (and foreign investors too), but does not use a judicial …	Gus Van Harten	9	2015	$0.90 Add
From What Indigenous Peoples Have Asked of Us From: Living in Indigenous Sovereignty View Fernwood Publishing	This reading synthesizes answers to the question posed in the chapter’s title, concentrating on historical awareness, land acknowledgement, taking responsibility, and personal practices of …	Elizabeth Carlson-Manathara	20	2021	$2.00 Add
From What is a good political decision? From: Too Dumb for Democracy? View Goose Lane Editions	Chapter Three examines what makes a good political decision. This chapter focuses the process rather than the Outcome of “good” political decision.	David Moscrop	26	2019	$2.60 Add