Political Science

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A Generation No One Was Counting On

A Generation No One Was Counting On

From: In Defiance

The meetings at some schools attract thousands of students, and the debates about the strike heat up. This chapter asks why this particular generation of students became vocal and active so quickly. ; 9 $0.90 Add
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A Global Ban on Nuclear Weapons

A Global Ban on Nuclear Weapons

From: Peacemakers

Examines the development of the global ban on nuclear weapons, what it means and hopes to achieve, and the civil societies that make it their priority to ensure the ban stays 20 $2.00 Add
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A Good Dose of Materialism Helps a Bad Case of Affluenza

A Good Dose of Materialism Helps a Bad Case of Affluenza

From: Curing Affluenza

Chapter 2 examines our current culture of convenience, discussing topics including consuming and producing, credit cards and credit card debt, consumerism (the love of buying things) verses … 27 $2.70 Add
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A Good Idea Goes Viral
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A Good Idea Goes Viral

From: The Case for Basic Income

This chapter highlights the disparate impacts of COVID-19 on low-wage "essential" workers, racialized populations, and women; the pandemic revealed that many Canadians suffer from … ; ; 30 $3.00 Add
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“A Good Teacher Is a Revolutionary”

“A Good Teacher Is a Revolutionary”

Alternative War Perspectives in Toronto Classrooms from the 1960s to the 1990s

From: Worth Fighting For

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A Guaranteed Livable Income for Canadians

A Guaranteed Livable Income for Canadians

From: Basic Income For Canadians

This chapter provides an outline of what basic income is. 27 $2.70 Add
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A Guest of the Government of Iraq

A Guest of the Government of Iraq

From: From Bombs to Books

Describes the experience of a Kurdish man from Iraq who was imprisoned by the Iraqi government and the trials he experienced trying to get his family to safety. 15 $1.50 Add
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A Home Fit for Heroes

A Home Fit for Heroes

From: Our Lives: Canada after 1945

1945-1963 Looks at the idea of two canadas (prosperity vs inequality) and how it is reflected in terms of housing in urban areas and how state policies helped to create them. The emphasis is on … 44 $4.40 Add
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A House Divided

A House Divided

From: Gay Marriage

The opposition forces get more organized and the division in the house of commons is thoroughly explored ; ; ; 18 $1.80 Add
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A Human Right — Or Is It?

A Human Right — Or Is It?

From: Gay Marriage

Examines the 2005 debate on Bill C-38 in the house of commons and the arguments made by the leaders of the political parties ; ; ; 19 $1.90 Add
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A Journey from Israel to Palestine

A Journey from Israel to Palestine

From: Canada Since 1960: A People's History

It was nearly four years after Canadian Dimension’s first issue that the subject of Israel appeared in its pages. And it was many years later before Palestine and Palestinians assumed a … 14 $1.40 Add
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Entering the Next Generation of Impact Assessment in Canada
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Entering the Next Generation of Impact Assessment in Canada

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

This chapter considers each component in relation to the Impact Assessment Act (IAA) evaluations and developed an assessment of what the IAA achieves and where further reform is needed. 14 $1.40 Add
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A left-wing hobby horse?

A left-wing hobby horse?

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

I highlight in this short chapter some perspectives on investor-state arbitration that are critical and decidedly not left-wing. 5 $0.50 Add
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A Life on the Left
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A Life on the Left

From: The Fire and the Ashes

In the opening chapter, Jackson describes his book as "part personal memoir, part historical analysis, and part political manifesto." He also discusses how the labour movement has been … 12 $1.20 Add