Progressive Politics

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Too Dumb for Democracy?	Brexit. Trump. Ford Nation. In this timely book, David Moscrop asks why we make irrational political decisions and whether our stone-age brains can process democracy in the information age. In an …		256		View
NEW! Toward Sustainable Communities Solutions for Citizens and their Governments	The go-to guide for sustainable community development, from the neighborhood to the regional level.		402		View
From NEW! Traditional and Other Media Part 4. Getting Your Story Out From: Women Winning Office View Between The Lines	In Traditional and Other Media Nash discusses ways to manage all sorts of media. The chapter discusses topics such as handling media requests, managing reconnaissance, preparation and remaining …	Peggy Nash	9	2022	$0.90 Add
From NEW! Trailblazer From: Alexa! View Goose Lane Editions	Explores Alexa’s impact on feminism and politics in Canada—her passion and compassion.	Stephen Kimber	4	2021	$0.40 Add
From Understanding Activism From: Quiet No More View James Lorimer and Company	Chapter five then identifies the strengths and weakness of the existing literature on progressive activism, and proposes a new approach that grasps the place, ideas, and organization of …	Joel D. Harden	27	2013	$2.70 Add
From NEW! Volunteers Part 3. Beginning Your Campaign From: Women Winning Office View Between The Lines	In Volunteers Nash explores why people volunteer and the role they play in elections. The chapter explores the motives for volunteering, where to find volunteers, who can be a volunteer, …	Peggy Nash	9	2022	$0.90 Add
From NEW! Wants and Needs From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now View New Society Publishers	In this chapter, the author unpacks our consumer impulses, and how a consumer state of mind does not encourage environmental action.	Sami Grover	10	2021	$1.00 Add
From NEW! We Keep Each Other Safe Organizing for Prison Abolition during a Pandemic From: Disarm, Defund, Dismantle View Between The Lines	In We Keep Each Other Safe the authors examine how the pandemic has brought with it an opportunity to push for decarceration as well as opportunity to imagine what a world without prisons could …	Alannah Fricker; Jessica Evans; Rajean Hoilett	9	2022	$0.90 Add
NEW! We’re all Climate Hypocrites Now How Embracing Our Limitations Can Unlock the Power of a Movement	Our culture tells us that personal responsibility is central to tackling the climate emergency, yet the choices we make are often governed by the systems in which we live. Whether it’s …		192		View
From NEW! We’re all Climate Hypocrites Now From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now View New Society Publishers	The opening chapter outlines a contradiction in environmental activism: we all know the problem is urgent, but we all continue to produce some amount of carbon emissions. Grover suggests that we …	Sami Grover	13	2021	$1.30 Add
From NEW! What Difference Does It Make? From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now View New Society Publishers	This chapter describes the efforts of cyclists in Amsterdam to resist the encroachment of cars and keep that city bike-centric. He uses their efforts as a model for how change has to take place …	Sami Grover	19	2021	$1.90 Add
From What Happiness Policy Is and Why It Matters From: The Happiness Policy Handbook View New Society Publishers	Happiness Policy Makes Economic Sense – Easterlin Paradox – Income Inequality – Mental Health Care – Purchasing Habits	Jean Crowder; Laura Musikanski; Rhonda Phillips	10	2019	$1.00 Add
From What is a good political decision? From: Too Dumb for Democracy? View Goose Lane Editions	Chapter Three examines what makes a good political decision. This chapter focuses the process rather than the Outcome of “good” political decision.	David Moscrop	26	2019	$2.60 Add
From What should we stand for? From: SOS View Between The Lines	Chapter 10 explores what we should stand for in the coming decades, discussing the 2011 Occupy movement, programs for change, degrowth, achieving wider finance control for the masses, improving …	Richard Swift	23	2016	$2.30 Add
From NEW! What to do? From: The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, the author examines various courses of action and policies that could be taken to address economic inequality in Canada.	Lars Osberg	35	2024	$3.50 Add
From NEW! What’s been happening to Canada’s middle class? From: The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter the author looks at the stagnation of middle class incomes in Canada over the past few decades.	Lars Osberg	31	2024	$3.10 Add