Public Policy

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Remaking the Economy, Then and Now

Remaking the Economy, Then and Now

From: A Good War

In Chapter 6, Klein examines the practically of fundamentally retooling our entire economy by reexamining how it has been done before during the Second World War. Klein focuses much of this … 64 $6.40 Add
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The Canadian Hydrofoil Project

The Canadian Hydrofoil Project

From: Fastest in the World

1948-1957. The naval applications and development of hydrofoil design are explored. 8 $0.80 Add
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Remembering Winter
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Remembering Winter

From: Living Disability

Emily Macrae writes about the difficulties she has as someone who limps getting around in the snow, as well as her twin brother’s experience in a wheelchair in the winter. She discusses different … 9 $0.90 Add
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Research Backwater

Research Backwater

From: Overrun

In this chapter, the author visits the Louisiana Bayous and meets with researchers studying Asian carp. Topics include the challenges researchers face in collecting usable data to understand the … 31 $3.10 Add
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Research Methods and Design

Research Methods and Design

From: Resisting Eviction

In this chapter, Crosby provides a methodological blueprint for doing research with social movements. He describes his work with the Herongate Tenant Coalition as political activist ethnography, … 13 $1.30 Add
Reset

Reset

Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society

In the 2020 CBC Massey Lectures, bestselling author and renowned technology and security expert Ronald J. Deibert exposes the disturbing influence and impact of the internet on politics, the … 339 View
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Resilience

Resilience

From: The Accidental Caregiver

In this chapter, Fraser examines resilience as a learnable skill in family caregiving rather than a fixed trait. 17 $1.70 Add
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Resistance: Challenging Transnational Professional Service Firms
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Resistance: Challenging Transnational Professional Service Firms

From: The Consulting Trap

In Chapter Five, the authors consider how the power of TPSFS can be contested, discussing some of the strategies that have been taken up to resist the incursion of these firms into public … ; 29 $2.90 Add
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Resistance Movement

Resistance Movement

From: Tar Sands Showdown

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
Resisting Eviction
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Resisting Eviction

Domicide and the Financialization of Rental Housing

Resisting Eviction centres tenant organizing in its investigation of gentrification, eviction and the financialization of rental housing. Andrew Crosby argues that racial discrimination, property … 188 View
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Respite

Respite

From: The Accidental Caregiver

In this chapter, Fraser examines how Canadian respite care fails to meet the needs of family caregivers. 12 $1.20 Add
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Responding

Responding

From: Losing me, While Losing You

This chapter concerns caregiver’s responses to their important one’s diagnosis, the impact becoming a full-time caregiver had on their own health and wellness, and the effect this had … ; ; 42 $4.20 Add
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Responding to Water Crises: A Tale of Four Cities

Responding to Water Crises: A Tale of Four Cities

From: Dry Run

In chapter 3, we looked at contemporary water crises in Australia, Atlanta and San Diego. We’ll learn what their successes can teach us about how to create effective water conservation … 21 $2.10 Add
Restructuring and Resistance

Restructuring and Resistance

Canadian Public Policy in an Age of Global Capitalism

This collection surveys major areas of neoliberal policy restructuring by various levels of Canadian government. Unlike other academic studies it also considers theoretical and practical issues … ; 392 View
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Retreat, Reform, Restraint

Retreat, Reform, Restraint

From: Reset

In the final chapter, the author turns to the question “What is to be done?” The negative implications of social media are increasingly acknowledged and well documented. But what to … 68 $6.80 Add