Political Science
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From  The 2011 Distemper |
There are three views on the origins of the 2011 uprising in Syria whose wide circulation is inversely proportional to the degree to which the views have been critically examined. All are highly … | Stephen Gowans | 28 | 2017 | $2.80 Add |
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From  NEW! The Aesthetics of Totalitarian SalvationFrom: Spectres of Fascism |
This chapter explores how totalitarian regimes use aesthetics to project a promise of salvation. The author discusses this through the framework of the Romanian Revolution. | Alec Balasescu | 12 | 2020 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! The Allende of the NorthFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
This chapter examines the Dave Barrett NDP government of British Columbia, which was in power from 1972-1975. Jackson later worked with the BC NDP caucus as they tried to resist the resurgent … | Andrew Jackson | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From  The Basis of Modern SocietiesFrom: How Societies Work |
Joanne Naiman | 28 | 2012 | $4.48 Add | |
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From  The Child at the Heart of SurrogacyFrom: Stolen Motherhood |
This chapter focuses on the children at the "heart" of surrogacy, highlighting these children’s wellbeing, future, and all other considerations, which the author argues are … | Maria De Koninck | 23 | 2020 | $2.30 Add |
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From  The Choices that Created Economic InequalityFrom: Share the Wealth! |
Readings in part 1 of this title explore the political and economic decisions and trends that have led to economic inequality in Canada. This chapter explores the conscious decisions made by the … | Angella MacEwen; Jonathan Gauvin | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
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From  The Confederation Debates in the Province of CanadaFrom: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition |
Excerpts of parliamentary debates by John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier from 1865 regarding the proposed federal union. | Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell | 8 | 2015 | $0.80 Add |
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From  The Constitution of 1867 |
Detailed description of the sections of the British North America Act that created a union of three colonies and a federal structure with four provinces and a federal government.. | Ed Whitcomb | 11 | 2017 | $1.10 Add |
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From  The Democratic StandardFrom: Languages of the Unheard |
This chapter proposes a democratic standard of sound militancy by asking why some militant actions are seen as acceptable in advancing a just cause while other similar actions are not. This … | Stephen D'Arcy | 19 | 2013 | $1.90 Add |
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From  The Development Agenda ExpandsFrom: Peacemakers |
Looks at the development of human security, looks at fragile states, and presents the post-2015 agenda | 17 | 2014 | $1.70 Add | |
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From  The education of a female leaderPART 1: DEVELOPING THE NERVE TO LEAD From: Nerve |
The authors discuss educational opportunities for women and their own early memories of learning and education. | Indira Samarasekera; Martha Piper | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From  The Electric RevolutionFrom: Charging Ahead |
This chapter situates Hydro-Quebec and its impressive system and evolution in the context of the global electricity industry. It delves more into the history of H-Q and Quebec politics. | Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow | 18 | 2019 | $1.80 Add |
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From  The Example of the Nordic Countries |
Even between countries with comparable overall levels of wealth, and thus of human and material resources, international comparisons reveal great disparities between indicators of poverty and … | Dominique Côté; Marie-France Raynault; Sébastien Chartrand | 7 | 2015 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! The Federal Court of Appeal in the Judicial SystemAppeals to the Supreme Court |
This chapter examines the “in between” of the Appeals to the Supreme Court, of which only a modest (and shrinking) proportion of which is accepted for full review. | Peter McCormick | 22 | 2021 | $2.20 Add |
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From  The First StepsFrom: Canada is Not Back |
The 2015 federal election and the immediate effect of Trudeau’s victory Canada’s international reputation and standing. | Jocelyn Coulon | 8 | 2019 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! The Fourth World Is Emerging: A Zombie Mine Resurrection and the Refusal of the Tsilhqot’inPart One: Dispossession at Home |
In Chapter 4, co-authors Dawn Hoogeveen (a non-Indigenous settler) and Russell Myers Ross (a member of the Tsilhqot’in Nation) examine the struggles to preserve Teztan Biny (Fish Lake), … | Dawn Hoogeveen; Russell Myers Ross | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
