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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

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 Mixed Blessing

The Pacifist Sects of Upper Canada and Exemption from Militia Duty, 1793–1867

From: Worth Fighting For

This chapter provides an overview of colonial militia laws regarding accommodation for those settlers of Upper Canada who were Quaker, Mennonite, or Tunker. By charting the methods by which the … 15 $1.50 Add
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A Mixed History of Jury Nullification

From: The Secret Power of Juries

The second chapter shows how the practice of jury nullification has been a factor in some well-known trials in Canada and in several other countries. 38 $3.80 Add
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A New Political Movement

From: Visionaries, Crusaders, and Firebrands

The formation of a new political party in 1932 tentatively called the Commonwealth Party, outlines who was involved in this very short meeting. Analyzes the birth of the CCF, the Regina Manifesto 34 $3.40 Add
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A Next-Generation Assessment Framework for Examining the Impact Assessment Act

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

This chapter outlines a next-generation assessment framework that incorporates international learning as well as key themes in the Canadian deliberations surrounding the assessment law and policy … ; 21 $2.10 Add
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A Very Canadian Revolution:

The Transformation of Backroom Power in Canada's 1968

From: 1968 in Canada

Pierre Elliott Trudeau was the embodiment of Canada’s 1960s: young, hip, and impatient with the status quo, he bounded onto the political scene with fresh ideas and an image to match. Voters in … 17 $1.70 Add
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Abandoning the Personal

The State and the Production of Abuse

From: Conflict Is Not Abuse

The state, learning from the work of anti-violence advocate Catherine Hodes to understand the difference between Conflict and Abuse in relationship to social service providers. 29 $0.58 Add
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Aboriginal People and Stories of Canadian History

Investigating Barriers to Transforming Relationships

From: Possibilities & Limitations

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Agnes Macphail (1890-1954)

From: Working for the Common Good

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American Critical Race Litigation: Wedding Theory and Practice

Criminal and Constitutional Law: American Critical Race Cases

From: Canadian Critical Race Theory

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An Interview with Mike Davis

From: Crisis and Contagion

Ian McKay interviews Marxist thinker, Mike Davis. Davis discusses what factors contributed to the global spread of COVID-19 and the varying responses from governments during the outbreak. Davis … 19 $1.90 Add
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April 2020: Disaster in Residential Care

From: Spin Doctors

This chapter examines how Covid-19 impacted aged care facilities and residential homes. Loreto explores how politicians contributed to the rising death tolls of Canada’s elderly population, … 27 $2.70 Add
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At the Summit of Global Capitalism

Accommodation, Rivalry, or Confrontation between the US and China

From: The Socialist Register 2022

Walden Bello examines the growing rivalry between the US and China from the perspective of Southeast Asia and the Philippines. Bello provides a judicious assessment of the growing polarizations … 32 $3.20 Add
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Augmentation and Organization

From: Challenging the Right, Augmenting the Left

Organizations, Sectarianism, and Leadership – Education – Provocation – Mobilization – Organizing 10 $1.00 Add
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Back to the Future? The Choice Is Ours

From: Persistent Poverty

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