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The Electric Revolution

From: Charging Ahead

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This chapter situates Hydro-Quebec and its impressive system and evolution in the context of the global electricity industry. It delves more into the history of H-Q and Quebec politics. ; 18 $1.80 Add
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The Example of the Nordic Countries

From: Scandinavian Common Sense

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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 … ; ; 7 $0.70 Add
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The Global Education Reform Movement (2000-2010)

From: The Attack on Nova Scotia's Schools

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The Happiness-Sustainability Connection

From: The Happiness Policy Handbook

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Climate Change – The Local-Global Connection: Community Solutions to Sustainable Development – Connecting Sustainable Development to Happiness Through Indicators ; ; 5 $0.50 Add
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The Hatred of Democracy

From: In Defiance

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How well does democracy work when the issues become polarized? The student debate raises the issues of decision making: out in the open or only at the ballot box? What happens when the media … ; 11 $1.10 Add
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The Park Goers

From: On This Patch of Grass

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The Police and the Politics of Overstating Harm

From: Conflict Is Not Abuse

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This chapter examines the expression of overstating harm in which the police are called or the state is invoked in matters where Conflict is misrepresented as Abuse. In trying to understand how … 36 $1.08 Add
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The Politics of a "Middle Power"

From: Our Lives: Canada after 1945

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1945-1963. Looks at the presentation of Canada as a "middle power", a "helpful fixer" whose role was to keep the peace in troubled times. Focuses on Canada’s foreign … 27 $2.70 Add
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The Politics of the Field

From: Transforming the Field

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The TPP and the Regulation of Medicines in Canada

From: The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Canada

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Explores the implications of the TPP for drug costs resulting from the agreement’s provisions on intellectual property, services and investment. 18 $1.80 Add
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The United Kingdom:

Assessment Without End... Amen

From: Counting Out The Scholars

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Case Study of the United Kingdom and Performance Indicators in high educational institutions there ; 43 $4.30 Add
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Tragedy of the White Amur

From: Overrun

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This chapter discusses efforts by the United States government to regulate the transport and breeding of non-native species. 26 $2.60 Add
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Uncover

From: Making Shift Happen

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This chapter explores how to Uncover ways to change our behaviour using the Behavioral Drivers Analysis (BDA), an analytic tool for uncovering evidence-based drivers in different people. The … ; ; ; 65 $6.50 Add
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Urban Water Crises

From: Dry Run

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Urban water crises are not just a thing of the future, they are happening all around us as long-term reductions in rainfall and runoff tie in with short-term multiyear droughts. In this chapter, … 21 $2.10 Add
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Violence in Democratic Societies

Towards an Analytic Framework

From: Beyond Criminology

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Void Where Prohibited

From: No Place To Go

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In this chapter, the author demonstrates the importance of reducing public urination and defecation from a health perspective. She then highlights the complex interplay between access to washroom … 20 $2.00 Add