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Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

Description of the writings included in Part I: Understanding Canada. ; ; ; 563 View
Essential Work Disposable Workers

Essential Work Disposable Workers

Migration, Capitalism, and Class

Across the world we are witnessing daily the lethal effects of a rapid and scary hardening of borders, ignited and justified by manufactured fear and scarcity. In such conditions, highly … 230 View
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Estonia: E-Courts and Easy and Fast Access to Justice, Considering access to justice in the design and delivery of digital systems to make the justice system accessible for all in the twenty-first century
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Estonia: E-Courts and Easy and Fast Access to Justice, Considering access to justice in the design and delivery of digital systems to make the justice system accessible for all in the twenty-first century

From: Open Governments, Secret Canada

In this chapter, Malone compares Estonia’s digital justice system with Canada’s ongoing struggles over accessing court records. 19 $1.90 Add
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Ethical and Other Considerations: Tough Choices: When to Raise the Issue of “Race”

Ethical and Other Considerations: Tough Choices: When to Raise the Issue of “Race”

From: Canadian Critical Race Theory

From Canadian Critical Race Theory: Racism and the Law 17 $1.70 Add
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Ethical Duties

Ethical Duties

From: Honest Politics Now

Discusses ethical duties (trustees of public interest, impartiality, accountability) of elected politicians and other public officials as the basis for the more specific codes of ethical conduct … 23 $2.30 Add
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Ethical Problems in Public Life

Ethical Problems in Public Life

From: Honest Politics Now

Discusses how and why conflicts of interest, patronage, undue influence (including some lobbying and election-financing practices) and abuse of trust are incompatible with any idea of democracy … 40 $4.00 Add
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Ethics and the Principles of Democracy

Ethics and the Principles of Democracy

From: Honest Politics Now

Discusses how ethical politics is a requirement for genuinely democratic government. 28 $2.80 Add
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Ethics Commissions

Ethics Commissions

From: Honest Politics Now

Describes Canadian experiments in the enforcement of political ethics through conflict of interest and ethics commissioners in the provinces and territories, and at the federal level 36 $3.60 Add
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Ethics of Lobbying and In fluence

Ethics of Lobbying and In fluence

From: Honest Politics Now

Discusses lobbying legislation across Canada and presents several case studies about the impact of this legislation. 32 $3.20 Add
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European Express

European Express

1981-1982

From: Brotherhood to Nationhood

Chapter nineteen of George Manuel’s biography covers the last years of his leadership life, 1981-1982, and the aftermath of the Constitution Express, which continued on to Europe. During … ; 11 $1.10 Add
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European Imperialism and Popular Resistance
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European Imperialism and Popular Resistance

From: Humans

This chapter discusses the beginnings of European Imperialism during the early 1500s across the globe. It recounts resistance to conquest, forced labour and religious conversion against European … 35 $3.50 Add
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Evald Ilyenkov: Dialectics of the Ideal
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Evald Ilyenkov: Dialectics of the Ideal

From: Thinking Systematics

In this chapter, Smith and Hayslip trace the philosophical concept of the ideal from Plato’s ancient inquiries through the Enlightenment to Marx’s materialist dialectic. ; 32 $3.20 Add
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Evaluating New Ideas for Your New Society

Evaluating New Ideas for Your New Society

From: Curing Affluenza

Chapter 8 examines how to enact social change, discussing topics including community influence, policies and lobbying, democracy, laws and budgets, examples of tackling affluenza through a … 40 $4.00 Add
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Eve of Destruction

Eve of Destruction

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

Analyzes how by 2012 the conditions were set for some kind of rail disaster: too litte regulation and few qualified inspectors. Montreal, Maine, and Atlantic Railway was unprepared for … 18 $1.80 Add
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Every Little Act of Cruelty
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Every Little Act of Cruelty

From: This Has Always Been a War

In “Every Little Act of Cruelty” the author explores their relationship with their father. Discussing anger, violence, fear, trauma, secrets, inheritance, mental illness, and abuse. 24 $2.40 Add