Public Policy

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Racism and the Neo-Liberalism in Canadian Society

From: Criminalizing Race, Criminalizing Poverty

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Recipes

From: Take Back the Tray

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Resistance Movement

From: Tar Sands Showdown

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Chapter 7 discusses the building of a social movement of resistance against the massive and rapid development of the tar sands for crude exports to the US: (a) campaign networks: the various … 35 $3.50 Add
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September 2020: Back to School

From: Spin Doctors

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This chapter examines Covid-19 in relation to schools. Loreto discusses how the transitions from in person and online classes impacted Covid outbreaks, as well as how public policy and the media … 22 $2.20 Add
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Show me the Money

From: How Government Really Works

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Chapter 7 explores the financial underpinnings of government, where the money comes from, how budgets are drafted and approved and current trends in the Government Financial Management. ; 21 $2.10 Add
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Smart Cities and the Origins of Utopian Urbanism

The Dream of the Smart City

From: Dream States

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The Dream of the Smart City: Part 2 explores the origins of utopian urbanism. Topics discussed include history of urban planning, the history of ghetto’s, Bauhaus and the Garden City … 16 $1.60 Add
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Stall Tactics

From: No Place To Go

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In this chapter, the author looks at public toilet accessibility from the perspectives of those with physical disabilities. 17 $1.70 Add
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Swimming Upstream

From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now

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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 … 16 $1.60 Add
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The Big Lie

Why and How BC Hydro Dismissed the Peace River Valley Microclimate

From: Damming the Peace

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Former B.C. Environment Minister Joan Sawicki sets out her analysis that BC Hydro “overlooked” the importance of microclimate in its agricultural impact assessment of the Site C dam … 9 $0.90 Add
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The Changing Environments of Cultural Policy and Citizenship in Canada

From: Accounting for Culture

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In this chapter, it is argued that both culture and citizenship, as well as the points where they intersect, can be shown to be heavily influenced by rapid and extensive change in their … 13 $1.56 Add
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The Collective Action Problem

From: Medicare

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Outlines that the real issue is not whether for-profit private care is the answer, but rather how we can find a collective answer to achieve the vision of “Medicare 2.” Looks at the … 8 $0.80 Add
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The Economic Cost of Border Security: The Case of the Texas-Mexico Border and the US VISIT Program

From: Borderlands

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The purpose of this chapter is to estimate the potential economic cost of the implementation of one component of the “smart borders” policy, the US VISIT program, to Texas border … 34 $2.72 Add
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The Future of Power

Learning to Live Happily Within Limits

From: Power

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In the concluding chapter, Heinberg explores the territory between human self-annihilation and sufficient self-restraint. 63 $6.30 Add
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The Great Burning

From: The Memory We Could Be

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Humans have caused enough upheaval to heat the entire world — its seas and its skies — by over an entire degree Celsius. Just that one degree of temperature has been enough to trigger … 13 $1.30 Add
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The New Bras d’Or

From: Fastest in the World

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1966-1968. Outlines the challenges that were faced during the construction of the new Bras d’Or (Also known as FHE-400). 12 $1.20 Add
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The New Wageless Worker

Volunteering and Market-Guided Health Care Reform

From: Care and Consequences

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