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Ecologies of Governance as Social Technologies

Ecologies of Governance as Social Technologies

From: The New Geo-Governance

It is most effective to partition the problem into compartments, and to put in place ecologies of governance making the highest and best use—in an eclectic way—of all the possible … 12 $1.08 Add
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Education Policies

Education Policies

From: Scandinavian Common Sense

Education has a predominant place in the Nordic countries, and it is free, of high quality, and accessible to all. This chapter examines the nature and tenets of education policies and the … ; ; 17 $1.70 Add
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Equality or Equal Per Capita?

Equality or Equal Per Capita?

From: Equal as Citizens

Early 2000s. The 50-50 suplus split of 1999, survey of Ontario’s political and economic landscape in an analysis of cash transfer from the federal government, counters this through an … 15 $1.50 Add
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Family and Work-Life Balancing Policies

Family and Work-Life Balancing Policies

From: Scandinavian Common Sense

This chapter examines the family policies of the Nordic countries, which emphasize financial support measures, allocation of parental leave, and work-life balance. ; ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Features of a Governance Regime for Oceans

Features of a Governance Regime for Oceans

From: The New Geo-Governance

Canada’s marine dominion underpins numerous industries including commercial fishing, aquaculture, transport, shipbuilding, tourism, mining, and oil and gas extraction. Access to the oceans … 34 $3.06 Add
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Fighting for Food: How We Won Hundreds of Millions for Poor Disabled People with Paperwork and Protests
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Fighting for Food: How We Won Hundreds of Millions for Poor Disabled People with Paperwork and Protests

From: Living Disability

A. J. Withers writes about fighting the government of Ontario and the City of Toronto for disabled people to receive more money each month, as someone who has been organizing against poverty for … 11 $1.10 Add
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First, Do Nothing
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First, Do Nothing

From: How Government Really Works

Chapter 5 explores the role of the bureaucrat in the policy-making process. ; 21 $2.10 Add
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Forty Shades of Mercy

Forty Shades of Mercy

From: The Right to Die

In all of the examples in this chapter we see deaths caused by acts of mercy, and we see mercy shown to those who caused the deaths. In none of these cases was the full force of the law applied … 28 $2.80 Add
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Forward and On Basic Income by George Elliot Clark
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Forward and On Basic Income by George Elliot Clark

From: The Case for Basic Income

In the forward, Dr. Martin links basic income to human health, and notes this link is more obvious than ever because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ; 8 $0.80 Add
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Forward/Introduction
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Forward/Introduction

From: How Government Really Works

In the Introduction, the authors outline their goal of demystifying the world of government bureaucracy and explaining the often misunderstood role of the government bureaucrat. 10 $1.00 Add
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From the Inside and Out
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From the Inside and Out

Managing a Minefield of Relationships

From: How Government Really Works

Chapter 3 looks at how bureaucrats can build and maintain relationships with elected officials and their fellow civil servants. It also explores their relationships with individuals and groups … ; 21 $2.10 Add
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Gender Equity Policies

Gender Equity Policies

From: Scandinavian Common Sense

By definition, gender equity helps reduce social inequalities. Incontrovertibly women are enriched, both financially and as citizens, when they are included on an equal footing with men in all … ; ; 9 $0.90 Add
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Get With the Program
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Get With the Program

From: How Government Really Works

Chapter 6 explores the context and scope of government programs and services, challenges bureaucrats face when delivering those programs and services and drivers that influence costs and demands … ; 19 $1.90 Add
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Gillian Bennett, Dead at Noon — 2014

Gillian Bennett, Dead at Noon — 2014

From: The Right to Die

At noon on August 18, 2014, eighty-three-year-old Gillian Bennett, of Bowen Island in British Columbia, took her own life. In the next several days her story was carried in the news media across … 20 $2.00 Add
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Gosselin v. Quebec (Attorney General), 2002

Gosselin v. Quebec (Attorney General), 2002

From: The Court and the Charter

A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada held that a provincial social assistance scheme whose base payments to those under the age of 30 were lower than payments for recipients over 30 was not … ; ; ; 15 $1.50 Add
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Governance and Emergent Transversal Citizenship: Toward a New Nexus of Social Contracts

Governance and Emergent Transversal Citizenship: Toward a New Nexus of Social Contracts

From: The New Geo-Governance

Australian and Canadian citizenships are emergent idiosyncratic realities. These complex institutions are the result of the on-going interaction between values and environment. The sort of social … 24 $2.16 Add