Public Policy
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![]() I’m Right and You’re an IdiotThe Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean it Up |
The most pressing environmental problem we face today is not climate change. It is pollution in the public square, where a smog of adversarial rhetoric, propaganda and polarization stifles … | 275 | View | ||
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From ![]() Imagined Communities of FandomFrom: Game Misconduct |
Nathan Kalman-Lamb | 22 | 2018 | $2.20 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! Immigration and "Medical Manpower"1968 and the Awkward Introduction of Medicare in Canada From: 1968 in Canada |
The year 1968 witnessed the launch of medicare, a public program so important that 50 years later many Canadians identify universal health insurance as a defining feature of our national … | David Wright and Sasha Mullally | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() Immigration “Managing” Canadian ImmigrationRacism, Racialization, and the Law |
Elizabeth Comack; Lisa Marie Jakubowski | 30 | 2016 | $3.00 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! Transparency and Accountability in Decision MakingDoes the Impact Assessment Act Support Credible Decision Making? |
This chapter considers the central decision points the Assessment Act (IAA) determines the extent to which the Act codifies mechanisms to provide for transparency and accountability in decisions. … | Jason Unger | 31 | 2021 | $3.10 Add |
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From ![]() Impact on the Broader CommunityFrom: Inner City Renovation |
Marty Donkervoort | 12 | 2013 | $1.20 Add | |
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From ![]() Implementation And TrainingFrom: Freedom To Learn |
Establishing universal success in education cannot be attained by pressuring teachers to succeed. Too often the methods provided by administrators are the same ineffective methods they used when … | Art Willans; Cari Williams | 22 | 2018 | $2.20 Add |
![]() In Defiance |
On February 7, 2012, as students in Quebec prepared to vote to go on strike, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois gave a rousing speech: “What you do today will be remembered. The decision you make will … | Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler | 186 | 2015 | View |
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From ![]() In DefianceFrom: In Defiance |
The government moves against the strike. But students are joined by tens of thousands of citizens banging pots and pans in the streets night after night. | Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler | 14 | 2015 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() In the BeginningFrom: Overrun |
In this chapter, the author explores the history of the Asian carp in North America beginning with its introduction in the mid 20th century. The chapter explores aquaculture in the Mississippi … | Andrew Reeves | 33 | 2019 | $3.30 Add |
![]() In The Business of ChangeHow Social Entrepreneurs are Disrupting Business as Usual |
Our communities are facing the fallout from the demise of vital industry, bankrupt economies, bad policy or policing, and political mismanagement. People are looking for answers, and the … | Elisa Birnbaum | 195 | 2018 | View |
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From ![]() In the Middle of the AtlanticFrom: Unicorn in the Woods |
This chapter explores "the next big one," the hoped-for startup that will generate economic activity in the Maritimes. | Gordon Pitts | 9 | 2020 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! In the Space between Aboriginal Sovereignty and National SecurityRe-engaging Border Security and Mohawk Culture at Akwesasne |
This chapter considers the contributions of local leaders and communities to the ways that borderlands become “secured,” not only in the literal sense of security measures but also in … | Laetitia Rouvière | 21 | 2021 | $2.10 Add |
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From ![]() In the Streets, in the Parks and in the CourtsFighting Bulldozer Diplomacy From: Fight to Win |
The impact of Covid-19 on homeless people is discussed, along with how defunding the police and decarceration entered public discourse. Issues with overcrowded and full shelters and shelter … | A. J. Withers | 25 | 2021 | $2.50 Add |
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From ![]() Incident at Highland High |
Last January, a sixteen-year-old German girl — shy and well-behaved — was arrested in her home in Nuremberg, Germany, by fifteen armed policemen. Her crime was homeschooling. Reading … | John Taylor Gatto | 16 | 2010 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() Income, Education and Work |
Dennis Raphael | 25 | 2016 | $2.50 Add |


















