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Nova Scotia Nurses and Health Care Restructuring

Strategies to Manage Job Displacement

From: Care and Consequences

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Oil-Lobby Power, Railway-Lobby Power

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

Analyzes the rise of Stephen Harper against the backdrop of Big Oil interests. Identifies how oil lobby, backed by rail lobby, and supported by Harper pushed through additional deregulation. He … 12 $1.20 Add
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On Being Overinvested in Law as a Weapon Against Terrorism

From: In The Balance

Considers the role of law as a weapon against terror in the United States, arguing that it is overinvested. The role of domestic intelligence and the overuse of judicial warrants are discussed. 26 $2.60 Add
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Origins

From: The Memory We Could Be

To understand how we find ourselves in such a situation of ecological precarity requires delving into the past. But our intents are fraught from the start. Any attempt to retell human history is … 8 $0.80 Add
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Our Creation Story and Fundamental Myths

From: Nta'tuhwaqanminen Our Story

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Paradise, Paradise Lost

1960

From: Brotherhood to Nationhood

The first chapter of George Manuel’s biography introduces George Manuel as man of deep conviction and understanding of his culture and its needs in the face of the government of Canada, via … ; 5 $0.50 Add
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Paradoxes of Street Life

From: Staying Alive While Living The Life

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Part 11 Cuba: Constitutions, Elections and New States

Participation in Constitutions, Elections and a New State (1868-1952)

From: Cuba and Its Neighbours

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Part Four

From: The Mantle of Struggle

Part four describes the political and personal events that took place after Rosie Douglas became the prime minister of Dominica. It details the days leading up to and following his death, and … 89 $8.90 Add
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Part I

Politics and People: Cases in Council-Staff Relations

From: Local Government in Practice

This first chapter considers the relationship between staff and elected officials, and discusses the uniqueness of local governance and politics. ; ; 11 $1.10 Add
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Part II: Settlement

From: Cobalt

Part II contains Chapter 5: Boom Town, Chapter 6: Cobalt as Colony, Chapter 7: Women and the Domestication of Frontier, and Chapter 8: The Myth of the Gunless Frontier. 56 $5.60 Add
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Post-Debate Interviews with Moderator Rudyard Griffiths

From: The Rise of Populism

This reading consists of two interviews following the Munk Debate on the Rise of Populism. Moderator Rudyard Griffiths interviews the two teams of debaters separately as they reflect on their … ; ; 6 $0.72 Add
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Power in the Holocene

The Rise of Social Inequality

From: Power

In this chapter, Heinberg explores physical as well as social power, as well as the ways in which humans have obtained power over each other, including warfare, predation, the wealth pump, state … 67 $6.70 Add
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Power Protects Itself

Part 1. Who Gets to Lead?

From: Women Winning Office

In Power Protects Itself Nash explores some of the many barriers women face when entering politics. A few of the barriers examined in the chapter include systemic biases, Westminster … 6 $0.60 Add
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Q’anjob’al Canadian

From: A Beauty that Hurts

In this chapter, Lovell explores the story of Genaro Castañeda as a Q’anjob’al Mayan and his journey from Guatemala to Canada. 14 $1.40 Add
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Reject Unions and Prosper

From: Harperism

Looks at the Harper Government in terms of labour relations 34 $3.40 Add