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Hamilton I
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Hamilton I

The Freedom to Live with Some Dignity

From: The Case for Basic Income

This chapters explores Ontario’s basic income project in Hamilton, focusing on how basic income can improve public health. ; ; 25 $2.50 Add
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Hamilton II
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Hamilton II

Thinking Further Down the Road

From: The Case for Basic Income

In this chapter, the authors focus on Jodi Dean, a single mother in Hamilton who was a basic income recipient. ; ; 29 $2.90 Add
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Hamilton III
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Hamilton III

New Choices

From: The Case for Basic Income

This chapter profiles another resident of Hamilton who participated in the basic income pilot. Unlike other participants, James Collura was not disabled, not on social assistance, and did not … ; ; 29 $2.90 Add
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Healthier Health Care

Healthier Health Care

From: Early Intervention

This chapter is about reducing the pressure on and cost of the existing system through the scaling of evidence-based early intervention measures. The existing health system is largely a … 32 $3.20 Add
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Homes for Homeless People

Homes for Homeless People

From: Early Intervention

Examines social policy and public health in relation to homelessness 29 $2.90 Add
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House of Cards
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House of Cards

From: How Government Really Works

Chapter 1 explores the difference between bureaucrats and elected officials, where they fit into the hierarchy of government, and the powers they have when interacting with politicians. ; 17 $1.70 Add
How Government Really Works
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How Government Really Works

A Field Guide to Bureaucracies in Canada

This book exposes the inherent complexities and challenges found in government environments and offers insights to help bureaucrats, and those working alongside bureaucrats, better understand the … 240 View
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Income Inequality in Canada: What Can Be Done

Income Inequality in Canada: What Can Be Done

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

2013 report by Armine Yalnizyan to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance regarding what the federal government could do to offset the growth of income inequality. ; ; 5 $0.50 Add
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Institutional Evolution in the Information Age

Institutional Evolution in the Information Age

From: The New Geo-Governance

This chapter examines the ways in which the institutional order has been reconfigured, and the likely consequences of this mutation. 21 $1.89 Add
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Interregnum and the Birth of Neoliberalism
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Interregnum and the Birth of Neoliberalism

From: Breaking Free of Neoliberalism: Canada's Challenge

This chapter outlines the origins of neoliberalism and the key ideas of this philosophy as well as tracing its resurgence beginning in the 1980s after decades of disfavour. 36 $3.60 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

Hamilton Politics and the Ideology of Business

From: Their Town

An introduction to the core ideas behind this book. ; 5 $0.50 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

On Matters of Life, Death and the Law

From: The Right to Die

Examines different types of assisted death and lays out the purpose of this book 8 $0.80 Add
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Introduction
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Introduction

From: The Case for Basic Income

In the book’s introduction, the authors suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic revealed the failure of free-market fundamentalism. They believe that livable basic income would enhance freedom … ; ; 13 $1.30 Add
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Introduction
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Introduction

From: Making Shift Happen

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Introduction

From: Scandinavian Common Sense

The introduction outlines the book’s goal of examining the strengths of the Nordic model by studying and evaluating the strengths of these countries’ public policies; it states that … ; ; 6 $0.60 Add