Political Philosophy

Showing 49–64 of 515 results

Title & Subtitle Abstract Contributors Pages Year Purchase
From
Aviation and Rail
NEW!

Aviation and Rail

Regulatory Capture in the Aviation and Rail Sector

From: Corporate Rules

In this chapter, Bruce Campbell examines the risks in the regulatory capture of the rail and aviation sectors in Canada and the dangers with the increase deregulation of transport. Campbell … 18 $1.80 Add
From
Balance of Power: the NDP in Minority Parliament 2019–2021
NEW!

Balance of Power: the NDP in Minority Parliament 2019–2021

From: From Layton to Singh

Chapter 8 examines the NDP’s role during Trudeau’s minority government between 2019 and 2021. The chapter covers topics including the Wet’suwet’en resistance to the … 19 $1.90 Add
From
Banks and Financial Institutions
NEW!

Banks and Financial Institutions

Canadian Bank Regulation — A Case of Efficient Capture

From: Corporate Rules

In this chapter, Marc- André Pigeon and David Pringle examine how the defining features of Canada’s banking sector are its enduring stability and profitability, as well as examine the … ; 21 $2.10 Add
From
Barrick Gold, the University of Toronto, and the Corporate Capture of the Canadian Government
NEW!

Barrick Gold, the University of Toronto, and the Corporate Capture of the Canadian Government

Part Two: Dispossession Abroad

From: Capitalism and Dispossession

In Chapter 7, author Sakura Saunders presents a historical account of how Canadian civil actors have attempted to compel the Canadian government to hold Canadian mining companies to account for … 28 $2.80 Add
Beyond Contempt
NEW!

Beyond Contempt

How Liberals can Communicate Across the Great Divide

Liberal and progressive frustration, grief, and alarm over Trump’s destructive political agenda and behavior have prompted mounting disdain for Trump supporters and other conservatives. … 242 View
Beyond the Fragments

Beyond the Fragments

Feminism and the Making of Socialism

Inspired by the activism of the 1970s that surrounded the triumph of the right under Margaret Thatcher in U.K., Beyond the Fragments was written to create stronger bonds of solidarity in a new … ; ; 324 View
Beyond the Periphery of the Skin

Beyond the Periphery of the Skin

Rethinking, Remaking, and Reclaiming the Body in Contemporary Capitalism

More than ever, “the body” is today at the center of radical and institutional politics. Feminist, antiracist, trans, ecological movements–all look at the body in its manifold … 161 View
From
Big Oil and Think Tanks Besiege Kyoto

Big Oil and Think Tanks Besiege Kyoto

From: The Big Stall

Examines the business led campaign to discredit the Kyoto Accord in the 1990s and 2000s. Big business lobbied for a "made in Canada" solution while funding a massive anti-Kyoto … 20 $2.00 Add
From
Big Oil Takes Control

Big Oil Takes Control

From: The Big Stall

Analyzes the rise of neo-liberalism think tanks in Canada and their impact on energy policy through the 1970s and 1980s. Trudeau’s Keynesian interventions such as the NEP and Petro Canada … 18 $1.80 Add
Billion Dollar Start-Up

Billion Dollar Start-Up

The True Story of how a Couple of 29-Year-Olds Turned $35,000 into a $1,000,000,000 Cannabis Company

From early roadblocks and devastating personal and financial setbacks to explosive growth and some of the biggest cannabis deals in global history, Billion Dollar Start-Up not only recounts the … ; ; 306 View
From
Black and British
NEW!

Black and British

A Lived Contradiction

From: Thinking While Black

This chapter detailed Paul Gilroy’s life after 1968 and his interest in the rebel spirit of black American and Caribbean musicians. Topics include British immigration policy, political … 32 $3.20 Add
BlackBerry Town

BlackBerry Town

How high tech success has played out for Canada's Kitchener-Waterloo

The smartphone was an incredibly successful Canadian invention created by a team of engineers and marketers led by Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie. But there was a third key player involved — … 264 View
From
Boomtown

Boomtown

From: BlackBerry Town

Howitt describes Research in Motion’s continued success, specifically from the point of view of several of the company’s key employees. 17 $1.70 Add
Breaking Free of Neoliberalism: Canada's Challenge
NEW!

Breaking Free of Neoliberalism: Canada’s Challenge

What It Will Take to Deal with American Decline, Inequality and the Climate Crisis

Neoliberalism arrived in Ottawa with the Mulroney government in 1984, and has continued as widely accepted common sense about government until today. Neoliberalism’s basic tenets – … 184 View
From
Breakthrough: the 2011 Federal Election
NEW!

Breakthrough: the 2011 Federal Election

From: From Layton to Singh

Chapter 2 focuses on the period of momentum experienced by the Federal and Provincial NDP between the 2008 and 2011 Federal Elections. The chapter covers topics including the 2008 financial … 18 $1.80 Add
From
Building Political Infrastructure for the Present

Building Political Infrastructure for the Present

From: Challenging the Right, Augmenting the Left

The Current Context – Toronto: Sites of Mutation – Conclusions 7 $0.70 Add