Progressive Politics
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From ![]() NEW! Swimming Upstream |
This chapter discusses the benefits of personal change, how personal decisions can have ripple effects on other people, and how activists need to meet people where they are in order to influence … | Sami Grover | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Taking Care of YourselfPart 5. Campaigning From: Women Winning Office |
In Taking Care of Yourself Nash stresses the importance of work life balance in the life of a politician. In this chapter Nash explores the realities of day-to-day political life, ways to help … | Peggy Nash | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Taking the Leap: 2016From: From Layton to Singh |
Chapter 5 focuses on the NDP’s recovery plan after the upset of the 2015 election. The chapter covers topics including Mulcair’s defence in the leadership review, Alberta NDP’s … | Matt Fodor | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
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From ![]() The anarchist impulseFrom: SOS |
Chapter 4 examines the theory of anarchy, discussing authority, self-government, organised anarchist movement during the 1848 Revolts across Europe, the commune, titles to libertarianism, and the … | Richard Swift | 13 | 2016 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() The autonomous ruptureFrom: SOS |
Chapter 9 focuses on the emergence of more autonomous leftism, discussing topics like the 1960s New Left, the Red Brigades, co-operative alternatives, politics and anti-politics, and what is to … | Richard Swift | 20 | 2016 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() The Best Strategies for Reducing Social Inequalities in Health |
Social inequalities in health may now be clearly recognized, but this is not true of strategies for reducing them. This chapter describes two pioneering initiatives aimed at reducing social … | Dominique Côté; Marie-France Raynault; Sébastien Chartrand | 7 | 2015 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() The Characteristics of the Nordic Countries’ Policies |
The Nordic model — that is, the modes of governance specific to Scandinavia and Finland — is examined in this chapter. All Nordic policies that in one way or another reduce social … | Dominique Côté; Marie-France Raynault; Sébastien Chartrand | 18 | 2015 | $1.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Day AfterPart 6. The Election From: Women Winning Office |
In The Day After Nash discusses what happens after the election, which can sometimes be as gruelling as the campaign itself. The chapter discusses what happens after with the media, the signs, … | Peggy Nash | 5 | 2022 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() The democratic emergencyFrom: SOS |
Chapter 8 examines why the North lacks the same political energy for enacting change, discussing the decline in political awareness and engagement, Social movements , the business oligarchy, … | Richard Swift | 11 | 2016 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() The eco-divideFrom: SOS |
Chapter 5 explores the relationship between the environment and politics, discussing ecological socialism, the rise of environmental consciousness, ‘greening’ the Left, and more. | Richard Swift | 11 | 2016 | $1.10 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 Fight for Water JusticeFrom: Still Hopeful |
In Chapter Four Barlow focuses on the fight for water justice and her own activism. The chapter focuses on topics such as the commercialization of Canadian water, the North American Free Trade … | Maude Barlow | 41 | 2022 | $4.10 Add |
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From ![]() The Futures of Grassroots ActivismKey Themes to Keep in Mind From: Quiet No More |
Chapter six provides this book with the conclusion that brings together the insights of previous chapters. Above all, I argue that activists are faced with two important tasks: first, to embrace … | Joel D. Harden | 25 | 2013 | $2.50 Add |
![]() The Happiness Policy HandbookHow to Make Happiness and Well-Being the Purpose of Your Government |
Thomas Jefferson said that “the purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness.” Yet only now, 270 years later, is the happiness of citizens … | 226 | View | ||
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From ![]() The Happiness-Sustainability Connection |
Climate Change – The Local-Global Connection: Community Solutions to Sustainable Development – Connecting Sustainable Development to Happiness Through Indicators | Jean Crowder; Laura Musikanski; Rhonda Phillips | 5 | 2019 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Happy Family Game |
In “The Happy Family Game” the author reflects on their relationship with their family. Discussing the idea of a ‘happy family’, the nuclear family, family under … | Lori Fox | 21 | 2022 | $2.10 Add |












