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The Golden Age of Liberalism

The Golden Age of Liberalism

A Portrait of Roméo LeBlanc

This book explores the life and times of Roméo LeBlanc, one of Canada’s most popular and successful politicians and statesmen. Probably best known as the long-standing fisheries … 376 View
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The Governance of Sustainability: A Social Learning Approach

The Governance of Sustainability: A Social Learning Approach

From: The New Geo-Governance

To deepen our understanding of the governance of sustainability, we have argued that we need a new, open, and creative approach; a new language; imaginative organizational design; and shared … 24 $2.16 Add
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The Government Role in Creating Wealth

The Government Role in Creating Wealth

From: Share the Wealth!

Readings in part 3 of this title explore the disticition between income inequality and wealth inequaltiy and methods for building shared wealth for Canadians. This chapter explore the role of the … ; 6 $0.60 Add
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The Governments and Societies of Canadian Federalism

The Governments and Societies of Canadian Federalism

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

1977 article by Alan C. Cairns arguing that Canadian federalism is a function of the constitution and governments rather than of societies. ; ; 7 $0.70 Add
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The government’s spin, part one

The government’s spin, part one

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

How did the Harper Government spin the FIPA? It would take another book to count all the ways. I discuss four examples in the next few chapters. The first example is the prime minister’s … 11 $1.10 Add
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The government’s spin, part three

The government’s spin, part three

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

My last example of the government’s misleading responses to concerns about the FIPA comes from the legal challenge brought by the Hupacasath First Nation. 11 $1.10 Add
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The government’s spin, part two

The government’s spin, part two

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

Despite the Conservatives’ efforts to limit debate, other politicians were able to use the process at the House of Commons trade committee, and elsewhere in Parliament, to put important … 9 $0.90 Add
The Governors General
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The Governors General

An Intimate History of Canada's Highest Office

In this delightful and often whimsical account of the Canadians who have held this post since 1952, journalist and author John Fraser explains the successful, if illogical, evolution of the … 159 View
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Where Have the Leaders Gone?

Where Have the Leaders Gone?

From: The Reconciliation Manifesto

Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel examines Section 35 of the constitution of Canada and leadership in Indigenous communities with specific examples from British Columbia. 4 $0.40 Add
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The Great Burning

The Great Burning

From: The Memory We Could Be

Humans have caused enough upheaval to heat the entire world — its seas and its skies — by over an entire degree Celsius. Just that one degree of temperature has been enough to trigger … 13 $1.30 Add
The Great Class War 1914-1918

The Great Class War 1914-1918

Far from an accident of history, the First World War was a long sought-after event welcomed by European elites as a check against democratization and socialist reforms — but the war had … View
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The Great Free Trade Debate
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The Great Free Trade Debate

From: The Fire and the Ashes

This chapter concerns the authors’ work on the free trade debates in 1988, which culminated in the edited collection The Free Trade Deal. 4 $0.40 Add
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The Great Imperialist War
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The Great Imperialist War

From: Myths of Modern History

In this chapter the author argues against the cliché of conventional historiography that the First World War was a war for democracy, as well as the notion that this war was not a product of … 25 $2.50 Add
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The great let-down (1980–1995)
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The great let-down (1980–1995)

From: Dream Interrupted

In this chapter, Pelletier traces Quebec’s sovereignty struggle between the 1980 and 1995 referendums, a period in which collective optimism slowly gave way to doubt. 16 $1.60 Add
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The Great Panic of 2008

The Great Panic of 2008

From: Global Slump

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The Great Recession: The  Financial Crash of 2007–09
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The Great Recession: The Financial Crash of 2007–09

From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises

In this chapter, Palmer outlines the structural causes of the financial crisis and global recession of 2007-2009 and how it was experienced in Canada. 10 $1.00 Add